SOME HADHRAMI PERSONALITIES (PAST & PRESENT) IN TANZANIA

Written byMuhammad Bin-DohrySeptember 18th, 2012Leave a comment

SOME HADHRAMI PERSONALITIES (PAST & PRESENT) IN TANZANIA,
who contributed to their community and blended into local societies and made a difference.(This list was prepared and submitted by Abdallah Mohammed Bin Eifan )

First Generation  (Arrived before, during and after the Second World War)

N  A  M E	Location		ACTIVITIES
The late Sh. Abdallah Mohamed Badhyab	Kilosa,    Dodoma Kimamba		Real Estate Investor, livestock dealer.He passed away during the Second World War. (nicknamed “Abdallah Kilosa.)”
The Late Sh. Ahmed Saeed Bin Abri  (Community Elder)	Iringa		Founder of Bin Abri businesses & Dynasty.
The Late Sh. Salim Bathawab   (Community Elder)	D’Salaam		Businessman, Livestock dealer, then principal supplier of meat to Tanganyika Packers.
The Late Sh. Mohamed Abdallah Bin Eifan(Community Elder)	Kimamba		Philanthropist, Real Estate Investor, Trader, Retailer, Wholesaler, Planter, Transporter, Flour Milling, Livestock Dealer. Executive Chairman of the then Mohamed Abdallah & Co. Ltd. & Eifan Mercantile & Co. Ltd.
The Late Mr. Saeed Mohamed Bin Nhed, The late Mr. Mbarak Mohamed Bin Nhed. and Mr. Suleiman Mohamed Bin Nhed	Kiyangayanga (Kilosa).  Morogoro, D’Salaam.		Planters, Owners of large sugar cane plantations, transporters.
The Lates Mr.Salim &.Mr.Mohamed Abood  Bin Abaadi.	Rudewa,  Morogoro		Merchants, wholesalers, planters, transporters, livestock dealers. Co-Directors of the then S&M Abood Co. Ltd.
The late Sh. Saeed Faraj Bin Najjar,(Community Elder)	Ngerengere		Merchant, farmer, Livestock dealer
The late Sh. Saleh Abdallah Jabry	Kidete Gombo		Merchant, leading onions planter
The late Sh.Saleh Awadh Balhaboo(Community Elder)	Kimamba		Livestock Dealer
The late Bakhamis Brothers.	Kilosa		Merchants, wholesalers
The late Sh. Saleh Bin Nhed, (Community leader)	Kiyangayanga		Merchant, A Salafi (who migrated from Hadhramaut to Makkah and then to Tanganyika). Founder of the Islamic Madrasa at Kiyangayanga.
The Late Sh. Omar & Sh.Mabrook Balleith (Community Elders)	Mwanza		Real Estate Investor and livestock Dealers
The Lates  Salmin & Suleiman & Islam. Al Jaedy	Mwanza		Merchants and Livestock Deal
The late Mr. Mahfoodh Basebe’e,	D’Salaam		Merchant, Butcher & Livestock dealer,       (nicknamed “Abu-Msaddas”).
The late Sh. Salim Khamis Bin Sherman	Rudewa		Merchant
The late Mr..Ahmed Salmin Bin Eifan	Kimamba		Merchant (nicknamed “Bugassim).”
The late Sh. Ayedh Salmin Bin Eifan	Dodoma		Merchant
The late Sh. Ahmed Bin Madhi	Dodoma		Merchant
The late Sh. Ali Mansoor	Dodoma		Merchant & livestock dealer
The late Sh. Abdallah Khamis Lardhi	Chalinze & D’Salaam		Restaurateur, merchant, Community Elder
The late Mr. Omar Ahmed Aubathani	Kimamba		Merchant and then Restaurateur from 1950 until his death in 1990. Nicknamed “Omar Hotel.”
The Late Sh. Saleh Thabit Bin Abri		Iringa		Transporter and Industrialist (nicknamed S.T. Abri).
The Late Mr. Islam Bin Kleb		Masimbu & D’Salaam		Merchant, Transporter, (nicknamed Abu-Sagr).
The Late Mr. Thabit and the Late Mr. Bisher Bin Huwel		Iringa		Transporters
The Late Sh. Salem Bin Hatayan		Iringa		Merchant, Transporter. (Retired in Sheher, Hadhramaut).
Sh. Muneef Abdallah Bin Kleib  (Community Elder)		D’Salaam		Philanthropist, Real Estate Investor, Dealer in Petroleum.
The Late Mr. Saeed and the Late Mr.Abdallah Ali Bafadhil		Chakwale		Merchants & livestock dealers
The Late Mr.Ahmed Saeed Balhaboo		Morogoro		Merchant
The Late Mr. Duwil Bin Tier		Mlandizi		Merchant & Businessman
The Late Sh. Ahmed Ba’abad		Morogoro		Merchant & Community leader
The Late Mr. Suleiman Bin Amer		Morogoro		Merchant & Businessman
The Late Sh. Omar Bafadhil		Morogoro		The Official Chief Sheikh of  Morogoro Region.(Member of The National Muslim Council of Tanzania (BAKWATA)
The Late Mr. Salim Bajsair		D’Salaam		Merchant, Community Elder
The Late Sh.Omar Awadh Bawazir Bin Hebras		Kimamba		Merchant, Butcher, Founder of Al- Noor Madrasa, Islamic Preacher
The Late Sh. Muhammad Bawazir		Dodoma		Merchant
The Lates Messrs. Salim &  Abdallah & Hamad Bin Sulaiman Bin Thabit		Morogoro		Butchers & Livestock Dealers
The Late Mr. Mabkhoot Bin Jahzar		Chakwale		Merchant, Livestock Dealer
The Late Bamatraf brothers		Chakwale		Merchants
The Late Mr. Awadh Nasser Shibibi		Mamboya, D’Salaam		Merchant
The Late Abood Al-Kathiri		Bagamoyo, D’Salaam		The first Hadhrami to introduce passenger bus services in the then Tanganyika in the fifties.
Sh. Hood Al-Jabri(Community Elder)		Morogoro		Veteran in bus services.
The Late Sh. Saleh Awadh Rubaki		Kimamba		Merchant
The Late Mr. Nasser Shaush		Chakwale		Merchant
The Late Mr.Nasser Bin Zo’ou		Morogoro		Merchant
The Late Mr. Awadh Bin Afif		Kimamba		Merchant
The Late Sh. Salim Bin Faris		Mpwapwa		Livestock Dealer
The Late Sh. Muhammad Bin Ishaq		Mikumi		Merchant
The Late Sh. Saleh Bin Ishaq		Mikumi		Merchant (died in Saudi Arabia)
The Late Sh. AbdulRahman Al-Amoudi		Morogoro		Merchant, businessman, migrated to Saudi Arabia in 1961. Died in Riyadh
The Late Mr. Salim Mohamed Bin Thabit		Msowero, Dodoma		Merchant (Nicknamed “Al-Kursi)
Mr. Awadh Al-Humumi		Chakwale		Merchant, Livestock Dealer (nicknamed “Wangu Mwana.”
The Lates Sh. Abdallah  Aubathani and brothers		Tanga		Merchants, Restaurateurs.
The Late Sayyid Abdelgader Jineidi		D’Salaam		Imam of the Kitumbini Juma’a mosque, religious scholar & Community Elder
Sayyid Abdallah A. Al-Beity		D’Salaam		Hides & Skins Trader (Community Leader)
Mr. Mbarak Bin Maksoor		D’Salaam		Merchant, Restaurateur,
The Late Mr. Amer Salmin Lardhi		Dodoma		Merchant
The Late Mr. Saleh Ghalib Lardhi		Dodoma		Merchant, Restaurateur, (Nicknamed Songo)”
The Late Mr. Rais Bin Mkhashin		Mvumi,Moro.		Merchant
The Late Mr. Rasaam Al-Kathiri		Morogoro		Restaurateur
Mr. Ali Bin Saeed Bin Zo’ou		D’Salaam		Merchant, Restaurateur, Community Elder
The Late Abdallah Has’aan & his Late brother.		D’Salaam, Saudi Arabia		Goldsmith
The Late Mr. Abdallah Bin Huwel		Kilosa		Merchant. Nicknamed“Abdallah Kapu”
The Late  Mr. Salmin Bin Taher		Kilosa		Flour Milling.
The Late  Mr. Ahmed Bin Argan		Morogoro		Merchant & Restaurateur
Late Mr. Islam Sultan Bin Huwel		Mkwatani		Merchant.
The Late Mr. Saeed Ali Bajaber		Morogoro		Merchant (Nicknamed Saidi Nyama)
The Late Abdulrahman Al-Habshi		Dodoma		Merchant
The Late Sayyid Abubakar Saqqaf		Dodoma		Merchant
The Late Mr. Mbarak Al-Jaedy		Dodoma		Merchant