Khoja Muslims

E283247

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