Ismail Yusuf (also known as Haji Ismail Yusuf) c. 1870 - 1915, was an early 20th century Indian 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]
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 who trace their 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.
- Sir Mohamed Yusuf Seamen Welfare Foundation (founded 1910)
- Training Ship Rahaman (Nhava, India)
- Ismail Yusuf College (Andheri, Mumbai, India)
- ^ Chainani, Shyam. Nhava & Sheva. India: Academic Foundation. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27.
- ^ a b Bharucha, Nauzer (21 July 2005). "Who are the city's biggest landlords". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ Fārūq Aḥmad Chōṭānī, ed. (11 December 2008) [1971]. Memons International Directory (Digitized). the University of Michigan: Memons International. p. Page xliii. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Training Ship Rahaman: Background". Training Ship Rahaman. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ Hocking, Charles (1969). Dictionary of disasters at sea during the age of steam. UK: Lloyds register of shipping. ISBN 0900528036.
Ismail Yusuf (also known as Haji Ismail Yusuf) c. 1870 - 1915, was an early 20th century Indian 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]
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 who trace their 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.
- Sir Mohamed Yusuf Seamen Welfare Foundation (founded 1910)
- Training Ship Rahaman (Nhava, India)
- Ismail Yusuf College (Andheri, Mumbai, India)
- ^ Chainani, Shyam. Nhava & Sheva. India: Academic Foundation. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27.
- ^ a b Bharucha, Nauzer (21 July 2005). "Who are the city's biggest landlords". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ Fārūq Aḥmad Chōṭānī, ed. (11 December 2008) [1971]. Memons International Directory (Digitized). the University of Michigan: Memons International. p. Page xliii. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Training Ship Rahaman: Background". Training Ship Rahaman. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ Hocking, Charles (1969). Dictionary of disasters at sea during the age of steam. UK: Lloyds register of shipping. ISBN 0900528036.