Jaffer Bhimji

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Mr. Jaffer Bhimji
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  • Archives of Sindh Culture Government of Pakistan List of Court Records 1893-
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Born in Ormara

Jaffer Bhimji was a fish trader in the Omani-run port of Gwader in Baluchistan.

The Imperial Gazetteer of India” (Calcutta, 1908, p. 186) writes that Gwadar was an open roadstead and port in Makran, about 290 miles from Karachi, with a population of 4350 persons in 1903. It is also learnt from the Ismaili journals of Bombay that the population of the Ismailis in Gwadar was about 500 around 1905.

He later moved to bustling British port-city of Karachi, where he was reputed to have supplied "sole" fish to the Ismaili Imam, Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah, Agakhan III at his home in Tekri, Karachi.

He is mentioned in the following court case from 1894:

996 District Court of Karachi 196 of 1892 Jaffer Bhimjee vs Peerbhoy Damjee & an other RS. 510 12/12/1892 11/01/1894 English

1368 District Court of Karachi 168 of 1894 Jaffir Bhimji vs Haroon s/o Ishake Rs.1200/- 10/08/1894 23/07/1895 English and Sindhi

Archives.sindhculture.gov.pk/list-of-court-record/