Abdulla Khimji
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Mr. Abdulla Khimji
Town of birth
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Date of Death
- June 23
- 1953
Place of Death
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Source of Information
- Nurmohamed Nanji Family Tree By Irfhan Gulamhussein
Place of longest stay
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- Parents
- Khimji Tharoo 1880
- Siblings
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At the beginning of the century Bukoba was but a village. Dharamsi Khatau whose head office was in Mombasa opened a branch there in 1903. Other Ithna-asheris opened branch offices in turn Nasir Mawji (1903), Sheriff Jiwa (19o7), Walji Bhanji(1907) Abdullah Khimji (1908), Pir Bhai Ghulam Husain (1008), and Amersi Sunderji. [1]
Abdulla Khimji was one of the organisers of a hartal (general strike) suspending all business for 54 days, from April 1 to May 25, 1923 to protest a tax from th new British administration.
- ↑ SOME EAST AFRICAN ITHNA-ASHERI JAMAATS (1840-1967) BY SEYYID SAEED AKHTAR RIZVI (Dar-es-Salaam) AND NOEL Q. KING (University of California, Santa Cruz, U.S.A.) pg.19
