Haji Gulamali Haji Ismail (Haji Naji)

Born: Bombay, 1864

Died: Bombay, 1942

Haji Naji has put the Gujrati speaking

Shi'a world under his obligation for ever.

Among the pioneers who separated from

Aga Khan community, he dedicated his

life to religion.

He started his Gujrati magazine,

Rah-e-Najat, in Dhul Qa'da, 1310 A.H.

from Bhavnagar, India. Four years later,

he bought a printing press in

Ahmadabad, and moved there.

He wrote and published nearly 300 books

on tafsir, du'as, majlises, marthiyas,

sermons anf fiqh. Even when his house was burnt down in

November 1932, consuming all books and manuscripts and

destroying the press, Haji Naji with exemplary fortitude established

new press and Rah-e-Najat continued.

He died of heart attack in 1942 in Bombay.

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