Ismail Bhallo

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Ismail Bhallo
Town of birth
  • Jamnagar
Country of birth
  • India
Date of Death
  • 1916
Place of Death
  • Dar es Salaam
Name of Cemetery and plot no
  • Khoja Ithna-asheri Kabrastan-Cemetery, Dar es Salaam
Place of longest stay
  • Dar es Salaam
Profession or occupation carriedout for the longest period in life
  • Business
Where-City or Country
  • Tanzania

Born in Jamnagar


Ismail Bhallo, came to Bagamoyo from Jamnagar in the 1880s.

He came by dhow with his six children, 4 boys and 2 girls. His wife had expired.

Ismail Bhallo later moved to Dar to start up a business.

All his children got into business when they grew up. One migrated to Burundi and another to Mombasa.

He and his older brother remained in Dar