The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Ebrahim, Sir Currimbhoy
Ebrahim, Sir Currimbhoy, Bart., (U.K.); y.s. of late Mr. Ebrahim Pabaney; b., 1839: began life by opening a firm at Hong Kong; opened branches at Shanghai, Kobe, Singapore, and Calcutta, and agencies in many important business centres in the East; established his reputation as a trader in Cotton, silk, tea, opium, yarn, etc.; founded Currimbhoy, Ebrahim Pabaney. Crescent and Fazilbhai Mills, where about 220,000 spindles and 3,500 looms are at work every day giving employment to about 80,00 men; established ginning factories at Yeotmal, Katol, the Berars, Indore, and other places; is the owner of the Indian blacking, dyeing and printing works; Presdt, the Anjuman-i-Islam and of the Mahommedan Educational Conference, Bombay; Trustee of the Port of Bombay; has established a girls’ school, a Madrassa at Mandvi, the Currimbhoy Ebrahim Khoja Orphonage in Bombay, a Dharmsala at Mandvi and Bhuj,; has given a liberal donation to the New Museum Fund, Bombay. Address: 13, Esplanade Road, Bombay, India.