Fazal Kassam Karim
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Mukhi Fazal Kassam Karim
Country of birth
Country of death
Source of Information
- WALJI
- Shirin Remtulla
- A HISTORY OF THE ISMAILI COMMUNITY IN TANZANIA The University of Wisconsin
- PhD. 1974
Place of longest stay
Profession or occupation carriedout for the longest period in life
- Merchant; Produce farmer; cash crop buyer
Where-City or Country
- Parents
- Children
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hen came the failure of the cotton crop. Several large commercial houses collapsed. Ismaili merchants lost large investments. Planters and buyers like Bandali Merali, Fazal Kassam, and Bandali Lalji of Morogoro incurred heavy losses. "
"Sisal estates were owned by men like Rajabali Meghji Visram, V. M. Nazerali, and Fazal Kassam. Bandali Merali, Fazal Kassam, and Bandali Lalji became cotton planters. But, as noted before, these
were not prosperous times for cotton planters and sisal growers. Full-time farmers like Yusufali M. Alidina and A. B. Ladhani were too few in number to be considered part of a general economic upsurge;[1]
Old Zanzibar
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The Khoja Ismaili Jamatkhana, Zanzibar-Built in 1905 by architect and builder Khaki Shivji Karachiwalla (Source: Plaque inside the building.) -
An inside door of the Khoja ismaili Jamatkhana, Zanzibar. -
Magnificent lobby of the Khoja ismaili Jamatkhana, Zanzibar. -
Stairs inside the Khoja Jamatkhana, Zanzibar. -
The always welcome kahawa coffee vendor at one of the famous Zanzibar doors, circa 1906 (photo credit Geordie Mott) -
The elected & later appointed leaders, the Mukhi-Kamadia of the Khoja Ismaili community of Zanzibar.
- ↑ WALJI, Shirin Remtulla. A HISTORY OF THE ISMAILI COMMUNITY IN TANZANIA The University of Wisconsin PhD. Thesis 1974
