Jaipur Bohra Community — Rajasthan, India
جَمَاعَةُ البُهرَة — جَيبُور، رَاجَستَان
Jaipur, the Pink City and capital of Rajasthan, has a historic Dawoodi Bohra presence rooted in the city's long commercial tradition. Bohras were prominent traders and jewellers in Rajasthan's royal courts, with connections to the Mewar, Jaipur, and Jodhpur princely states going back to the Mughal era. The Bohra masjid in Jaipur's walled old city is a historic structure reflecting the Gujarati-Rajasthani architectural synthesis of the region. The community maintains Bohra traditions including Lisan ud-Dawat education, monthly majalis, and regular Dawat programmes. Rajasthan's mumineen have historically been part of the Gujarat-Rajasthan trading belt — a commercial network of Bohra families that stretched from Surat and Ahmedabad northward through Ajmer, Jaipur, and Jodhpur to Delhi. The gem and textile trades, for which Rajasthan is famous, were important commercial activities of this Bohra network.
Why it Matters
The Jaipur community is part of the historic Rajasthan-Gujarat Bohra trading belt — merchants who carried walayah into the courts of Rajput kings, establishing minarets among the forts and palaces of the Pink City.
Dua when visiting
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِك لِهَذِهِ الجَمَاعَةِ فِي تِجَارَتِهَا وَأَحوَالِهَا وَاجعَلهَا رَاسِخَةً عَلَى وَلَايَةِ مَولَانَا
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