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Bombay Muslim leader
Titles: KB, 1919; Kt, 1926.
A Cutchi Memon; b 27 Dec 1881; ed Deccan Coll, Poona; m 1901;5 S, 2 D.
Left studies after father's death and joined business; Poona landlord and Prop Jaffer Jussuff & Co.
Mem Poona Municipality; Hon Mgte; Special Mgte, 1906-1918.
Organised Bombay Pressy ML, 1908; Pres Anjuman-i-Islam; was an ardent advocate of Muslim education; Pres Bd of Trustees, Islamiah Madrasah started by his father; Gen-Sec Bombay Pressy Muslim Ednl Conf; Pres A-I Muslim Conf, Lucknow, 1919 at which A-I Khilafat Cttee was estd; Pres 34th Session, A-I Muslim Ednl Conf, Amraoti, 1920; Founder Dar-ul-uloom, Panchgani, 1920.
Mem Bombay Legislative Coun, 1916-19; mem Impl Legis Coun, 1919-20; mem Coun of State, 1921-25 (Bombay Pressy M); re-elected 1926 (same const); successfully piloted the Cutchi Memon Bill, 1920; lost the 1930 elections.
Mem Cttee on extension of Local Self-Govt in Bombay Presy, 1918; mem Reforms Advisory Cttee, 1920; mem Cantonment Reforms Cttee, 1921; Pres All-India Cantonment Conf, Meerut, 1922; leader of Presy Muslim Deputation to two Viceroys, 1924-26; mem Haj Inquiry Cttee, 1927-28; mem AMU Court, 1922-26.
Died 12 Sept, 1930.
Sir Lelie Wilson, Gov of Bombay, said of him: 'No man has done more during the past few years for the cause of Muslim education than Sir Ebrahim Jaffer.'
Sources: Memons International Directory; Indian Year Book, 1930; Who's Who in India, 1927; Council of State Debates, 1931, Vol. I; (Obituary reference made on 10 Feb 1931); Foundations of Pakistan. All India Muslim League Documents, Vol. II; IOL, 1931. (Muslims in India: A biographical dictionary, ed. N K Jain. Delhi, Manohar, 1979. Vol. I. p. 223)