Born: Kaliro, Uganda, 1940. Distinction: Mukhi, Ottawa Jamat; Ismailia Voluntary Highwayman, Ottawa. Present location: Ottawa, Canada; interviewed at Aga Khan Mosque, Kampala, during a visit for the Aga Khan’s Golden Jubilee visit, August 2007 visit. He remembers a significant date for Ismailis and 1972. Notice the wordplay on Samari|TanManDhan. Tanmandhan = body mind and treasure (a person who gives = a Samaritan.)
Click here to read: PDF: From Vali Jamal’s Book: Mansur Ibrahim Popat Charania – The good samaritan|mandhan
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All related Vali Jamal: https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/tag/vali-jamal/

Vali Jamal’s rendition is missing one important fact:
In and around Ottawa you are fondly called as the Angel of the Queensway … helping stranded motorists ;)
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