Bachibai Gulamhussein Tejpar

Countessbanu Bachibai Gulamhussein Tejpar

All Nicknames

• Maaji

Town of birth

• Bhuj

Province of birth

• Gujarat

Country of birth

• India

Date of Birth

• 1892

Date of Death

• October 1969

Place of Death

• Dar es Salaam

Country of death

• Tanganyika

Contact Address

• Old Address: Mvita Road
• Mombasa

Source of Information

• Source:The Official Gazette of the Colony & Protectorate of Kenya (Special Issue) Vol XL No 60 (November 13th 1938) Indian & Arab Voters Roll

Place of longest stay

• Mombasa (1938)
• Dar es Salaam

Profession or occupation carriedout for the longest period in life

• Midwife
• Missionary
• Ginan Singer

Where-City or Country

• Kenya
• Tanganyika

Family tree

Parents

Ladha Karim Harji Fakirani

Rajbai Nasser Devjee

Partners

Gulamhussein Alidina Tejpar 1910

Children

Aziz Gulamhussein Tejpar

Nurbanu Gulamhussein Tejpar

Shamshuddin Gulamhussein Tejpar

Shirinbai Gulamhussein Tejpar

Roshan Aman Talib

Born in 1892 Bhuj

Rajbai Nasser Devjee(Born in).

Ladha Karim Harji Fakirani(Born in Bhuj).

Maaji's khilaat (jabbo - robe of honour) displayed at the Aga Khan Centre London

Description of the jabbo displayed at the Aga Khan Centre London.

Countess Bhachibai Tejpar, an Ismaili women educator and volunteer from East Africa. Countess Bachibai Tejpar or Maaji was born Bachi Ladha Karim in 1892 in Bhuj, Kutch. Her family moved to Zanzibar when she was four years old. She was named Bachi (living child) because she was the first surviving child of Ladha Karim Harji Fakirani and Rajbai Nasser Devjee, after they had lost four children. During her life, she served as an important educator on Ismaili mystical traditions and travelled widely to serve the educational and religious needs of the Ismailis in in East Africa, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, etc. She served the community with the utmost dedication and sincerity until her death in October 1969.

Family Photo Album

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Geets & Ginans By Maaji Bachbai Tejpar.