Sri Lanka Memon Family Genealogy

MAGHOORA- Family #286

The Maghoora family of Ceylon originates with Haji Ismail Maghoora, who founded a textile trading company called Ismail Bawa & Company in third cross street Pettah, way back in 1942. His family came to Ceylon in 1948 and it was not long before his three sons, Abdul Sattar, Sulaiman nd Mohammed were helping their father run the business. Ismail, popularly known as Ismail Bawa, was a prominent member of the Memon Community and was a founder member of the Memon Association of Ceylon, when it was established in the mid 1950's. Haji Ismail's two eldest sons, Abdul Sattar and Sulaiman, ventured on their own and jointly established a firm called, Abdul Rahim Trading Company at Keyzer Street in the Petah, which dealt in textiles and plastic rollings. The younger son Mohammed, decided to stay in the business with his father and continues to run Ismail Bawa's.

Sulaiman, went on to establish Maghoora's, a textile firm in Keyzer Street in 1972. He later established a textile manufacturing plant called, Magsons Synthetic Textile Industries in Ratmalana and a textile processing plant dealing with dyeing, finishing and printing of fabric at Hekitta, Wattala, called Maghoora's Industries (pvt) Ltd. In these ventures he was helped by his two sons, Iqbal and Yoonus, who now serve as Directors of this family business. Iqbal's eldest son Ishreth also joined the business and is presently CEO of Maghoora's Industries.

1 Maghoora

    2  Haji Ismail Maghoora

        3 Abdul Sattar Ismail Maghoora

        3 Sulaiman Ismail Maghoora

4 Iqbal Sulaiman Maghoora

5 Ishreth Iqbal Maghoora

4 Yoonus Sulaiman Maghoora

        3 Mohammed Ismail Maghoora

Compiled by the Webmaster of the Sri Lanka Genealogy Website from available data in Sri Lankan archives together with data extracted from "Memons of Sri Lanka" - Men Memoirs Milestones, by Asiff Hussein & Hameed Karim Bhoja, May 2006, iSBN 955-1408-00-4, Published by The Memon Association of Sri Lanka