Shariff Jiwa Surti
Honorary Titles
- Murrabi
Town of birth
Country of birth
Date of Birth
- 1847
Place of longest stay
Profession or occupation carriedout for the longest period in life
- Business-Army Supplier
Where-City or Country
Murrabi Shariff Jiwa Surti was 18 when he arrived from Bhavnagar via Zanzibar in 1865.
He was a generous man locally and abroad and was mentioned frequently in local newspapers.
He communicated regularly with Alama Haji Gulamali Esmail (Haji Nagi) and was famous as the French Army gave him many business contracts.
The land on which the Masjid and Imambarghah of Diegoswarez in Madagascar were built was donated by Shariffbhai as "Waqf”.
