Jaffer Alidina Visram
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Jaffer Alidina Visram
Date of Death
- 1918
Place of Death
Country of death
Place of longest stay
Profession or occupation carriedout for the longest period in life
- Merchant- Cotton Trade
Where-City or Country
Like many other Khoja Ismaili merchants during the prewar period, Jaffer Alidina established a trade in Uganda’s cotton industry. In 1912, he and his three sons—Rehemtulla Alidina, Gangji Permohamed, and Mohamed Ali—opened Jaffer Alidina & Sons in Kampala with the help of a Rs. 15,000 loan from the Standard Bank of South Africa. By 1918, the firm was averaging Rs. 100,000 in annual turnover.
