Esufaly Goolamhusen Adamaly

Esufaly Goolamhusen Adamaly, JP, ^[1] was a Bohra merchant and legislator in Ceylon.

Mohamedbhoy Allibhoy immigrated to Ceylon from India and became a successful merchant. His firm E. G. Adamaly & Co., named after his three sons, Esufally, Gulamhussein and Adamaly, was at the time the largest importer of rice, sugar, flour, matches, kerosene and grain. In 1905, the firm imported 400,000 bags of rice per year and owned extensive property in Colombo, Kandy, and Nuwara Eliya including the 120-hectare (300-acre) Fairfield Estate of rubber and tea in Avissaewella.^{[ citation needed ]}

Esufaly Goolamhusen Adamaly was born in Cutch, India and was educated firstly in Bombay and subsequently at St. Joseph's College, Colombo. ^[2]

He was appointed by the Governor of Ceylon as the Indian unofficial member of Legislative Council of Ceylon in 1920 and served until 1925. ^{[3] [4] [5]} His son Kurbanhusen Adamaly also served as an appointed member of the Senate of Ceylon. ^[6]

References

1. "Birthday Honours" (PDF). The Ceylon Government Gazette (7586): 7377. 23 June 1927. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
2. Abeyesooriya, Samson, ed. (1929). Who's Who of Ceylon (3 ed.). St. Gerard's Press. p. 3.
3. Sir William Charles Sargeaunt; Sir Arthur Nonus Birch; Edward Fairfield; Sir John Anderson; Sir William Hepworth Mercer; Arthur Ernest Collins; William H. Mercer, eds. (1923). Colonial Office List: Comprising Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the Colonial Dependencies of Great Britain. Waterlow & Sons Limited. p. 172.
4. Nuk̲amān̲, N. A. (2007). Sri Lankan Muslims: Ethnic Indentity Within Cultural Diversity. International Centre for Ethnic Studies. p. 19.
5. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1923). Parliamentary Papers. Vol. 18. H. M. Stationery Office. p. 29-31.
6. "The Bohra Community". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 12 July 2022.