Intro
Mr. Amri Obaidi seems to have been a black man who was born in Tanzania and converted to Ahmadiyya at a young age (you can read about the history of Ahmadiyya in Tanzania herein). He seems to have been born in 1924, in the early 1950’s he went to Jamia-Rabwah and allegedly qualified as a Qadiani-Ahmadi murrabi. His name is also spelled as Sheikh K. A. Amir Abedi. He was the first ever native East African mayor of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In 1960, he served as a Minister of Justice and as Minister of Education and Culture, as well as led the Tanganyikan delegation to the Eighteenth Session of the United Nations General Assembly. He was a native Swahili speaker (See State Ideology and Language in Tanzania By Jan Blommaert p.56-57) and The Anglo-African Commonwealth: Political Friction and Cultural Fusion By Ali A. Mazrui p.127). Sheikh Kaluta Amri Abedi came to the U.S. on a State visit in the 60s. He visited the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Philadelphia and took a group photo with them. This photo of him is sandwiched between photos. A new book has just hit the market titled: A Diamond of Africa: The Illustrious Life of African Ahmadi Sheikh Amri Abedi. It just so happens that I had these group photos of the early Phili community, in which he was in two of them. A new book has just hit the market titled: A Diamond of Africa: The Illustrious Life of African Ahmadi Sheikh Amri Abedi. It just so happens that I had these group photos of the early Phili community, in which he was in two of them.
He died in 1964 at the young age of 40 as a result of food poisoning (see “Tanzania: Party Transformation and Economic Development”) while he was in Egypt.
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1924
He is born in Tanzania.
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1950’s
https://www.alislam.org/library/books/NY-Souvenir-1989.pdf
In the early 1950’s he went to Jamia-Rabwah and allegedly qualified as a Qadiani-Ahmadi murrabi.
Jamia Ahmadiyya Students sitting in the front row. The photo was taken between 1953 – 1956. Sheikh Amri Abedi is sitting with his legs crossed in the front row third from the left. Abdul Wahab Adam (Ghana) is sitting with his legs crossed in the front row seventh from the left or 1st from the right. Osman Chou (chinese Ahmadi) can also be seen, first row, second to right. Zafrullah Khan can be seen too.
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1960
He served as a Minister of Justice and as Minister of Education and Culture, as well as led the Tanganyikan delegation to the Eighteenth Session of the United Nations General Assembly. He was also serving as the first ever native East-African mayor of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Sheikh Kaluta Amri Abedi came to the U.S. on a State visit in the 60s. He visited the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Philadelphia and took a group photo with them. This photo of him is sandwiched between photos. A new book has just hit the market titled: A Diamond of Africa: The Illustrious Life of African Ahmadi Sheikh Amri Abedi. It just so happens that I had these group photos of the early Phili community, in which he was in two of them.
In this photo, he is with Maulvi Sufi Abdul Ghafoor. Sheikh Kaluta Amri Abedi who was a Mayor in Tanzana, East Africa, he was doing some business in the United Nation at the time of his visit.
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1964
He died in 1964 at the young age of 40 as a result of food poisoning (see “Tanzania: Party Transformation and Economic Development”) while he was in Egypt.
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1989
Click to access NY-Souvenir-1989.pdf
His life is mentioned in detail in the Ahmadiyya souvenir.
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Links and Related Essay’s
Click to access NY-Souvenir-1989.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Abedi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Dar_es_Salaam
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2020/11/30/the-history-of-ahmadiyya-in-tanzania/
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