Mission of Pir Dadu in India  Sayed Dadu, or Pir Dadu was an
acclaimed and gifted vakil in Sind. He traced his descent from a
well-known vakil, Bawa Hashim, who was one of the attendants of
Imam Islam Shah in Kahek. Bawa Hashim's son Gul Muhammad was the
man who had arranged a meeting of Sayed Imam Shah with the then
Imam. Gul Muhammad, known as Harichandra in Indian orbits, had a
son, Mahr al-Din, known as Moriya. His son was Khair al-Din,
known as Kherraj. His son was Aasar, known as Jesar. Aasar had
three sons, viz., Aas al-Din, Jamr al-Din and Daud, known as
Dadu, or Pir Dadu, who was born about in 879/1474. He visited
Anjudan when he was 80 years old, where Imam appointed him his
vakil for Sind and Kutchh in 961/1554.  Culling up the fragment
of traditions, it seems that in accomlishing their mission with
the maximum impact, the Ismaili dais in India had lowered the
linguistic and cultural barriers to conversion to great extent.
What was commonly known in India that the term Khoja designated
not religiou