Sunday 29 April 2012

Haji Mohd. Sharif bin Ismail c1855-died c1906-1912 (3) Wasiat


  • Pemegang amanah tanah pusaka di Banda Hilir, Settlement of Malacca
  • 302 Banda Hilir
  • Haji Mazlan bin Haji Rahim (cucu Hj Noordin)
  • Haji Mohd Sharif bin Ismail (3) Wasiat
  • Inche Nyonia bt Tuan Sheik Mohamad Sahabudin
  • Mahadhir bin Mohamad (cicit Hj Noordin)
  • H A Hannen - Malay Interpreter, Supreme Court of The Straits Settlement
  • D Bratty - Registrar, Supreme Court, Malacca
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I received a softcopy of Haji Mohamad Sharif's Will (Wasiat Tok Sharif) today (29 April 2012) from Abang Sharif*, who in turn obtained it from Farid*, who in turn obtained it from Bapak*. Here are some interesting contents of the Will.

*All 3 men have died. Bapak died on 8 March 2009. Farid died on 2 Dec 2015. Abang Sharif died on 19 July 2017. 

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WASIAT HAJI MOHAMAD SHARIF BIN ISMAIL
Will of 1 March 1906
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Will of 1 March 1906, Malacca
Probate No. 4 of 1912

Name: Haji Mohamad Sharif  bin Ismail (this is Tok Moyang Haji Mohd Sharif)
Wife: Fatimah bte Mohamad (this is Patma)
Mother: Inche Nyonia binte Tuan Sheik Mohamad Sahabudin (this is Tok Moyang Sharif's mother)

Children:
  1. Mohamad Usuf bin Haji Mohamad Sharif (this is Bapak's Walid Mohd Yusope)
  2. Mahani bte Haji Mohamad Sharif (this is Nenek Ani)
  3. Alijah bte Haji Mohamad Sharif (this is Nenek Jah)
  4. Amnah bte Haji Mohamad Sharif (this is Nenek Amnah)
  5. Asiah bte Hj Mohamad Sharif (this is Nenek Ya)

Grandfather: Mohamad Saleh bin Khatib Usuf (this is the grandfather of Tok Moyang Sharif)


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DETAILS OF HJ MOHD SHARIF'S PROPERTY
IN BANDAR HILIR, MALACCA 1897-c1912
Will of 1 March 1906
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The properties mentioned in the Will include the following:
  1. No. 76 and 77 Banda Hilir
  2. Banda Hilir No. 111
  3. Banda Hilir brick house No. 113

These buildings are still extant on 18 September 2017. I checked their locations using Google Maps. All 4 properties are along Jalan Parameswara, between Masjid Banda Hilir and before reaching Padang Banda Hilir. The house/shop # remains the same but the road is now Jalan Parameswara instead of Jalan Banda Hilir. They are in Taman Melaka Raya area.



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HOUSES & SHOPHOUSES
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PROPERTY #1
No. 76 BANDA HILIR

No. 76 Banda Hilir -- is near Bites in Banda Hilir. It is in a 4-unit double-storey shophouse complex (near Masjid Banda Hilir 80, 78, 76, and 74 near Padang Banda Hilir). It is next to No 78, Persatuan Leong Kawasan Selatan. It is the second shop from the right. The last shop on the right is No. 74. No. 76 has blue frames for its doors and windows. The walls are light cream. It has one brown window upstairs.







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PROPERTY #2
No. 77 BANDA HILIR

No. 77 Banda Hilir -- is across the road from No. 76 Banda Hilir. The shophouses here vary in shape and size - No. 71 vs No. 73 & 75 vs No. 77 vs No. 79, 81, 83. No. 77 Banda Hilir is a single double-storey brick shophouse with colourful art decor dated 1927 at the roof top (frieze). It was probably sold after Hj Mohd Sharif died (between 1906-1912) and was then renovated or restored in 1927. It is now occupied by a sportshop - Syarikat Perniagaan Engraving Melaka (Engraving & Trading (Melaka) Sdn Bhd), which has a blue signboard. There is parking space in front of the shop.








Page 8 Advertisements Column 2
Malaya Tribune, 28 December 1928, Page 8

ANNOUNCEMENT.
The engagement is announced between Mr. Tan Low Eng, of the Traffic Manager's Office, Kuala Lumpur, eldest son of Mr. and the late Mrs. Tan Kim Seng (nee Loh Chit Neo), 77, Banda Hilir, Malacca, and Miss Koh Ong Neo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Koh Boon Chuan, of Kuala Lumpur. The marriage will take place at Malacca on January 30.

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PROPERTY #3
No. 111 BANDA HILIR

No. 111 Banda Hilir --  is a pink double-storey brick house adjacent to the vacant lot. on both sides It is now a private house of worship called Yuan Tong Ge. Visitors are not allowed. The house at 111 occupies part of 109 and part of 113 at the sides. Thus, 109 and 113 have ceased to exist. Both are partial wasteland (unused).



Page 10 Advertisements Column 1
The Straits Times, 28 August 1923, Page 10
freehold land at Banda Hilir, together with the house known as 111 (formerly 40) Banda Hilir, Malacca, bought by Mr. A. S. Paul for $3,100.
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PROPERTY #4
No. 113 BANDA HILIR

No. 113 Banda Hilir -- is a partial vacant land with red floors still evident but cracked like cobblestone. It was probably a brick house just like 111 before it was demolished. There is no photo of the building that was there once. The house at 111 occupies part of the grounds of 113. Hj Mohd Shairf's Will of 1906 mentioned there was a brick house at 113 Banda Hilir. But it was demolished.



MALACCA PROPERTY AUCTION.
Malaya Tribune., 11 July 1922, Page 7
Three pieces of freehold land and house No 113 Banda Hilir, area 1 acre and 36 poles bought by K M S P Annamalai Chitty for $4,300.

External links
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Search?ST=1&AT=search&k=113%20Banda%20Hilir
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19220711-1.2.52?ST=1&AT=search&k=113%20Banda%20Hilir&QT=113,banda,hilir&oref=article
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19281228-1.2.24.2?ST=1&AT=search&k=77%20Banda%20Hilir&QT=77,banda,hilir&oref=article


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ARABLE LANDS
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These are some lands (see specifications) mentioned in the Will*:
  1. Bukit Tempurong
  2. Padang Semabok
  3. Ujong Pasir
*Mahadhir Mohamad informed these lands have been sold off.
MALACCA PROPERTY AUCTION.
Malaya Tribune., 11 July 1922, Page 7
Freehold land at Ujong Pasir area 1 rood and 16 poles bought by K R M T T A L Mutiah Chitty for $200. 
Page 10 Advertisements Column 1
The Straits Times, 28 August 1923, Page 10
freehold land at Bukit Tempurong in the mukim of Padang Semabok, Malacca, area 2 acres 3 roods and 24 poles, bought by Madam Tan Seok Lian for $3,600;

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WITNESSES OF HJ MOHD SHARIF'S WILL
BANDAR HILIR, MALACCA
Will of 1 March 1906
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There were 2 witnesses for the Will:**
  1. Zainal bin Omar Sidang
  2. Omar bin Saleh Bilal
**The last word after the name indicates the post held, eg Tok Sidang, Tok Bilal. They were men from the mosque, but it doesn't specify which mosque. Could most probably be from Masjid Banda Hilir, unless he had reason to use people from Masjid Semabok, where  he & wife are buried.
The first witness, Zainal bin Omar, is the younger man (probably an adult son) and Omar bin Saleh is the second witness, an elder man (probably father of the first witness). So the 2 witnesses were father-and-son who worked for the masjid, one was a Sidang and the other was a Bilal. Who and where are they or their descendants today?


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COURTS FOR
HJ MOHD SHARIF'S WILL
BANDAR HILIR, MALACCA
Will of 1 March 1906
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Two persons from 2 different courts were involved with the Will:
  1. H A Hannen - Malay Interpreter, Supreme Court of The Straits Settlement
  2. D Bratty - Registrar, Supreme Court, Malacca

H A Hannen is Hamid bin Abdul Hannen.
He was a Malay Interpreter in the Supreme Court in Malacca.
Source: The Directory and Chronicles 1909

Tok Moyang Zainal bin Ismail, Klang (2)

From Abang Sharif, 25 April 2012 (edited):

When Tok Moyang Zainal passed away. Nenek Klang remarried an Indian convert or mamak. Tok Arshad called his step-father terompah buruk. They lived on Tok Moyang Zainal's land in Kg Baru (Jalan Raja Ali or Raja Alang). There was a big bungalow, I went there once with Nenek Nya Elok.

Tok Zainal had a lot of land. I do not know what happened to it all. From what I heard Nenek Klang changed the land title to her new husband and when she died the lands went to her husband. So Tok Moyang Zainal's siblings did not get anything. The lineage stops there. I have no knowledge about them.

As for Bik Ninggal she is living in Jalan Yadi, Klang. Pls call Muzlifah Ab Aziz anak Mak Nya 016-6937904. She is in Telok Gong. She always contacts them and she knows their house.

As for the Wasiat of Hj Mohd Sharif, pls send your email address I'll email to you. shariflobo@gmail.com

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From me (3 September 2013):
Tok moyang Zainal Klang was not a private tutor to Sultan Abdul Samad. I have no further information about Tok Zainal Klang's work at the palace.

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From me (9 December 2021):
Tok  moyang Zainal Klang was Headmaster of Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) in Klang. There were 2 ACS schools - primary and secondary. He was probably HM at the primary school. Tan Sri Manickavasagam was a student at ACS Klang when Tok moyang Zainal was HM. Tok moyang Zainal Klang was probably there from 1898 till he retired in 1928.