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{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Sunni Vhora (Vohra)<br />
| population =<br />
| popplace = {{Flatlist|<br />
* India<br />
* USA<br />
* Pakistan<br />
* United Kingdom<br />
* South Africa<br />
* United Arab Emirates<br />
}}<br />
| langs = {{Flatlist|<br />
* [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
* [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]<br />
* [[Arabic]] (liturgical)<br />
* [[Hindi]]<br />
* [[Urdu]]<br />
* [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]]<br />
* [[English language|English]]<br />
}}<br />
| rels = [[Image:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Sunni Islam]]<br />
| related = {{Flatlist|<br />
* [[Gujarati Muslims]]<br />
* [[Memon people|Memon]]<br />
* [[Khoja]]<br />
* [[Mustaali|Bohra]]<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Sunni Vahoras''' or '''Sunni Bohras''' ({{lang-ar| سنی بوہرہ}}; also [[Jafari Bohras]] or [[Patani Bohras]]), are a community from the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]]. Sharing many cultural similarities with the [[Dawoodi Bohras]], they are often confused with that community. The community in Pakistan uses the surname "Vohra" and not Bohra and are commonly known as Sunni Vohras. A few families use the slightly different spelling of "Vora" or "Vohra" as their surname. Another common surname is [[Patel]]. Some members of the Vohra community living in Saurashtra called Kathiawaar Sunni Vohra mainly live at Una Diu Delwada, Junagadh, Veraval, Patan, Jetpur, Mangrol, Porbandar and in Pakistan at [[Karachi]].<br />
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An overwhelming majority of the Gujarati-speaking Vohra community of Pakistan lives in the port city of [[Karachi]] in Sindh province. They are well organized and carry out their activities through their own Karachi-based association named ''Charotar Muslim Anjuman'', [[Charotar]] being the name of the region in the Indian state of Gujarat where their ancestors are originally from.<br />
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==History and distribution==<br />
In the 15th century, there was [[Schism (religion)|schism]] in Bohra community of [[Patan, Gujarat]] as many converted from [[Mustaali]] [[Ismaili]] to [[Sunni Islam]]. The leader of this conversion movement to [[Sunni Islam]] was Jafar Patani, himself a Bohra convert to [[Sunni Islam]]. Thus this new group is known as [[Jafari Bohras]] and [[Patani Bohras]]. In 1538, [[Syed Jafar Ahmad Shirazi]], a missionary from Sindh, convinced Patani Bohras to cease social relations with Ismaili Bohras. This resulted in a large conversion, almost 80%, [[Shia]] <br />
[[Ismaili]] faith to [[Sunni Islam]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CXH4RHYwkEsC&pg=PA283&lpg=PA283&dq=Patani+Bohras&source=bl&ots=2BhUOcpLIh&sig=38NKkwI7yAeHPqZkjD5uK9MK0c0&hl=en&ei=v5yJS4ytLoG1tgfHpdixDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=&f=false Patani Bohras]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=r_FExBRnC3YC&pg=PA39&dq=sunni+vohras&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0quCQnt3dAhWMuo8KHQqVBQoQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=sunni%20vohras&f=false Sunni Vohras]</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Gujarati Muslims]]<br />
* [[Vora Patel]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Indian Muslim}}<br />
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[[Category:Bohra]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Muhajir communities]]<br />
[[Category:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Sunni Islam in India]]</div>2405:204:A129:7B41:FD5B:A020:97BE:AAA3