Samsuddin Dattu Merwani

Rai Samsuddin Dattu Merwani

Town of birth

• Gwadar

Country of birth

• Sultanate of Oman

Date of Birth

• 1915/01/06

Date of Death

• 1988

Place of Death

• Karachi

Name of Cemetery and plot no

• Sakhi Hasan Ismailia Cemetry
• Karachi

Profession or occupation carriedout for the longest period in life

• Business

Where-City or Country

• Karachi

Family tree

Parents

Dattu Merwani

Born in 1915 Gwadar

Dattu Merwani.

Shamsuddin Bhai acquired his early education in Gwadar. He remained a member of the Gwadar Volunteer Core and served the Gwadar Council as Captain for several years.

In 1946, he relocated to Hyderabad, Deccan, India and continued serving the Jamaat as member of the Volunteer Core. In 1950, he completed a Machinery course on the advice of Imam Sultan Mohamed Shah.

In 1951, he moved to Pakistan and established businesses in Karachi, Jivani and Gwadar.

From 1956 to 1961, he was Vice President of the Gwadar Council and later between 1961 to 1976 he served as Mukhi at the Gwadar Jamaat.

Thereafter, he permanently moved and settled in Karachi.

In December 1988, he suffered a fatal cardiac arrest and was buried at the Sakhi Hasan Ismailia Cemetry, Karachi.