Sunni Vohra
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (1,038,000) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
•  India •  United States°  Pakistan •  United Kingdom •  South Africa •  United Arab Emirates
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| Languages | |
| • Gujarati • Sindhi • Hindi • Urdu • Kutchi • English | |
| Religion | |
•  Islam 100% • |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| • Gujarati Muslims • Memon • Khoja • Bohra |
Sunni Vahoras or Sunni Bohras (Arabic: سنی بوہرہ) are a Sunni Muslim community from the state of Gujarat in India. Sharing a large number of cultural similarities with the Dawoodi Bohras, they are often confused with that community. However, they are different in that they are Sunni following the Hanafi fiqh. The community in Pakistan uses the surname "Vohra" and not Bohra and are commonly known as Sunni Vhoras. A very small number of families use the slightly different spelling of "Vora" or "Vohra" as their surname. Another common surname is Patel. An overwhelming majority of the Gujarati-speaking Vohra community of Pakistan lives in the port city of Karachi in Sindh province. They are well organized and carry out their activities through their own Karachi-based association named Charotar Muslim Anjuman, Charotar being the name of the region in the Indian state of Gujarat where their ancestors are originally from.
In the 15th century, there was schism in Bohra community of Patan, Gujarat as large number converted from Mustaali Ismaili to Hanafi Sunni fiqh. The leader of this conversion movement to Sunni was Syed Jafar Ahmad Shirazi. Thus this new group is known as Jafari Bohras and Patani Bohras. In 1538, Syed Jafar Ahmad Shirazi convinced Patani Bohras to cease social relations with Ismaili Bohras. The cumulative results of these pressures resulted in over one million Dawoodi Bohra constituting over 80% Bohra community converting from Ismaili Shia Fiqh to Sunni Hanafi Fiqh.
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