Moses Somake
Moses Somake (6 June 1875 – 6 April 1947) was a British architect known for designing several prominent buildings in British India. His works, built before the Partition of India and located in modern-day Pakistan, include the Edward House, BVS Parsi High School, Karachi Goan Association building, Khaliq Dina Hall, Mules Mansion and Quaid-e-Azam House.
Early life and career[]
Somake was born on 6 June 1875 in Lahore, Punjab Province, British India, to a Jewish family of mixed Sephardi (from Spain) and Mizrahi (from Iraq) origin.[1]
He spent most of his life in the city of Karachi before migrating to the United Kingdom in the mid-1940s.[1]
Somake died in London, England, on 6 April 1947 from a cardiac arrest.[1][2]
See also[]
- History of the Jews in the United Kingdom
- History of the Jews in Pakistan
- Sephardi Jews
- Mizrahi Jews
References[]
- ^ a b c Rafi, Haneen (August 19, 2018). "Moses Somake: the man who built Karachi". DAWN.COM.
- ^ "Family tree of Moses SOMAKE". Geneanet.
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