Khoja Muslims

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Khoja Muslims are a mercantile Muslim community of Gujarati origin, historically linked to the Nizari Ismaili tradition and prominent in trade and diaspora networks across South Asia and East Africa.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Alavi Bohras 1
Bohra Muslims 1
Dawoodi Bohras 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim community
ethno-religious group
mercantile community
conversionCentury 14th century
15th century
conversionType collective conversion
countryOfOrigin India
culturalPractice endogamous marriage patterns
use of Gujarati in religious life
diasporaPresence Canada
East Africa
India
Kenya
Middle East
Pakistan
Tanzania
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States
economicInfluenceRegion East African coast
linked to: Swahili Coast

Indian Ocean trade
ethnicOrigin Gujarati
hasSubgroup Nizari Ismaili Khojas
linked to: Ismaili Shia

Sunni Khojas
linked to: Khoja Muslims

Twelver Shia Khojas
linked to: Twelver Shia
historicalAffiliation Nizari Ismaili Islam
linked to: Ismaili Shia
historicalConversionFrom Hindu Lohana community
linked to: Lohana community
historicalLanguage Sindhi
historicalMigrationPeriod 19th century
early 20th century
historicalMigrationRoute Gujarat to East Africa
identityType caste-origin Muslim group
notableEconomicSector banking and finance
retail trade
wholesale trade
primaryLanguage Gujarati
Kutchi
regionOfOrigin Gujarat
religiousInstitutionType Jamaatkhana
linked to: Jamaat Khana
religiousLeadership Aga Khan
linked to: The Aga Khan
religiousMinorityOf Shia Islam
religiousTextTradition Ginans
religiousTradition Islam
socialRole merchant community
subgroupOf Gujarati Muslims
linked to: Indian Muslims

Ismaili Muslims
linked to: Ismaili Shia

South Asian Muslims
traditionalOccupation commerce
finance
trade

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gujarati people subgroup Bohra Muslims
linked to: Khoja Muslims
Gujarati people subgroup Khoja Muslims
Ismaili Shia subgroup Dawoodi Bohras
linked to: Khoja Muslims
Ismaili Shia subgroup Alavi Bohras
linked to: Khoja Muslims
Khoja Muslims hasSubgroup Sunni Khojas
linked to: Khoja Muslims