Jessa Damani
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Jessa Damani
Date of Death
- 1889
Place of Death
Country of death
Profession or occupation carriedout for the longest period in life
- Merchant
Where-City or Country
- Partners
- Children
Negotiating_the_Racial_Boundaries_of_Khoja - Your Highlight on Location 95-98
"Jessa Damani was a Kh ōjā merchant who split his time between his two wives.
He died in Zanzibar with his second wife, a Khōjā named Hurbayee, who lived in Zanzibar and with whom he had a son and a daughter aged nine and six, respectively. His first wife was a Swahili woman; they lived in Kilwa Kivinje and had two sons, aged sixteen and fourteen at the time of his death."