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History: Oral history tells us that Dawoodi Bohra traders encouraged and guided by then Dai-el-Mutlaq came for barter trade travelling up to Indochina in the early 1850s and in the process passed through Singapore. They brought from India cotton goods, leather, soap, ghee and oil and returned with spices, gold, Chinese silk and porcelain. By the last decade of the 19th century, Dawoodi Bohras were establishing businesses in Singapore. Among the first families were Essabhai Motabhi, Abbasbhai Nakhoda, Sheikh Abdullahbhai, Esufallybhai Jafferbhai Motiwala and Tyebalibhai Sithawala. More Dawoodi Bohras arrived in the 1920’s to either join existing firms or to start on their own. It was after World War 1 that a community of Dawoodi Bohras began to take form. The land which our Masjid is built on was bequeathed by Essabhai Motabhai in 1895. Then it was a small masjid meeting the needs of our community. When our 51st Dai-el-Mutlaq, Syedna Taher Saifuddin Saheb (RA) visited Singapore in 1952, He performed the laying of the foundation of a new masjid as shown below:
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