Esmail Virji
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Haji Esmail Virji
Date of Birth
- 1830
Date of Death
- 1900
Place of Death
Place of longest stay
Profession or occupation carriedout for the longest period in life
- Dealer
- Pearl
- Curios
- Queens Road
Where-City or Country
- Children
(supplier to British officers).
Notable Clients**:
- Sold pearls to **Sir Stafford Haines** (1840s).
- Supplied **Ottoman officials** via Mocha – *British Intelligence Report* (1862).
Family**: Married into **Jaffer Dewji** family (Bombay).
**Death**: Drowned in a dhow accident near **Perim Island** (1900) – *Aden Death Register*
