A History of Memons

About the Book

The origin of the Memons as a community dates back to 1454 AD corresponding to 824 AH, when some 700 Hindu families, representing some 6178 people belonging to the old and famous Lohanas community of Sindh, now part of Pakistan accepted Islam.

Murkab Khan was in fact Yaam Raidan (1454), who received and welcomed Syed Yusufuddin Gilani as his guest and became his follower.

Seth Maneckji, Mukhi (leader) of 8.4 million Lohanas, was a trusted friend of Yaam Raidan, or Murkab Khan the ruler. Seeing Yaam Raidan convert to Islam, Seth Maneckji, with two of his three sons and 700 Lohanas families, became followers of Syed Yusufuddin Gilani and converted to Islam.

About the Author

I am a Memon originally from Pakistan and I have researched the genealogy of Memons for over 10 years. I have written down the history of Memons using many sources of information from Library of Congress, several articles and books written on Memons. My intention is to show here that Memons are the original Pakistanis who accepted Islam in 1454 AD. I was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan and came to US when I was 18 years old. I did my Bachelors in Science from University of Houston in Computer Science and work as an IT specialist in healthcare industry for over 25 years.