Series 45 - Ahmedabad District Gazetteer 1984 - Pirana Sect Is A Branch Shia Muslim and Imam Shah Is Saiyyed

Ahmedabad District Gazetteer 1984 -Pirana Sect is a branch Shia Muslim and Imam Shah is Saiyyed
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Muslims
The Gujarat Mus lims may be divided into two s,ections, thoae
""ho have a foreign strain and those who arc almost c;-nhrcly of local R indu
descent. From the middle of the 7th t o the end. of G1e 18th cenltu:y, foreign
Muslims continued to find their way into Gujarat. Of the local converts,
some were persuaded and others were forced to adopt I slam by Alp Khan
( A . D. 1297-1317 ) wl1o spread the Muhammadan faith fro m Anhilvad to
Broach . Sultan Ahmed Shah (A. 0 . 14 11-1441 ). Mahmud l3egada
(A. D. 1459-1513 ) and Mahmud ll (A. D . 1536- 1547 ) specially exerted
themsel ves t o s pread I slam. Among the Mughal e mperors . J ahang.i r in
A. D. 1618 and Aurangzeb in A. D. 1646 atte mpted. by persecution to
force the Hindus to become Mnslims. l
Among the "Muslims of foreign or igin. there are Saiyads. Shaikhs.
Pathans and Mughals. while the Vohoras . Si pahis. Ghanchis. Pinjaras.
Momnas, Khojas, Mcmons and Chhipas are Muslims converted from
Hindus in this district .

The Saiyads can be said to form the hig_hest communal group
in the Muslim societ y. They claim to be descendants fr,1m the Prophet
through his daughter Fatimah and h e r the Prophet's cousin Al i.
Scores of Saiyad families entered Gujarat dur ing the reigns of the
Sultans of Guj arat ( 1400-1570 ) and thei r successors. the Mughals
( 1570-1750). The Mirat-i-Ahmadi lists the roltowing important families:
(J) The Shirazis. (2) The Bukharis. (3) The Rifa'i s. (4. The Qadirlyyas.
(5) The Meshhcd is, (6) The Tdrusis. (7) The Tirmizis. (8) The Bbaktaris.
(9) The Arizis, ( 10) The Zaid is and ( 11) The Mahdvis. Out of them.
,..... ____ __,.iukhari . Rifa'is and Meshhedis are fo und mainly in this d istrict as they
ettled here.
. .It\ of Saiyads tracing its oTJgm from Nizad P ir and ha'
tts. ranl<s. the important Tmam Shah entered Gujarat a l smah
msstonanes. At present the Sa iyads can hard ly be regarded as an affl uent
section of the Muslim communi ty. There are n number of immigrants.
who claim t o be the Saiyads but they are not so recognised by rrue' Saiyads.
The ' t s . .
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rue a1yads are h ighly scnsuve to marriage connecttOnS an t
which bes peak or e ven a Saiyad o rigin. T he fl uency in Ordtf
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genutne Saiyads. They arc mainly found in Ahmadabad City tatuka
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DISTRICT GAZETTEER ; AHMADA'8Al)
The Ghanchis are oilmen: They are also called Ghanchi-Yoh?.ras. They
arc found in Ahmadabad Ctty taluka and talukas of thts district.
They are t he descendants of Hindus of the and Ghanchl castes.
Th.::ir females dress l ike Hindus and adopt. Hmdu At marriage,
their w{1me n go singing like the Hindus, w1th the bndegroom in proce.
ssion to the bride's house and in their feasts they have Hindu dishes of
tadu, kansar , etc. At death, women wail anJ beat the breasts. They are
Sunni in faith, and h ave a jcunat , with a he admen chosen by the members.
The Pinjara is a craftsman community, who are cotton-threshers.
In addition, they have taken to misce llaneous callings like oilselling, small
trade and private service. Since both the Gban chis and Pinjaras have taken
to old trade and sinc.e both have adopted the surname Mansoori, it appear:;
probable that the two communities are ne arer to one another and may
-------. have a common origin. They are found in Ahmadabad City of this district.
In matter of social customs like birth, marriage and death they follow
Muslim social customs. They are a poor and backward community.
The Momnas from Mo min ( beJievcrs ) are descendants of Hindus oF
many castes converted to the Sbiah form of the faith by mC:'mbers
o( the I smaliya Saiyads, of whom lmamshah o f Pirana was the most
L--------Jdistinguishc<..l. They are found in Ahmadabad City taluka of this district.
They are mai11ly cotton weavers, while some of also weave silk sarees.
They also scJI cotton rope and tape. Doth males and females have
Hindu names. Among them circumdsion is _Qractiscd and dead arc buried.
Like Hindus, wo men wail ahd b eat the breast a t death. Some of tbci11
1Ul on Hi ndu dress. while some ut on Muslim dress. Their women
generally put on sarce and petti-coat. The.y speak Gujarati. Jnstcad
the <.luran, they read lmamshahs book o [ religious rules and also wo.r';;htP
Hindu Gods.
The Khoja s are convert ed Hindus. They are mainl y found ill the
Ahmadabad City taluka, of this d istri<:t. They are the descendants of
Luhanas, who were converted to I slam by the preaching of a Shiah preacher
called Nur Satagur or Nur-ud-din in the 12th century. H e is said to have
made a number of converts i n Gujarat by orderinO' the idols of a :Hindu
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e mp e to speak and b ear test1mony to the truth of his mission. The u .
were the first to yield to his jnfluence and in con sequence acquired their tnbal
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name OJa, or h onourable convert. One of Nur Satag:ur's successor'. t
_ o fiJ'S
o ngmally a Tuwar Rajput, sowed the seed of Ismalia faith. On tbeJr . n
settle ment in the towns of G ujarat, the Khojas were small dealers jn

fuel. From th ese humbl e beginning. they now occupy a
m commer ce. They are scattered all over Gu
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chievements. The Ma ha Laxmi Mata temple is spacious and bas been reno-
more than o nce. The Maha Kali temple boasts of a beautiful and rare
dol of Sbiva in the tandava pose. A stone slab of seventeenth century
seventeen Sanskrit verses composed by o ne Oayaram engraved on it.
There is a temple of K uber towards the southern extre mity of Dholka.
c ontrary to other temples. this temple faces east. Tt was built by a Brahmin
in Saka Samvat 172 1. A temple built 150 years back: displays a big anci'eDt
idol of Ardha-Nari-lshwar. The Jain te mple in BhaJa pol ha an ancient
Parswanath idol, supposed t o have bee n built in the pre-Christ era . DhoJka
has rwo other Jain te mples. r The first school at Dho lka wa-. opened a c;
early a<; A. D. 1829. At present. the to wn has I I primary schools. six h igh
schools, colleges of arts and commerce and a Prir:nary Teachers
Training College for women. There are two public hospitals. a primary
health centre. two gardens. two c inema houges and Government rest house.
Jt is an important ha ndloom centre . There are two rice mills, cotton
gi nning factories. a brass ut ensil fact o ry. a hume pipe fa ct ory and two
factories manufacturing wooden chairs and fumiture. The town has
branches of State Ban k of India. Dena Bank. Bank o f Baroda. J anata
Co-operative Bank and Ahmadabad Distri L Co-opcrati\e Bank.
Dholka has its town municipal ity. It has a sub-market yard of agri'cut.
rural produce. The to wn is equipped with electricity and piped water supply.
A fair is held at t he temple of the Nagnath Mahadev o n Sh r a van Va d 30.
Annual Urs are held at t he tomb of Hazarat Sha P ir a nd Bukhari Sabeb oa.
Shawwal I 6-20 and Rajab 7 respectivel y. Dholka is fa'l' om: for its pomegT&
nates and guavas .
Giramtha- Oa-;kro i Taluka J>. 1.244 ): Area in ac rcc; I .818
Giramtha is 9 km. from Vatva. a railway station on the Bo mbay-
Viramgam broad gauge section of t he Western R ailway and 15 k m. from
Ahmadabad. t he taluka a nd dist r ict hea dquarters. It is connected b y the
State Transport buses with Ahmadabad a nd other importa nt centres of t he
L---,.---'district. Near this vj!lage is t he P irana mo na ster v with five rows ( mauso-
) . ....!he ch ief being t ha t o r Ima msh a . It is said that in l f1t19 A . D .
.yed Imamsha came fro m Ira n a nd settled o n a h moclc at tbe entrance
viJJage. There were no ra ins for three year s in s uccessio n .
l'he farmers requested him to bring ra in. When rain felt. t hey chose him
be their spiritual guide. A hutment was built for h im to t he west of the
where an arrow shot by h im had faJJen . Soon after . t h is. Mo.hammed
l<mg of Ahmadabad. who was convi nced tha t Tmamc:ha had m1rac ulo us
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T he acoouM It mainly bated on an article prepared by Dr. Bi.,in Jhave ri of
Ohotka.
ffi(:) li-47- 116
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