by the work of scholars such as Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari. Notable individuals Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan Azim Premji, Indian billionaire and business tycoon; Chairman of Wipro Alyque Padamsee, Indian theatre personality and advertising professional ('Father of Modern Indian Advertising') Akbar Padamsee, Indian artist and painter, considered one of the pioneers in modern Indian painting Raisa Padamsee, Indian actress Shazahn Padamsee, Indian actress and model Issa G. Shivji, Author and academic (Tanzania) Naushad Merali, Founder of Sameer Group (Kenya) Mohammed Dewji - Founder of MeTL (Tanzania) Hussain Sajwani, DAMAC, (UAE) Firoz Kassam - British Businessman Amir H. Jamal, former Tanzanian Minister of Finance Salim–Sulaiman - Bollywood Music directors Yasmin Ratansi - Canadian politician Mulla Asgarali Jaffer Abdulaziz Sachedina - Twelver Shi’a Islamic scholar Mahmod Jamal - Justice on the Canadian Supreme Court Omar Sachedina - Canadian journalist Naheed Nenshi - Canadian politician Salma Lakhani - Canadian politician Amir Bhatia - British businessman and politician Zarina Bhimji - British photographer Halim Dhanidina - American judge and lawyer Iman Vellani - Canadian Actress Ali Velshi - Canadian Journalist House of Habib - Pakistani Business Family Abbas Gokal - Pakistani Businessman See also Nizari Ismaili Ismaili Shi`ism Twelver Shi`ism Khojki Momna, Nizari Ismailis from northern Gujarat References N.Khouri & J.P.Leite, "The Ismailis of Mozambique. History of a Twofold Migration (late 19th Century-1975)", in E.Morier-Genoud & M.Cahen (eds), Imperial Migrations. Colonial Communities and Diaspora in the Portuguese World, London: Palgrave, 2012 Bibliography Azim Malikov, Kinship systems of Xoja groups in Southern Kazakhstan in Anthropology of the Middle East, Volume 12, Issue 2, Winter 2017, pр.78-91 Azim Malikov, Sacred Lineages in Central Asia: Translocality and Identity in Mobilities, Boundaries, and Travelling Ideas: Rethinking Translocality Beyond Central Asia and the Caucasus edited by Manja Stephan-¬Emmrich and Philipp Schröder (Cambridge: Open Book Publishers), 2018, pp. 121–150 Azim Malikov, Khoja in Kazakhstan: identity transformations in Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Department ‘Integration and Conflict’ Field Notes and research Projects VI CASCA – Centre for Anthropological Studies on Central Asia: Framing the Research, Initial Projects. Eds.: Günther Schlee. Halle/Saale, 2013, pp. 101–107 External links Origin of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheries World Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Muslim Communities History of the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheries The Institute of Ismaili Studies - Khojas Khoja Ismailism Sunni Islam in India Social groups of India Muslim communities of India Muslim communities of Gujarat Social groups of Pakistan Social groups of