Jinnah was the eldest of seven children born to Mithibai and Jinnah bhai Poonja. His father, Jinnahbhai (1857–1901), was a prosperous Gujarati merchant who had moved to Sindh from Kathiawar, Gujarat before Jinnah’s birth. His grandfather was Poonja Gokuldas Meghji, a Hindu Bhatia Rajput from Paneli village in Gondal state in Kathiawar. Jinnah’s ancestors were Hindu Rajput who converted to Islam. Jinnah’s family belonged to the Ismaili Khoja branch of Shi’a Islam,though Jinnah later converted to Twelver Shi’a Islam.