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It was 27th of June 2020, when I had a notification from Harsh on my phone, asking me if I could talk to him. He had a surprise for me. I told him to call me after an hour as I was doing grocery shopping.
When I called him, he said he has found a Moton in Jetpur who would like to talk to me. Next thing I know, he was on the phone and I asked him if he could speak Memoni and he said yes. So, we started the discussion in Memoni. He said his name was Anwar Latif Alimohammad Kasim Moton and that he was 54 years old. I told him my name was also like his name, Anwar Mohammad Abdulkarim Kasim Moton. After little discussion he promised to take some pictures of his home and send it to me.
Finally Harsh was able to go to the old – Home (Dheli – Haveli) of Motons with Anwar, where my forefathers lived and talked to the existing occupants of the Dheli. Thanks to Harsh for arranging this surprise via WhatsApp. To my surprise they are also Motons. I felt like there is no change in the living standard and they are living with the same style. One of the cousins of the family, Shabbir Rafiq Alimohammad Kassim Moton as well as Anwar Latif Alimohammad Kassim Moton showed me around in their home over WhatsApp. I felt like I was in the old Moton’s home where probably my Great Grandfather Ayoob bhai or may be his Dad Ghani bhai who was the first person we know started the Surname Moton, lived with his family. Ghani bhai’s Dad Juma bhai was also mentioned in the book by Yahya Hasham Bawany, “My Jetpur” was probably the first Memon in our Moton family who came and resided in Jetpur. My friend Harsh send me the pictures as follows:
They told me they had 3 houses in the Dheli and now they have 5 for many members of the family. I knew from my Dad, that their house had 3 separate units, one belonging to each of the brothers of my Granfather: 1) Abdulkarim Kassam, 2) Noormohammad Kassam and 3) Shakoor Kassam. Here is the new unit they have built.
