When I first landed in Bahrain still wet behind the ears, just a few years out of college and socialist India, I was awed by the huge high-end Jashanmal Department Store in Manama. Later on I would come to know they were Indian business pioneers who had established themselves in the Persian Gulf wielding enormous mercantile power that arose not only from their business acumen, but also from their early connection with local tribal chiefs who were later to become those countries’ rulers.
Probably Sindhis from Pakistan (then undivided India) here is Mohan Jashanmal a scion of that family telling his story. It makes for interesting viewing giving a glimpse of early Persian Gulf history. https://youtu.be/Ji09H2hOD88 Roland. Toronto.
