Memon Jamat of Saudi Arabia
There are many versions of beginning of Memon community and culture. It has not been possible to verify and establish that one version is more correct than the other. Each version has a slant based on the investigator and the narrator’s bend and mind set. However, one fact is common that the community originates from parts of Sindh, Pakistan and Gujrat, India. The community has also spread to new locations due to political and economic conditions of the times. The language is close to Sindhi and has influence from Kutch and Gujrat. As there is no script for the Memoni language or Kutchi language, it has been written in Gujrati script and at times using Sindhi script. There are other communities who also use Kutchi as their mother tongue namely There are strong reasons to believe that the Memon Community came into existence in Kutch and Sindh at the same time in the later half of the 16th Century. The ancestors of most of the Memons were lohanas, a Hindu business Community, while there was small mixture of other Communities also.

As a result of conversion from Hindu Lohanas to Muslim Momin (Memon), the original community disowned them and discarded them and hence migration to Kutch and Gujrat. Before the time of partition many Memons had already left Gujrat for Bombay, Calcutta, Africa, Burma and other South-East Asian countries. At the time of partition, Memons in large number migrated to Pakistan.

It is known to all that Memon Community wholeheartedly support social & welfare programs and projects throughout globe. Memon Community social & welfare services in India, Pakistan, America, UK, Canada, Sri Lanka are remarkable.

Similarly, a Jamat Jamat has been established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which was born out of the desire to locate, unite and explore the potentialities of the people of the community, to their more, mental and cultural developments and putting their talents to constructiveness so that, through educational and other social welfare activities, the reforms could be brought about. The Memon brothers whosoever, wherever residing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is member of Memon Jamat of Saudi Arabia without any fee.The membership of MEMON JAMAT which prescribes age limit of 18 and above has got engaged in carrying out all round activities in the short span of one and half years. Memon Jamat organizes from time to time meetings and member’s and social get-togethers and family gatherings where prominent personalities are occasionally invited. The core objectives of the Memon Jamat include, Marriage Bureau (Matrimonial within the KSA), Employment Bureau, possible Legal Aids, community Interactions, Carrer Guidance etc. Memon Jamat has democratic functioning under proper Constitution