Pir Yusuffuddin Saheb was a saint of a high order, coming from the sainthood dynasty of the world renowned Hazrat Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani of Baghdad (May the mercy of Allah be upon him). It came as no surprise when 700 families of the Lohana community, settled at Thatta, accepted Islam under the auspicious hands of Pir Yusuffuddin Saheb (May the mercy of Allah be upon him) and followed the Hanafi path. The Arabs ruled Sindh for almost 300 years and in that time the brotherhood, culture, morality and spiritualism of Islam produced a profound effect on the people of the region. Their achievements provide a source of inspiration to succeeding generations. In narrating the history of the Memons and their religious and cultural life of that time, what is sincerely intended is the attempt to highlight the unity and the great struggle for identity and subsequent triumph in spite of the forces of evil. But certain customs and elements of unity remained an inherited tradition throughout their lives and it is on account of this that they were and are easily distinguishable from other Muslim communities. In adopting the Islamic faith, the new adherents accepted a new form of dress and style of living that differed substantially from their fore bearers.
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The origin of the Memons as a community dates back to a period in history listed as 824 AH when some 700 Hindu families, representing some 6178 people belonging to the old and famous Lohana community of Sindh, accepted Islam. Many preferred to remain in India and a few gradually settled in other countries. The Memons have their origins in the small towns and villages of Kutch, Gujarat and Kathiawad regions of pre-independent India.Īfter the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, a large number of Memons migrated to Pakistan.
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