Ali Mamad Khamis

Children

Khamis Illay (four generations removed from Rashid Khamis) first appears on the scene at the end of the 18th century as governor (“Gornor” in family folklore) of northern Persia on behalf of Sultan Hamud of Syria who has just conquered Persia. The Sultan grants him land in western Persia. Illay’s two sons – Mamad and Ali Mamud - get into a fight over a girl, an Ithnasheri girl at that. The girl’s brother is killed in the fight. The mother puts a curse on the male issue of the Khamis family. The murder is an unfortunate thing to happen as after all Iran is 100 percent Ithnasheri.

Illay asks the two sons, Mamad and Ali Mamd, to escape with their sister Mumtaz. They end up in Baluchistan (now in Pakistan). A son Ali Momad is born to Mamad and then Mamad Hussein to Ali Mamad.

Mamad Hussein decides to travel all the way to India, arriving in Kutch around 1820. Three children are born to Mamad Hussein– Faizal, Fakir and Gulshan. Faizal dies early (“the curse”).

Fakir has three children – Rashid, the hero of this story, Remtulla and Yasmin.