14 Facts About Dawoodi Bohra

Dawoodi Bohra was eventually nominated by the twenty-third Dai as his successor and became the first from the Indian community to lead the Tayyibi Da'wa as the twenty-fourth al-Dai al-Mutlaq.

The first wave of Dawoodi Bohra traders migrating to East Africa took place in the aftermath of a severe drought in Kathiawar.

Dawoodi Bohra shifted the community headquarters from Surat to Mumbai, which had become a major centre of trade and commerce in India.

Current leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community is the 53rd al Dai al Mutlaq, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin who lives in India.

Dawoodi Bohra follow Fatimid-era tabular calendar which matches exactly with the lunar cycle of 354 days and hence requires no adjustments.

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Several sub-committees and trusts administering different aspects of a local Dawoodi Bohra community operate under the purview of respective Jamiat.

The prefix Dawoodi Bohra is in reference to Dawood Bin Qutubshah, the 27th Da'i al-Mutlaq, who was the leader of the majority following a schism in 1588.

Dawoodi Bohra cuisine, influenced by Gujarati, Persian, Yemeni, and Egyptian cuisines, is known for its unique taste and dishes such as bohra-style biryani, dal chaawal palidu, kheema samosa, dabba gosht, and masala bateta.

Dawoodi Bohra community is centered around a markaz when there is no existing mosque nearby.

In June 2018, the Dawoodi Bohra community launched Project Rise, a philanthropy focused on the marginalized and the poor.

Dawoodi Bohra community run over 25 hospitals and clinics in India, as well as a number of facilities in Pakistan and across the world.

India: 2018: the Dawoodi Bohra community received an award for organizing the largest zero waste religious event during the Ashara Mubaraka sermons in Indore, by the Golden Book of World Records.

Status of women in the Dawoodi Bohra community underwent a major change in the latter half of the 20th century.

Supporters of the practice say that the Dawoodi Bohra remove only the clitoral hood or perform symbolic nicking, and that it should be referred to as "female circumcision", not FGM.