Jaffer Ali Muhammad Sufi
Jaffer Ali Muhammad Somji, surnamed Sufi was born at Karachi in 1908, where he took his formal education.
In 1936, he came in Nairobi and worked as a superintendent of Rehmatullah Valji Hirji Boarding for two years.
In 1947, Jaffer Ali Muhammad Somji published the first volume of the Rumi's mathnawi into Gujrati. He was also well versed in the Ismaili history, the Ismailia Association for India gave him the task to edit 'Nurun Mubin' of Wazir Ali Muhammad Jan Muhammad Chunara in 1947 for its second edition. He worked on it for two years and updated the historical accounts from 1935 to 1949. He also updated its third edition till 1951. In 1954, Jaffer Ali Muhammad Somji was sent to Mombasa, where he served for five years, and then moved to Nairobi. He played an important part in the training of the young waezeens in Dar es Salaam with Missionary Ghulam Ali Shah, and returned to Mombasa on October 21, 1954
