Haji Ismail Yusuf

Ismail Yusuf (also known as Haji Ismail Yusuf) c.1870 - 1915, was an early 20th century India businessman and the proprietor of Bombay Steam Navigation Company. [1] The Yusuf family own vast amounts of land in Mumbai and in the vicinity[2] as is one of the ten largest private landowners in Mumbai.[2]

Life and Family

Ismail Yusuf was the son of Haji Hasham (Haji Ismail Hasham) and the father of Sir Mohamed Yusuf, born into an influential Kutchi Memon family which trace their ethnic origins to the modern Gujarat.[3][4] He was the proprietor of Bombay Steam Navigation company, a shipping company which was founded by his father, Haji Hasham. It was the first Indian owned shipping company.[5] Later he went on to establish a Marine College at Rashid Mansion, Worli Point, Bombay, as a charitable institution in debt of gratitude to the mercantile seafaring community who had served bravely and loyally on the Company's ships.[4]

He died in 1915 and is buried in a mausoleum in the family estate at Samandar mahal, Mumbai, beside the grave of Ma Hajiani.

Legacy

References

  1. ↑ Chainani, Shyam. Nhava & Sheva. India: Academic Foundation.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bharucha, Nauzer (21 July 2005). "Who are the city's biggest landlords". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Fārūq Aḥmad Chōṭānī, ed. (11 Dec 2008). Memons International Directory (Digitized). the University of Michigan: Memons International. p. Page xliii. Retrieved 26 September 2013. Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Training Ship Rahaman: Background". Training Ship Rahaman. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Hocking, Charles (1969). Dictionary of disasters at sea during the age of steam. UK: Lloyds register of shipping. ISBN 0900528036.