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Ismailis in Burma

Encyclopaedia of Ismailism by Mumtaz Ali Tajddin

The British occupied Burma in 1885 and annexed it with Indian empire as a province on January 1, 1886. In those days, there were a few Indian Ismailis in Rangoon, who started the first Jamatkhana in 1889 at Mughal Street. Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah left Bombay for Rangoon on June 1, 1900 and graced didar to the Ismailis. The first Ismaili Council came into existence on January 8, 1910, whose first President was Mukhi Wazir Jivabhai Bhanji (1866-1938).


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