Gujarati

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Melaka · 4 min read

Gujarati merchants of Melaka

A rich community of Muslim traders from western India.

15th century

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The great migrations · Coming soon

Gujarati: cloth sellers and wholesalers

Gujarati merchants came to Melaka before 1500 and again in the 1900s.

1400 to today

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MelakaGujaratKLPenang

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