Muhammad Lebbe Siddi Lebbe Marikar

In the history of Muslim education in Ceylon, 1892 will always remain a memorable year. It was then that the Muslim Educational Society achieved its cherished object of establishing a school, under its own management, to impart English education. The inauguration and organization of this Society were almost wholly due to Proctor Mohamed Cassim, son of Proctor M.L. Siddi Lebbe – M.C. Siddi Lebbe – who in the previous year had delivered an inspiring address, on the Maradana Mosque Grounds, which, by impelling the Muslims present to engage themselves in a self agonizing reappraisal, produced results. This address opened indeed the eyes of the Muslims, the entire community of them, to the parlous state to which the Community had been brought through their neglect of modern education which in the context of their age was English education. It was very fortunate for the Community that at this time there was found in Wapche Marikar the man to translate Siddi Lebbe’s ideals into action – the able administrator and wise philanthropist to assist the profound thinker and educated leader. Their efforts soon resulted in the creation of a school, in close proximity of the Maradana Mosque, Viewed in the light of present day educational trends, it is not without interest to observe that the object of the new institution was “to impart free education in the English, Arabic and Tamil languages to the children of Mohamedan parents in Colombo.”

On Monday, 22nd August, 1892, a largely attended meeting was held in the newly built school hall. It was specially noteworthy that the chair on this occasion was taken by Ahmad Orabi El Misri – Arabi Pasha – the Father of the Egyptian Independence Movement.

The Ceylon Muslims were thrice blessed that their Land of birth was chosen as his Land of exile. He had reached Colombo on the 10th of January 1883, and within twelve days of his arrival was met by M.C. Siddi Lebbe. At the long interview which followed, Arabi Pasha was acquainted with the educational backwardness of the Muslims of Ceylon and the efforts that were being made to educate them through the Tamil Weekly – ‘Muslim Naisen’ – founded by Siddi Lebbe in the previous year. He sought Arabi Pasha’s active assistance for the creation among the Muslims of Ceylon of an elite, educated on modern lines, who would provide leadership for the community. Arabi Pasha, it may be observed, belonged to that group of Egyptians who did not fear the impact of Western thought and languages on Islam. He therefore readily responded to the call of Siddi Lebbe. During the nine subsequent years whenever a good opportunity presented itself Arabi Pasha had exhorted his correligionists to pay special attention to the promotion of education. His presence therefore in the school hall at this meeting to which he gave prestige could not have been either strange or unexpected.

The meeting was a grand success and a very encouraging message was read from the Hon’ble the Colonial Secretary. Of the many speeches delivered that day, the most impressive and eloquent was that of M.C. Siddi Lebbe who, more than anyone else, had been responsible for awakening the Muslim Community to realities. The fervour at this meeting must have reached a high pitch for at its close there were several munificent donations, among them being Rs. 750.00 from an Indian Muslim and another offer from a local Muslim to provide free books to the students “as long as the institution might last’’.

The actual date of the starting of classes is not known with any certainty; but we shall not be far wrong if we assume it to be during that same month of August 1892. Such were the beginnings of Zahira. Originally known as Al-Madrasat-uz- Zahira, it was registered in 1894 as an Assisted School under the name of Maradana Mohammedan Boys’ School with Wapche Marikar as Manager. The number of students on roll was 35 with an average attendance of 25.

Reference to old records shows that, apart from the schools in Kandy and Colombo started by M. C. Siddi Lebbe himself, there were other Muslim schools of this type during this period in various parts of Ceylon. In addition to several boys’ schools, is there an account of the establishment of a Mohammedan Girls’ School at Kurunegala as far back as December, 1891. Many of them owed their existence to the efforts, direct or indirect, of M.C. Siddi Lebbe. For wherever he went and whenever he spoke, he had been ever harping on the theme of English education in Muslim environment. Thus some at least among his contemporaries had reacted favourably to his words of admonition. But unlike Al-Madrasat-uz-Zahira, which blossomed into the present Zahira College, Colombo, the other schools either did not long endure or failed to attain full stature.

With the establishment of the new school ended the period of Muslim non-co-operation with Modern Education that had characterized the previous seventy five years of the Nineteenth Century. This attitude was the result of many factors. Modern education during that period was naturally synonymous with English education. So long as the Government was itself directly engaged in the promotion of English education, Muslim saw in such education only one danger, viz: the danger of the impact of a foreign culture on Islam. – a kind of cultural aggrandizement, under the patronage of the ruling power, unpalatable to the Muslims who had not so far been either psychologically or spiritually conquered. There was therefore sufficient reason for them to view the new education with suspicion. This hostility was greatly intensified when during the latter half of the Nineteenth Century the Government was forced by the coffee depression and the general slump to give up its direct responsibility for English education and transfer a good many of the Government English Schools to Christian Missionary Organisations. English education thus became closely associated with Christianity, and quite naturally, the spirit of non-co-operation hardened among the Muslims to a boycott o English Schools. By this, the Muslims showed that they were not prepared to endanger the faith of their children, even though they were fully conscious that thereby they were sacrificing their chances of obtaining Government jobs, or joining the learned professions. Such was their zeal for the ancestral faith.

Through this deliberate policy of foregoing the advantages of English education, that were available to them, the Muslims quite unequivocally asserted their cultural individuality. They can thus claim that they were the first to repudiate the Macaulayan conception of education. But a broader and more realistic approach to the problem had to come, if the Muslims were not to be in a state of perpetual inferiority in the general life of the Country. This approach came with the growing realization on their part that the lack of English education in their midst not only involved a renunciation of lucrative Government employment and positions of power and prestige but also barred the way to all progress whether in the political, commercial or intellectual spheres. If the old approach persisted, so long would the Muslims have to remain hewers of wood and drawers of water.

The Buddhists and the Hindus had themselves been confronted with the same dilemma of depriving themselves of the benefits of modern or Western education. If they were not prepared to receive their education in an alien atmosphere. They solved the problem in the only satisfactory way possible – namely, by establishing institutions of their own where English could be imparted without jeopardizing their faith or their culture. There is no doubt that the example of the Buddhists and the Hindus had a considerable influence on Muslim opinion. It became evident that English language was not necessarily synonymous with Christianity. Incalculable also was the effect of the establishment by (Sir) Syed Ahmed Khan in 1875 of the Aligarh Anglo-Mohamedan College.

Siddi Lebbe had for many years been preaching these truths and advocating a reorientation of views. He was born on the 11th of June 1838 and belonged to an educated family when education was an uncared for commodity and an unsaleable article in his Community. As a lawyer he followed in the footsteps of his father M.L. Siddi Lebbe, who probably was the first Muslim Proctor of Ceylon. His elder son was an Alim of piety and learning, who was keen – and he was successful – that his younger brother M.C. should not succumb to the non-Islamic and anti-Islamic influences he was subject to in the Society he moved in, as a practicing Proctor and prominent personality. To his brother he owes his taste for Islamic philosophy and his fondness for the writings of El-Ghazzali. His sister was singularly learned for her generation. In later years, for service’s sake, she became the Head Teacher of the Muslim Girls’ School started by M.C. Siddi Lebbe in his home-town of Kandy. He was fairly affluent but felt no special urge to augment his inherited wealth or increase his professional work. For nearly seven years he was a member of the Kandy Municipal Council. Circumscribed here by the power of the bureaucracy he had no zest for municipal administration. The major portion of his time and money were all spent in the service of his community in finding cures for its ills.

He found that one of the best methods of educating his correligionists and persuading them to his progressive views was the publication of a periodical. For this purpose he began on December 21, 1882 a Tamil Weekly – ‘Muslim Naisen’, which with difficulty he sustained for over six long years, despite the agonizing apathy of his friends and the aggressive antipathy of his foes.

In his first editorial he reminded his readers of the glory that was Islam when their Arab forebears were renowned and respected for their virtues and victories, industry and intellect, all born of a piety unalloyed. In contrast the Muslims of his day were woefully deficient in education through which alone could knowledge be enlarged, mind broadened and intellect sharpened. As Tamil did not possess a sufficiency of books for the purpose he proposed to give his readers the benefit of the knowledge gathered by him and the learned alims and others from books written in the English and Arabic languages. Besides, Muslim Naisen would provide news and views on all important matters, cultural economic and political, pertaining to the Community. He ended his first editorial with a well known quotation, extolling education:

The objectives thus set out he pursued diligently. He did succeed to an appreciable extent in rousing the social consciousness of his people who had, for several decades preceding, became so demoralized and dispirited that they had so long remained without any plan for the recovery of their lost position and prestige.

M.C. Siddi Lebbe was conscious that the Muslims belonged to a world wide fraternity. Therefore he kept his people in touch with the affairs of the Muslim World – e.g. Pan Islam as practiced by Turkey with its repercussions in the British and Russian Empires, Independence Movements of Egypt and Sudan, Wahhabism in Arabia, Educational Renaissance among the Indian Mussalmans, Events in North Africa. Thereby did he wean the local Muslims from their cultural isolation.

Arabi Pasha therefore naturally received special prominence in Muslim Naisen. He was vigorously defended against those in Ceylon, who were more loyal than the king. Siddi Lebbe pointed out that Arabi Pasha was no ordinary rebel but a national hero and that there were several patriotic Englishmen who shared this point of view which found unfettered expression in the Mother of Parliaments itself.

Siddi Lebbe exhorted the Muslims, though his Weekly, to give up those habits and customs, time-wasting, energy consuming and wealth-dissipating, which though not inherently connected with Islam were yet intimately associated in the minds of his people, with their faith. He therefore advocated changes in burial-customs, ziyarat-visits, head-wear, marriage ceremonies and jumma proceedings. He explained that tareeks were founded for the intensification of religious life and that their adherents would prove traitrous to the Saints concerned if their names were to be invoked to promote strifes and dissensions.

Political and economic problems were not beyond the ken of Muslim Naisen. In its columns Siddi Lebbe agitated strongly for Muslim representation in the Legislative Council. By he rejoinders he promptly issued, he countered the findings contained in “The Ethnology of the Moors of Ceylon” – Paper  read on April 26th, 1888 by the Hon. P. Ramanathan at the Royal Asiatic Society (Ceylon). Siddi Lebbe was also able to forecast the future of the Colombo harbour and anticipate serious competition from foreign businessmen in those spheres of commerce, which the local  Muslims considered their own. He therefore wanted them to undertake timely reforms in their methods, including company-formation for the special benefit of those not blessed with large capitals.

Through the columns of Muslim Naisen, we are able even at this distant date, to have a glimpse of Siddi Lebbe, his character and capacity, his creed and career, his pious spirit, his pioneering mind, and his penetrating intellect. In his writings Siddi Lebbe stands forth in the full power and eloquence of his outstanding role as a farsighted leader, who having examined in the long perspective of the past, the current problems of the Muslims – economic stagnation, political apathy, cultural isolation and educational backwardness, prescribed the sovereign remedy of modern education in Muslim environement, with more education and better education – the master key which alone could unlock all the doors of progress.

And yet for a long time his was like a voice crying in the wilderness. Now at last he began to be heard with respect, and his was the inspiration behind the meeting of August 22, 1892. The year 1892 can therefore be rightly regarded as the dividing line between the old and the new epochs in the history of Muslim education in Ceylon. Once and for all, the Muslims abandoned their attitude of non-co-operation. The champion of the new order had convinced the Muslim public of the necessity of modern education for the progress of the Community. This is now axiomatic. Thus did Siddi Lebbe pioneer Muslim Education in Ceylon and bequeath to his Community its Premier Institution – Zahira.

Muhammad Lebbe Siddi Lebbe Marikar – Family #128

# Muhammad Cassim Siddi Lebbe was born on 11-Jun-1838 in Kandy. First Muslim lawyer of Sri Lanka. Educated at Qur’an School, Kandy. Proctor, Social Reformer, Editor First Muslim Journal in Tamil “Muslim Nesan”, 12-Dec-1882. Influenced by Arumugar Navalar. Established schools in Kandy, Gampola, Polgahawela, Kurunegala. Founded Madrasathul Zahira in 1892. Works include Gnana Teepan 1892, Assembly Udaya kathai – Tamil Novel – 1885, Abu Navas, Asrarul A’lam. Died5-Feb-1898.

The ancestors of Siddi Lebbe were Arabs who had penetrated into the Kandyan District. His father, Muhammad Lebbe Siddi Lebbe, was one of the first Ceylonese Proctors and was also the Head Moorman in 1833. Muhammad Cassim was also known as Siddi Lebbe. Siddi Lebbe had an older brother, an Arabic educated Alim, under whose care he learnt to read Qur’an and study Tamil and English.

Muhammad Cassim (MC) Siddi Lebbe continued his studies and qualified as a Proctor of the District Court in 1862. Two years later he became a Proctor of the Supreme Court and practiced as a Notary Public. He married the sister-in-law of Casie Lebbe Marikar Muhammad Yousoof, grandson of O L M Shekhadi Marikar (family #90).

He studied the Arabic language to perfection and read many significant works of Islamic scholars and thereby excelled in religious knowledge surpassing that of the local Ulema of the time. The educational movement in Colombo, which he began with Wapchi Marikar, constantly required his presence in Colombo and thus he was compelled to live in Colombo paying occasional visits to his hometown in Kandy. He started a Muslim journal called the “Muslim Friend”, in English and Tamil, in order to educate his fellow Muslim community members. He also published a monthly journal called the “torch of Wisdom”. He clamored to teach the Muslims their religion through these two journals where he urged the community to study the Arabic language. He also wrote and published “Hidayathul Cassimiya”, “TuhuwathulNahwa” (key to grammar),  “Shurut As Salat” (observance of Prayer), Arabic Study Book Part I & II. His Tamil works were “Tamil Primer, a novel story of Hassen Bey, History of the Turkish and Greek War, and History of the Moors of Ceylon. His wide scheme of educating the Muslim community resulted in the establishment of Zahira College, patronized by the cream of the community due to the munificence ofWapchi Marikar. He also established many Tamil and Arabic Schools in many parts of the Central Province, some of which he himself managed and financed. In kandy, he founded a Girls’ School whee his sister was the Head-Teacher.

He used the medium of newspaper articles, books, and speeches to induce the Muslim community to make an attempt to uplift themselves from the backward condition they were in. Though numerous were his friends and admirers he did have his share of opponents too, who were not convinced of his understanding of the interpretation and philosophical understanding of Islam..

1 Muhammad Lebbe Siddi Lebbe Marikar

….2 Muhammad Lebbe

……….3 Muhammad Lebbe Siddi Lebbe

……….3 Miss Muhammad Lebbe + Casie Lebbe Maestriyar Oduma Lebbe, Mudaliyar

…………….4 Casie Lebbe Abdul Rahman, JP + Haseena Mahmood

……………..4 Abdul Basheer Casie Lebbe: + Azeeza Umma Mahmood (129)

………………….5 Ummu Zuhard Abdul Basheer

………………….5 Fareeda Abdul Basheer + Muhammad Mackeen C.M. (109)

……………………….6 Mufthia Mackeen, Dr. + Sabaratnam, Dr. (LA, USA)

………………………….… 7  Sashi Sabaratnam

………………………….… 7  Roshana Sabaratnam

…………………………… 7  Reshan Sabaratnam

……………………….6  Rifky Mackeen + Siromani Dias-Abeygunawardena (NY, USA) (decd)

…………………………..7  Althaf Mackeen + Devunshi (USA)

…………………………..7  Dhanya Mackeen + Razveen Shamsedeen Son of of Refaie Shamsedeen and Nazaliya) (USA)

……………………………..….8   Sahira Misha

………………….5 Muhammad Rameez Abdul Basheer

………………….5 Rafeek Abdul Basheer

………………….5 Moheed Abdul Basheer + Rahmathul Razeena Ameen

(129)
……………………….6 Ali Fayesz Moheed + Sehaam Mehdi Hussein

……………………………..7 Aneeka Moheed

……………………….6 Ameen Faheem Moheed + Soosan Ghouse

……………………………..7 Ibrahim Faadhil Moheed

……………………………..7 Serina Moheed

……………………….6 Azeeza Hiyam Moheed + Renza Abdul Samad

……………………………..7 Thameez Abdul Samad

……………………………..7 Arin Abdul Samad

……………………………..7 Hana Aleisha Abdul Samad

……………………….6 Shameem Moheed + Dr. Basel Bari

……………………………..7 Aneesah Inam Bari

……………………………..7 Amaan Abdul Bari

………………….5 Inul Huzaima Abdul Basheer + Ahmed Shahran Saleem (40,170,171)

……………………….6 Noor Azeeza Thasneem Saleem + Muhammad Rafi Ismail bin-Hassan (112)

…………………………….7 Abdullah Azid bin-Rafy Ismail + Ruzla Cader

…………………………….7 Ahamed Arzan bin-Rafy Ismail

…………………………….7 Fathima Azhara binthi-Rafy Ismail + Ya’coob Ariff (77)

……………………………….7 2nd spouse of Fathima Azhara binthi-Rafy Ismail + Ziyam Kamil (40)

………………………………….. 8 Dhania Kamil

………………………………….. 8 Thalaal Kamil

………………………………….. 8 Suha Kamil

……………………….6 Ahmed Imran Fekhrishta Saleem + Dina Bari (div)

…………………………….7 Inul Aaliya Saleem

………………………….6 *2nd Spouse of Imran Fekrishta Saleem: + Shamila Farook (div) (10,76)

…………………………….7 Noor Naleefa Mariyam Saleem

………………………….6 *3rd Spouse of Imran Fekrishta Saleem: + Zeeniya Mujahid (div) (30,60,70)

……………………….6 Ummu Zuhard Saleem + Nawaz Saleem (s/o ELM Saleem)

…………………………….7 Inul Zainab Saleem + Muhammed Shamil Zuhfer

……………………………….7  Ruquaiyah Saleem + Muhammed Sulaiman Marikar

…………………………………..8 Dawood Sulaiman

…………………………………..8 Mariam Sulaiman

…………………………………..8 Khadeeja Sulaiman

…………………………………..8 Aasiyah Sulaiman

………………….5 Faiz Abdul Basheer

4  2nd Spouse of Abdul Basheer Casie Lebbe + Fathima Khalida (Lydda Vancuylenberg – Dutch Burgher)

…………………..5 Sithy Zulaiha Abdul Basheer + A.L.M. Mahamood

………………………..6 Muhammad Shafeek Mahamood + Mumthaha

……………………………..7 Omri Shafeek + Mitsuko Hori (Japan)

…………………………………… 8 Arisa Shafeek

…………………………………… 8 Yuki Shafeek

……………………………..7 Amri Mahamood + Zeefia Shifani Mazahim

…………………………………… 8 Fathima Tazkiyah

………………………..6 Sithy Saleema Mahamood d:Apr-12-2002 + Muhammad Abdullah Ismail (10)

……………………………..7 Zeinub Abdullah + Haroon Luthfi Bin-Ahmed (div) (111)

……………………………..……8 Yaqoob bin Haroon

…………………………………..8 Zaitoon bin Haroon

…………………………………..8 Zeenath bin Haroon + Hussain Sulaiman

……………………………………..9 Zaid Sulaiman

……………………………………..9 Imaad Sulaiman

—————————7 *2nd Spouse of Zeinub Abdullah: + Muhammad Razeen Muhammad Zainudeen (10,80)

…………………………….7 Salma Abdullah + Ifthikar Fakir (div)

—————————7 *2nd Spouse of Salma Abdullah: + Fawaz Abdeen

…………………………………..8 Muhammad Thabit Azath Abdeen

…………………………….7 Mymoon Abdullah + Imthiaz Fakir (div)

—————————7 * 2nd Spouse of Mymoon Abdullah: + Naushad Ismail (173)

……………………………..…..8 Ahmed Afthab Naushad

—————————7 *3rd Spouse of Mymoon Abdullah: + Surath Fonseka

………………………..6 Ayn Mahamood + Cader

………………………………7 Mehfooza Cader

………………………………7 Azmi Cader (d)

………………………………7 Ruzna Cader + Mantaza

………………………………….8 (Name not known)

………………………………….8 (Name not known)

………………………………7 Moomin Cader

………………………………7 Ummu Cader

………………………………7 Farzana Cader

………………………..6 Zavahirdeen Thowfeek Mahamood

………………………..6 Zahardeen Thowfeek Mahamood

…………………..5 Muhammad Zuhard Abdul Basheer

OBITUARY OF SITHY SALEEMA MAHMOOD (ISMAIL)

ISMAIL – HAJIANI SITHY FATHIMA (SALEEMA)   Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajioon. Wife of Marhoom Al-Haj Mohamed Abdulla, Mohamed Ismail (Dulla) J.P.U.M. mother of Zainab, Salma and Maimoon, grandmother of Yakoob, Zaithoon, Zeenath, Althaaf and Thabith, stepmother of Mirza and Haniffa, daughter of A.L.M. Mahmood and Zulaiha, eldest granddaughter of Mr & Mrs A B Casie Lebbe of Kandy, sister of Shafeek, Zareena, Zavanir, & Zahar, mother in law of Zainudeen, Favaz, & Anil, sister in law of Ummu Azeez, Sithy Jabir Cader, Cassim Ismail, Munthaha, Cader, & Ayesha. Died on Friday 12 April 2002. Janaza took place on the same day at Jawatte Muslim Burial Grounds. “Windermere”, Dampe, Madapatha, Piliyandala & 11 Gregpry Place, Dehiwela.

….2 # Muhammad Cassim Siddi Lebbe b:11-Jun-1838, d:5-Feb-1898 + the sister-in-law of Casie Lebbe Marikar Muhammad Yousoof, grandson of O L M Shekhadi Marikar (family #90).

….2 daughter + Muhammad Yousoof Cassim 1844-1917 (90)

….2 Sinne Lebbe Marikar Alim Sahib

……….3 Sinne Lebbe Marikar Zainulabdeen + Fathuma Umma Abdul Majeed

……….3 H Marikar Halimdeen + Ummu Haniie

…………….4 Mohamed Waffa Halimdeen + Farida Hassim

HALIMDEEN MOHMED WAFA Attorney-at-Law, son of late H.M. Halimdeen and Ummu Haniie, father of Fayek (Ewis), Nihad (US Embassy), Malik (Lanka Commodity Brokers), Riyadh (Beta Tea), brother of Ayesha, late Huthaifa, late Kalisha (USA), Hasheeba, Hafeela, Sithy, Ummu (USA), late Razik, Kulthum and Shifa, grandfather of Kyra, Fareeda, Nazeera, Murad, Nazer, Hanif, Afaff, Osman and Ashoff. Janazaleft 20/7 10th Lane Colombo on 11th December for Kuppiyawatte Muslim Burial Ground. DN Wed Dec 17 2008

………………….5 Haleem Fayek (Ewis) Halimdeen

………………….5 Nihad Halimdeen

………………….5 Malik Halimdeen

………………….5 Riyadh Halimdeen

Obit:

The death is announced of Ayesha (Halimdeen) Munsoor. Beloved wife of the late Yusuf Munsoor, much loved daughter of the late M H Marikar Halimdeen and the late Ummu Hania of Kandy. Loving mother of Shyama(UK), Shirooz (France) & Khalooq(Malta). Mother-in-law of Nisthar(UK), Nawaz(France) & Nahed (Malta). Grandmother of Shazadh, Zulaiha, Jalal, Yashiv, Fahad, Nabeela,Hakeem, Yaqoob & Ameen. Sister of the late Waffa, late Huthaifa, late Kalisha, late Haseeba, late Sithy, late Razick, Hafeela, UmmuNaeema, UmmuKuluthum & Shifa. Daughter in law of the late M Y M Munsoor (Munsoor building, Pettah) & the late S L M Ummu Naima. Grand daughter of the late Sinne Lebbe Marikar Alim Sahib and Great Grand daughter of the late  Muhammad Lebbe Siddi Lebbe Marikar of Kandy. Insha Allah, Janaza leaving residence 20/7, 10th lane, Colombo 3 at 11 a.m, 13th Sept 2016 to Dehiwela Muslim Burial Grounds.

…………….4 Ayesha Halimdeen, d:Sep 2016 + Muhammad Yousoof Mansoor (10)

………………….5 Shiyama Yousoof + Nisthar Careem (UK)

………………….5 Shiroza Yousoof + Nawaz (France)

………………….5 Muhammad Khalook Yousoof + Nahed (Malta)

…………….4 Huthaifa Halimdeen

…………….4 Kalisha Halimdeen + Hussain A.H.M., Dr. (USA)

………………….5 Reza Hussain

………………….5 Shahnaz Hussain

………………….5 Farabi Hussain

………………….5 daughter

……………..4  Haseeba + M R M M Hussain

…………….4 Sithy Zahira Halimdeen + Rubideen Cassim

…………….4 Razik Halimdeen, d:Dec 17 2006 + Zinoo Salih (58)

RAZIK – HALIMDEEN MOHAMED Son of late S.L.M. Halimdeen and late Ummu Hanee, husband of Izzathul Zinufa Salih, beloved father  of Fazly and Amry, father-in-law of Sabeena, brother / brother-in-law of H.M. Wafa and Farida, Ayesha and late Yusuf Munsoor, late H.M. Huthaifa Kalisha and Dr Hussain (USA), Haseeba and late M.R.M.M. Hussain, Hafeela, Sithy and late  Rubideen Cassim, Ummu-Nayeema and Dr Nawaz Kaleel (USA), Ummu Kulthum and Ismeth Saadiq and of H.M. Shifa and Nejla (USA), expired 29th November 2006. 24-2/1, Flower Road, Colombo 3. SO Dec 17 2006

………………….5 Fazly Razik + Sabeena

…………………..5 Amry Razik

…………….4 Hafeela Halimdeen

…………….4 Ummu Naeema Halimdeen + Nawaz Kaleel, Dr. (62,80)

………………4  Ummu Kulthum Halimdeen

………3 *2nd Spouse of H Marikar Halimdeen: + Name not known

4 Shifa Halimdeen + Nejla (USA)

……3 Sinne Lebbe Marikar Rahimdeen

……3 Sinne Lebbe Marikar Helalldeen + Ummu Ryhan Levana Marikar (sister of LMM Uvais Hajiar) (259)

………..4  Sithy Naafiya

……….4 Mawahib Helalldeen + Noor Naeema Levana Marikar (108)

5  Shahnaz Mawahib + Ahmed Althaf Ameer (Son of Dr Gousul Ameer)

6 Shibly Ameer

6 Safra Ameer + Shahryaz Bari (Toronto, Canada)

7  Sulaiman Althaf Abdul Bari (b:2004)

6 Asif Ameer

6 Adil Ameer

5  M.M. Fahmi

5  M.M. Reza + Zehra Yusuf

6 Rizwan Reza

6 Farzan Reza

6 Adnan Reza

6 Marwan Reza

5  M.I. Imtiaz + Mahima Wahab (Negombo)

6 Abdul Hakeem Imtiaz

5  Safiya Yasmin Mawahib +  Fuard Cader

6  Mohomed Fahim Fuard

6  Mohomed Ibraheem Fuard

…………..4 Shums Mackie Helalldeen, JP

……………4  Sithy Arifa Helalldeen

……………4  Sithy Azhariya Helalldeen

……………4  Wajidi Hussain Helalldeen

…………..4 Mohamed Uzair Helalldeen, d:Sep 19 2006 + Rinoza Rasheed (10)

AL HAJ HELALLDEEN – MOHAMED UZAIR – Beloved husband of Rinoza, son of late S.L.M. Helalldeen and late Noor Rahayan, son-in-law of late M.M.H.M. Rasheed and late Sithy Rayha,  precious father ofNishthar, Ruzana and Feraza, father-in-law of Mueenudeen, Ifreen and Azmeth, loving grandfather of Sajida, Shaza, Abdul Maalik, Sarah, Asif, Adil, Aqib, Amjad, Faraha, Husna, beloved brother of late SithyNaafiya, late Mavahib, late Hassan, late Sithy Arifa, Al Haj Shums Mackie (J.P.), late Sithy Azhariya and Wajidi Hussain. Janaza took place on the 19th of September 2006 at the Dehiwela Muslim Burial Ground. Inna-Lillahi-wa-Inna-Illaihi-Raajioon. 14, Rajasinghe Road, Colombo 6. SO Oct 1 2006

…………….5 Nisthar Helalldeen

…………….5 Fathima Ruzana Helalldeen + Muhammad Mueenudeen Naina-Marikar (93,20,30,46,60,70,90)

……………….6 Sajeda Naina-Marikar

……………….6 Sheza Naina-Marikar

6  Abdul Maalik Naina-Marikar

…………….5 Feraza Helalldeen

……….4 Abul Hassan Helalldeen