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Al-Junaid
الجنيد
Hadhramite Arabs
The private burial ground of the Aljunieds, situated in the rear courtyard of Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka.
LocationHadhramaut (country of origin)
Singapore (major diaspora)
ReligionSunni Islam

The House of Al-Junayd (Arabic: الجنيد, more commonly spelled Aljunied) are an Arab family and tribe from Hadhramaut, Yemen. They are known for their presence in Southeast Asia and are also remembered in Singapore as being the first Arabs to arrive on the island.

History

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The Aljunieds were from the Ba'alawi, a group of Hadhramite families that held the Sayyid status and claimed a common ancestor in Ahmad al-Muhajir.[1][2] In the 18th century, some of the Aljunieds left Yemen for the Muslim-majority parts of Southeast Asia, where they established businesses centred in Palembang and Penang. After the island of Temasek, now named Singapore, had been handed over to the British in 1819, the Aljunieds emigrated there between 1820 to 1821, attracted by Singapore's new status as a free port.[3] They were the first Arabs to set foot in Singapore and were given a warm welcome by Sir Stamford Raffles, the contemporary lieutenant-governor of British Bencoolen and the de facto founder of modern Singapore.[4] Both Stamford Raffles and William Farquhar, the first British Resident of the country, held good relations with the Aljunieds.[4]

Syed Omar bin Ali Aljunied, the patriarch of the family in Singapore, established a burial ground along Jalan Kubor Road, where the private burial ground of the Aljunieds were situated in a domed mausoleum.[5] The Aljunied family mausoleum stood in the cemetery until 2002 when it was relocated to a site off Havelock Road in front of the mosque there.[6]

Aside from Singapore, the Aljunieds also held a prominent presence in Penang as a family of Arab traders.[7][8] Their main residence was in Jelutong, a district of George Town. They also had a burial ground within the cemetery of Masjid Jamek Jelutong.[7][8]

Prominent members

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Syed Omar Aljunied

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Syed Omar bin Ali Aljunied (1792–1852) is regarded as one of the most prominent members of the Aljunied family, due to his philanthropist and contributions to the infrastructure of early Singapore, which include the construction of mosques and his donation of land to build medical institutions.[9][10]

Syed Omar built a mosque off Havelock Road in 1820, which was the first recorded awqāf in Singapore.[10] This mosque, later known as Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka, was rebuilt in 1855 and underwent modernization in the 1980s.[11][12] It was also gazetted as a national monument of the country on 11 November 2001, holding the 59th position in the registry of said monuments.[13][14]

In 1845, Syed Omar reconstructed Masjid Bengkali, converting it into a proper mosque instead of a wooden attap structure.[15] He also built several smaller mosques in the Rochor and Kallang districts for the Malay communities, all of which did not survive to the present day due to being demolished for redevelopment efforts.[5]

Aside from mosques, Syed Omar also contributed land for the construction of Saint Andrew's Cathedral near the City Hall. As a philanthropist, he also donated land for the construction of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Novena.[16]

Sharifah Rogayah

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Sharifah Rogayah was a great-granddaughter of the famed Muslim mystic Habib Noh, related to the Aljunied family by marriage.[7][8] Originally living in Singapore, she later followed her husband to Penang and resided in Jelutong, where she is buried next to him in the cemetery behind the city's oldest congregational mosque.[7][8] A cenotaph in her memory was built in 1999, located in the Duxton Plain Park in Outram. This cenotaph is currently revered as a keramat and is believed by locals to be her burial place, despite her living descendants denying that she is buried there.[8]

Syed Ahmad Aljunied

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Syed Ahmad Aljunied (d. 1859) was a Muslim scholar and khatib of the Shafi'i school, serving under the Kathiri.[5] He was a student of the Ash'ari theologian Ibn Taher and later a student of the Athari theologian and Hadith scholar, Al-Shawkani.[17][18] Syed Ahmad Aljunied was also a prominent authority amongst the Shafi'ites of Yemen, narrating Hadith and writing his own compilations of Hadith for the benefit of the Muslim public. He died in 1859 and was buried in the Zanbal Cemetery of Tarim, Yemen.[19]

Legacy

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In Singapore, the Aljunied neighbourhood as well its adjoining MRT station on the East–West line are named after the Aljunieds.[20] An annual festival and feast, known as Haul Akbar, is held in Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka to commemorate the deceased Aljunieds. The modernized Aljunieds are also well-known for their textile business, Toko Aljunied, which is centred in Kampong Glam, near the Sultan Mosque.[21]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Ho, Engseng (2006). The Graves of Tarim: Genealogy and Mobility across the Indian Ocean. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-24453-2. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  2. ↑ al-Saqqāf, ʿAbdulraḥmān (2005). Idām al-Qūt fī Dhikr Buldān Ḥaḍramawt [Sustenance in the Mentions of the Countries in Hadhramaut] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dār al-Manhāj li-l-Nashr wa-l-Tawzīʿ.
  3. ↑ Latifah Abdul Latiff; Mohamad Redzuan Othman. "Hadhrami sayyids in Malaya, 1819–1940" (PDF). Jurnal Usuluddin: 152 – via University of Malaya.
  4. 1 2 A Reverent Journey: Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka (1st ed.). Singapore: OPUS Editorial Pte Ltd. 2022. ISBN 9789811483660.
  5. 1 2 3 Al-Junayd, ‘Abdulqādir (1993). Al-‘Uqūd al-‘Asjadiyyah fī Nashr Manāqib Ba‘ḍ Afrād al-Usrah al-Junaydiyyah [The Pursued Gold Necklaces in Spreading the Virtues of Some Members of the Al-Junayd Family] (PDF) (in Arabic). Singapore: Kyodo Printing Company Limited. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2026.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ Muhaimin, Suzaini (12 March 2025). "Peringati legasi Syed Omar Ali Aljunied rintis kerjasama silang agama bantu masyarakat" [Commemorating the legacy of Syed Omar Ali Aljunied, pioneering interfaith collaboration to help the community]. Berita Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Surattee, Muhammad Ghouse Khan (2008). The Grand Saint of Singapore: The Life of Habib Nuh bin Muhammad Al-Habshi (1st ed.). Singapore: Al Firdaus Masjid.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Gibson, William (2022). "A complete catalog of keramat in Singapore". Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship Submission (Digitised ed.): 290–319 – via National Library Board.
  9. ↑ "Towering commercial figure who cared for the public, Syed Omar bin Ali Aljunied (born 1792 - died 1852)". Singapore National Library Board. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  10. 1 2 Abubakar, M.F. (7 August 2024). "Syed Sharif Omar Ali Aljunied: The man who built Singapore's oldest recorded mosque". Muslim.SG. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  11. ↑ Edwards, Norman; Keys, Peter (1988). Singapore: A Guide to Buildings, Streets, Places. Times Book International. pp. 400–401.
  12. ↑ "Upgrading for the oldest mosque here". The Straits Times. 30 May 2009. p. 47.
  13. ↑ Arshad, Arlina (12 November 2001). "181-Year-Old Mosque Marked as Historic Site". The Straits Times. p. 4.
  14. ↑ "Mosque Built in 1820 Now a Historic Site". Today Newspaper. 12 November 2001. p. 8.
  15. ↑ Edwards, Norman; Keys, Peter (1988). Singapore: A Guide to Buildings, Streets, Places. Singapore: Times Books International. pp. 283–284.
  16. ↑ Rasheed, Z.A.; Zoohri, W.H.; Saat, N. (2020). Beyond Bicentennial: Perspectives on Malays. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. pp. 640–645. ISBN 9811213097.
  17. ↑ al-Mashhūr, Abū Bakr (1992). Lawāmi‘ al-Nūr [The Brilliances of Light] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Sana'a, Yemen: Dār al-Muhājir.
  18. ↑ Zubārah, Muḥammad (1929). Nayl al-Waṭar min Tarājim Rijāl al-Yaman fī al-Qarn al-Thālith ‘Ashar [Attaining the Desire from the Biographies of the Men of Yemen in the Thirteenth Century] (PDF) (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Cairo, Egypt: al-Maṭba‘ah al-Salafīyah wa-Maktabatuhā – via Wikimedia Commons.
  19. ↑ Nuwayhiḍ, ʿĀdil (1988). Muʿjam al-Mufassirīn min Ṣadr al-Islām wa-ḥattā al-ʿAṣr al-Ḥāḍir, [Dictionary of Commentators: From the Dawn of Islam to the Present Day] (in Arabic). Vol. 2 (3rd ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Muʾassasat Nuwayhiḍ al-Thaqāfiyyah lil-Taʾlīf wa-al-Tarjamah wa-al-Nashr.
  20. ↑ Koh, Jaime (21 June 2016). "Aljunied". National Library Board. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  21. ↑ Bahajjaj, Muhammad; Tang, Louisa (15 December 2025). "Kebaya shops see boost in sales after UNESCO listing, but worries grow over declining craft". Channel News Asia. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
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