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ANNEXURE No. t.
The Mussulman Indian population of Zanzibar consists of three sects—Khoiah BohraK
and Mchmon, the last ouly being Sunni in their faith. * ’
l. Khojahs,—'There arc now 2,558 Khojahs within the Zanzibar dominions, exclusive
of those settled in Madagascar and the French Colonies of Mayotte and Nosi-I3eh.
Table showing the distribution of Khojahs within the Zanzibar dominions in 1870:—

Number
Place of residence. of Houses.
individuals.
Zanzibar 3,100 335
Pemba Ml Ml 59 38
Bagamoyo *37 36
Morina villages
35 10
Dar.Salam
43 *3
Quilom 176 77
Mungao 18 9

Total 3.558 703

The accompanying table shows the place of origin in India of the Zanzibar Khojah
families

Number
Place of origin in India. of
families.
Kutch ••• 433
Jam nuggur Ml JOO
Bhownuggur 7
Bombay ... Ml 5
Muscat ... I

Total 535

There are 700 married females in the Zanzibar population of 2,100 Khojahs. Thirty
years ago there were here only 165 families and 26 married women, showing that the
members of this sect have multiplied six-fold in the last thirty years, and the married or
settled past have increased in a still greater ratio. This increase has been of late entirely
owing to the arrival of emigrants from Kutch.
The Khojah community is governed by a council of five elders (the Amuldavi), who on
the occurrence of a death vacancy elect the successor.
There are two officers chosen yearly by the council to attend to routine business ; these
are the Muki and Kamaria, but their position is altogether subordinate to the Council of
Jemad.
The five members of the Jemad at present are—
1. Rahutuilah Kama, of Nuggur.
2. Taria Topan, of Kutch.
3. Lalji Thawer, of Kutch.
4. Alibhoz Somji, of Nuggur.
5. Gullara Hossein Tidepar, of Kutch.
Since the death of Hama, father of the first on the above list, there has been no
Waris or president nominated by the Agha Khan.