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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 (KSVJ) https://sh3una.tribalpages.com/  Kathiawaar Sunni Vohra mainly live at Una Diu Delwada, Junagadh, Veraval, Patan, Jetpur, Mangrol, Porbandar and in Pakistan at [[Karachi]].  

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, around 80%, [[Shia]]