Syed Mohamad bin Syed Omar (cucu Ami Aziz)

Hj Mohd Sharif bin Ismail (Tok moyang Hj Mohd Sharif Banda Hilir)
Hj Mohd Nordin bin Ismail (Tok moyang Hj Mohd Nordin Ujong Pasir)
Zainal bin Ismail (Tok moyang Zainal Klang)
Syed Mohamad bin Syed Omar (cucu Ami Aziz Al-Yamani Penang)
Mohaini bt Mahabob (Banda Hilir)

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AMI AZIZ AL-YAMANI

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AZIZ AL-YAMANI
- he is Tok Moyang Saudara Abdul Aziz bin Sheikh Mohamad
- he is the younger brother of Patma bt Sheikh Mohamad (Nenek Moyang Patma)

Sibs:
1. Zubaidah (Siti Bedah?) (eldest)
2. Shaykh Omar
3. Ismail
4. Siti Kechik Rokiah bt Shaikh Abdul Rahman al-Baghdadi ... she married to Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Dato' Jenaton
5. Abdul Aziz bin Sheikh Mohamad (this is Ami Aziz Al-Yamani)
6. Siti Mariam
7. Siti Hajar


AMI AZIZ AL-YAMANI married SITI RAHMAH bt ABDUL RASHID MAKAWI
Their children are:
1. Fatma
2. Zakaria
3. Abdul Latif
4. Abdul Rashid - did not marry; lives in Jelutong

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FATMA AL-YAMANI
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Syed Mohamad's mother is Fatma bt Abdul Aziz Al-Yamani.

She is called Patma Yamani.

Questions:

1. Whom did Fatma bt Abdul Aziz Al-Yamani marry? She married Syed Omar bin Syed Mohamad.
2. Did Fatma bt Abdul Aziz Al Yamani marry Syed Omar? Yes.
3. Her son is Syed Mohamad (cucu Ami Aziz).
4. What is Syed Mohamad's full name? Syed Mohamad bin Syed Omar.

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SYED MOHAMAD

(cucu Ami Aziz Al-Yamani)

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Syed Mohamad's mother is Fatma bt Abdul Aziz Al-Yamani (Fatma Yamani). His maternal grandmother is Siti Rahmah bt Abdul Rashid Makawi (Rahmah Makawi). His maternal grandfather is Ami Aziz Al-Yamani.

Syed Mohamad is Bapak's cousin.

Syed Mohamad's full name is Syed Mohamad bin Syed Omar. His father is Syed Omar bin Syed Mohamad. His paternal grandfather Syed Mohamad was born in Malaya but grew up in Madinah (besar di Madinah). His great-grandfather is Mansur bin Haji Ali.

Syed Mohamad bin Syed Omar
He called at 9:13-9:16 pm on Wednesday, 4 September 2013. I spoke to him.
Syed Mohamad hp: 019-478 6103 / tel: 04-977 2473
Syed Mohamad is cucu Ami Aziz.
Syed Mohamad's mother is Fatma bt Abdul Aziz Al-Yamani. She is called Patma Yamani.

Syed Mohamad is not on the Internet, email or Facebook. I asked if his children can assist. He said later.

Syed Mohamad will call again tomorrow, insya Allah.
He already passed away.

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AL-YAMANI FAMILY TREE
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Level 1
The parents of Patma and Abdul Aziz (Ami Aziz Al-Yamani): Sheikh Mohamad and Hawa Jelani.

Level 2
Patma is my father's grandmother (Bapak punya nenek)
Ami Aziz is my father's granduncle (Bapak punya datuk saudara)

Patma is my paternal great-grandmother (nenek moyang sebelah Bapak).
Ami Aziz Al-Yamani is my paternal great-granduncle (datuk saudara moyang sebelah Bapak).

Level 3
The children of Ami Aziz & Siti Rahmah Abdul Rashid Makawi (Fatma, Zakaria, Abdul Latif & Abdul Rashid) are my father's uncles and aunt (bapa saudara & ibu saudara Bapak).

They are my paternal granduncles and grandaunt (nenek & datuk saudara sebelah Bapak).

Level 4
The children of Fatma Alyamani (Syed Mohamad, Sharifah Mahani, Syed Ali, Syed Mansor, Syed Yussuf & Syed Abdullah) and the children of Abdul Latif Alyamani (Najib, Nawal & Najwa) are my father's cousins (sepupu Bapak).

They are my paternal aunts and uncles (ibu saudara & bapa saudara sebelah Bapak).

Syed Mohamad is Bapak's cousin; he is Fatma Alyamani's son as well as cucu Ami Aziz.

Level 5
The children of Syed Mohamad, Sharifah Mahani, Syed Ali, Syed Mansor, Syed Yussuf & Syed Abdullah and Najib, Nawal & Najwa, are my father's distant nephews & nieces.

They are my second cousins (dua pupu).

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MAHABOB FAMILY
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Aziz Yamani stayed at Mahabob's house in Banda Hilir.

Mohaini bt Mahabob was my classmate in Form 2A (1972) and Form 3A (1973) at the Malacca Girls' High School (MGHS) in Durian Daun, Melaka. My mother also knew Mohaini bt Mahabob and she knew my mother.

Mohaini's brother married to a Filipino lady (I can't remember their names). I met the Filipino lady at a birthday party at Mohaini Mahabob's house in 1972/73. She asked us to make elephant sounds. She spoke English.

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3 BROTHERS
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Hj Mohd Sharif, Hj Noordin and Zainal Klang are blood brothers. There is only a photograph of Hj Noordin with the family of 262-T Banda Hilir and relatives at Pulau Besar, Melaka in 1948. There are no photographs of Hj Mohd Sharif or Zainal Klang.

Hj Mohd Sharif's son is Mohd Yusope, who is Bapak's father, and whom he called Walid. Bapak's name is Haji Abdul Rashid bin Mohd Yusope. He always visited his relatives in Jelutong for Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Syed Mohamad said Bapak would visit Jelutong every 2 weeks.

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AMI RAHIM
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Abdul Rahim bin Hj Noordin lived in Ujong Pasir.

Abdul Rahim is Walid's cousin, and Bapak's uncle, and my granduncle (datuk saudara).

Bapak called him Ami Rahim.

Ami Rahim's son is Hj Mazlan, kawan Pak Saleh. They were photographed together at Masjid Banda Hilir.

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PATMA BT SHEIKH MOHAMAD
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Siti Rahmah bt Abdul Rashid Makawi married to Ami Aziz Al-Yamani.


Bapak said, Ami Aziz Al-Yamani's elder sister is Patma bt Sheikh Mohamad.

Nenek moyang Patma bt Sheikh Mohamad is another person. Bapak said she is the elder sister (kakak) of Ami Aziz Al-Yamani. Tok Umi Kalthom (Batu Uban) said this Patma is higher up in the family tree.

Patma bt Sheikh Mohamad married to Hj Mohd Sharif of Banda Hilir, Malacca. Their son is Mohd Yusope (Walid), Bapak's father. Their daughters are Amnah, Mahani (Nenek Ani), Asiah (Nenek Yah), and Alijah (Nenek Jah).

Walid died early in 1953/54. Nenek Amnah married to HABHAL and lived in Singapore (buat kicap HABHAL cap kipas udang). I have never met Walid and Nenek Amnah but I have met HABHAL at Mak Sarah's house in Banda Hilir. HABHAL wore a red tarbus (fez). Nenek Ani, Nenek Yah and Nenek Jah lived with Bapak and us (kids) at 262-T Banda Hilir. We lived in the big main wooden house (now demolished). Nenek Ani lived in the wooden house attached to the kitchen of the main house (now demolished). Nenek Yah lived in her own house next to Mak Sarah's house (both are still extant). Nenek Jah lived in a small hut behind the main house (now demolished). The main house (Rumah Abu), Nenek Ani's house and Nenek Jah's hut have all been demolished (circa 2007) to expand Masjid Banda Hilir over the house site.

There are no photographs of Patma bt Sheikh Mohamad and her husband Hj Mohd Sharif.

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DR CHE LAH BIN MD JOONOS

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Syed Mohamad's cousin (my father) married Dr Che Lah's eldest daughter.

Syed Mohamad bin Syed Omar knew Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos, who is my mother's father (my maternal grandfather). I am cucu Dr Che Lah. My mother is Jumabee Tulip bt Che Lah. Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos was a Penang doctor, but after his retirement. He also worked as a Hajj Doctor in his post-retirement years, from 1950s to 1960s.

I have spoken about my grandfather Dr Che Lah's work as a Hajj doctor at the Penang Heritage Trust (PHT), Penang Story Lecture conference, "Penang and the Hajj 2013" on 17 September 2013 at the E&O Hotel, George Town, Penang.

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UMI SEKHA
Syed Mohamad's aunt
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Syed Mohamad bin Syed Omar said I have to pass by Dr Che Lah's house, in order to go to Siti Sekha @ Umi Sekha's house.

Umi Sekha is Syed Mohamad's aunt. Umi Sekha is adopted. Umi Sekha is married and has a daughter, Fatin, a lecturer in Computer Science, USM Penang. She is a famous chef and caterer in Penang. She is also a philanthropist and donates a lot of food to NGOs, etc. She also hosted Raya 2013 for CAP. My sister Sharifah and I liked Umi Sekha's cooking.

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TOK KALTHOM
Anak Wan Teh
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Abdul Rashid Makawi married Siti Seha/Siti Sheikha (a different person, not the caterer). They have 2 children, Mohd Yunus @ Wan Teh and Siti Rahmah.

Wan Teh/Mohd Yunus bin Abdul Rashid Makawi married Siti Rogayah Mohd Hussain Khaiyath/ Mohd Hassan Khayath. They have 2 children, Siti Kalsom @ Umi Kalthom @ Tok Kalthom Batu Uban, and Mohd Salleh.

Siti Kalsom (Umi Kalthom) has 2 children, Shaikh/Sheikh Abdul Aziz and Siti Salamah. I met all 3 of them in Kg Batu Uban on 5 June 2013.

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MOHD SALLEH B MOHD YUNUS
Adik Tok Kalthom
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Mohd Salleh bin Mohd Yunus is the younger brother of Tok Kalthom.

Mohd Salleh has 3 children, Shahrul Nizam, Sabarina and Siti Wahidah.

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PROF SYED MOHSIN
Ami Chen
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Prof Syed Mohsin is Syed Mohamad's brother-in-law. Syed Mohamad married Prof Syed Mohsin's sister, Sharifah Zahrah bt Syed Sahil Jamalullail. They have 4 children. They are all in Kuala Lumpur.

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SYED ALWI AIDID
Masjid Sultan, Singapore
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I informed Syed Mohamad that Syed Alwi Aidid is with Masjid Sultan in Singapore. Syed Mohamad said our family is very big, covering Penang, Malacca and Singapore. The first President of Singapore (Yusof bin Ishak) is also part of our big family.

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Datin Paduka Profesor Emeritus Zuraina Majid

Full name: Datin Paduka Dato' Profesor Emeritus Siti Zuraina bt Abdul Majid
DOB: 3 October 1944, Kuala Lumpur
Occupation: Former lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia based in Minden, Penang; Malaysia's head archeologist; retired from USM. Now working in KL (25 Oct 2022).

Prof Zuraina looking down the microscope eyepiece. Looking on are Prof Omar Othman (VC USM, left) and 2 other men. Source: USM pic

Professor Siti Zuraina bt Abdul Majid is popularly known as Prof. Zuraina Majid. By profession, she is an archaeologist. She is Malaysia's #1 archaeologist.

Prof. Zuraina was with USM for a long time when I came to know about her. When we met, she would smile at me. Of course I would smile back without knowing it is her as I have only met her twice, and I forget what she looks like the moment I don't see her.

She was on the Interview Panel for promotion to Associate Professor at USM. She only smiled at me at my interview; I hardly recognised her as I hardly saw her before my interview. I remember a woman with bob hair on the panel.

Affandi and I returned to USM as he thinks I must try to meet Prof. Zuraina again to catch up on old times. We visited her old workplace next to Museum USM, after a history seminar on campus - Seminar Kesultanan Melayu Melaka, 20-21 October 2011.

Centre for Global Archaeology at USM in Minden, Penang.

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Prof Zuraina retired from USM. She continued to work in her post-retirement years. She was with Jabatan Warisan Negara in Kuala Lumpur. Her signature and name are inscribed on many heritage plaques throughout Malaysia.

Datin Paduka Dato' Profesor Emeritus
Siti Zuraina bt Abdul Majid
(Pesuruhjaya Warisan)
JABATAN WARISAN NEGARA
Bangunan Pentadbiran
Istana Negara (Lama)
Jalan Istana
50460 Kuala Lumpur
www.heritage.gov.my

Warisan plaque at Fort Cornwallis, Georgetown, Penang.

Contact for Jabatan Warisan Negara:

JABATAN WARISAN NEGARA
Bangunan Pentadbiran
Istana Negara (Lama)
Jalan Istana
50460 Kuala Lumpur
www.heritage.gov.my

No. Tel : 03-2260 9000
No. Faks : 03-2272 1392

Amir Md Wal
Pegawai Warisan
016-286 8586
No. Tel : 03-2260 9000
No. Faks : 03-2272 1392
- En Amir has changed job position; another person took over from him

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Marriage

Husband: Prof Emeritus Vincent Lowe (ex-USM). He is deceased.
Children: 2

I read in the papers that the couple have a pair of kids, ... now all grown up.

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Sibs:

1. Datuk Dr Lily Majid  (born 14 March 1921 KL; eldest; deceased; died 8 Jan 2010 PJ, aged 88; 3 grandchildren)
2. Datuk Paduka Dr Ruby Abdul Majeed (born 6 November 1924 KL; an early Malay doctor whom I mentioned in my book, MBBS 1959 Adelaide; deceased Sept 2013, aged 89)*
3. Ismail (deceased)
4. Rozina Majeed (deceased)
5. Dato Hamzah bin Abdul Majeed (married Datin Freida Mohd Pilus)
6. Datuk Ann Majeed (deceased)
7. Prof Datuk Dr Siti Zuraina Abdul Majeed (youngest girl; married Prof Vincent Lowe; 2 kids)
8. Zain (deceased)

*Dr Ruby Majid:

• Medical studies in Australia: http://trove.nla.gov.au - malay girl doctor
• Malay Girl Here To Become Doctor. (1948, April 13). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), p. 6 Edition: HOME. Retrieved September 6, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80799117
• Qualification: MBBS 1959 University of Adelaide
• Private practice: Clinic Drs Syed Mahmood & Ruby Majeed, Kuala Lumpur
• married Dr Syed Mahmood; 3 kids = 1 girl + 2 sons (1 son died, left 2; 1 girl in Australia, 1 son in PJ). Dr Sharifah Sorayya Syed Mahmood in Australia. 
• Dr Syed Mahmood passed away first.
• Dr Ruby died in Australia and is buried in Australia.

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FAMILY TREE

I first came to know that she is a relative, from Bapak. Bapak said that Prof Zuraina is our relative.

I do not know how we are related but she is on Bapak's side. I have not been able to work out her links to our family.

Bapak invited Prof Zuraina to my wedding in Penang. Prof Zuraina came to my wedding (held at night) at Minden Heights in Penang on 23 June 1983. Bapak kept a photo of her at my wedding. Bapak said she sat near the door. I saw the photo after my wedding, but I don't have it anywhere with me now. I remember seeing a small lady in blue sitting near the door - that was her. I didn't know her at the time of my wedding, but Bapak asked me to salam her.  

I met her again at my Associate Professor interview at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan. She was one of the 3 panel members. She only smiled at me and did not ask me anything. I think she remembered me, but I had guessed it was her as I had never spoken to her. She had bob hair. 

I have never met her siblings or her parents. I heard names like Zuraina Majid and Lily Majid, but not Ruby Majid. Zuraina had lived in Penang when she headed the Archaeology Department at USM in Minden, Penang. In our family circle, we refer to her work as 'kerja cungkil batu' or 'korek batu'. That is how I remember her too. 

En Amir had shown my book, Biography of the Early Malay Doctors 1900-1957 Malaya and Singapore, to Datin Paduka Profesor Emeritus Zuraina Majid (Pesuruhjaya Warisan), and she was touched as I had written about her elder sister, Dr Ruby Majid. 

I met her husband, Prof Vincent Lowe, at a function. I told him that his wife (Prof. Zuraina) and I are related and he drew a blank! Hahaha .... so much for trying to find out who's who! 

My former dormmate at TKC, Wan Munirah bt Dato Wan Puteh (MCE 1975) knows Datuk Hamzah Abdul Majeed. 

http://www.geni.com/people/private/6000000000993040206

https://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000000663088153#6000000035962246423

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Datuk Paduka Dr Ruby Abdul Majeed (1924-2013)

Full name: Dr Siti Rubi Kalthom bt Abdul Majeed
Call name: Dr Ruby Majeed
DOB: 6 November 1924
Residence: Quarters Jalan Pahang, near the Institute for Medical Research (IMR), Kuala Lumpur
Studies: Zoology; medical studies at Adelaide University; MBBS Adelaide 1959
Occupations: lecturer at the King Edward VII College of Medicine in Singapore; private medical practitioner in KL
Demise: __ September 2013

Marriage: married to a doctor
Husband: Dr Syed Mahmood bin Syed Jamalullail
DOB: __
Occupation: private medical practitioner
Demise: __

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Online references and links for Dr Ruby Majeed:

National Library of Australia

http://nla.gov.au

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80799117

Trove

Digitised newspapers and more

The Daily News (Perth, WA: 1882-1950), Tuesday, 13 April 1948.Page 6.

Malay Girl Here To Become Doctor

- Their father was a businessman in KL

- Siti Rubi Majid of Malaysia

- there is an image of her in baju kebaya pendek

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Dr Syed Mahmood & Dr Ruby Majeed's clinic:

1st Floor, Sri Mara,

Jalan Raja Laut,

50350 Kuala Lumpur,

Wilayah Persekutuan

Tel: 03-2692 5992

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FAMILY TREE

Arwah Dr Lily Majid, arwah Dr Ruby Majid, Prof Zuraina Majid and the other siblings (Ismail, Rozina, Hamzah and Ann) are related to Bapak. I don't know the exact link because Bapak never explained to me; he only mentioned they are our relatives.

En Amir Waal (Jabatan Warisan Negara) informed me of Dr Ruby Majid's demise.

I received news from En Amir Mohd Wal (Jabatan Warisan Negara) this morning (2 Sept 2013) that Datuk Paduka Dr Ruby Abdul Majeed has passed away. I don't have the details of her demise as yet. We are saddened by her passing. Al-Fatihah.

En Amir had shown my book, Biography of the Early Malay Doctors 1900-1957 Malaya and Singapore, to Dr Ruby's youngest sister, Datin Paduka Profesor Emeritus Zuraina Majid (Pesuruhjaya Warisan), and she was touched.

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Dr Ruby bte Abdul Majeed's short biography is on pages 751-754 in my book.

Name: Dr Ruby Abdul Majeed
Date of birth: 6 November 1924
Place of birth: Kuala Lumpur
Medical studies in Australia: http://trove.nla.gov.au - malay girl doctor
Malay Girl Here To Become Doctor. (1948, April 13). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), p. 6 Edition: HOME. Retrieved September 6, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80799117
Qualification: MBBS 1959 University of Adelaide
Private practice: Clinic Drs Syed Mahmood & Ruby Majeed, Kuala Lumpur

This short (one A4-page or two 9"x6" tradebook) biography below is taken from my other book,  Research on the Early Malay Doctors 1900-1957 Malaya and Singapore (Xlibris, 2012: pages 258-259).

43. Dr Ruby bte Abdul Majid

Dr Ruby is the wife of Dr Syed Mahmood bin Syed Hussain Jamalullail. Prof. Farida Jamal furnished the biographies of both doctors after consulting them.

Ruby was born on 6 November 1924 in Kuala Lumpur. The third of eight siblings, she grew up in the vicinity of the General Hospital Kuala Lumpur, across the road from the Institute for Medical Research (IMR). She watched the activities in her neighbourhood with great interest and dreamed of becoming a doctor, like the ones she saw walking to the hospital. She learnt many skills from her mother and relatives at home. She commenced formal schooling at Kampong Baru Malay School at age five and moved to the Bukit Nenas Convent in Kuala Lumpur at age seven. Upon completing the OSCE (Overseas School Certificate Exam?) in 1948, she proceeded to Australia for further studies. She graduated from the University of Western Australia, majoring in Zoology, and trained in Histology at the University of Melbourne. From 1952 to 1954, she taught Histology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, in Singapore.

She married Dr Syed Mahmood in 1956. With the encouragement and support of her professor and head of the department, Ahmed Mohiuddin, she left for Adelaide, Australia, during the same year to study medicine. Her training and work at the University of Malaya was given recognition, and she was exempted from some courses. She graduated from the University of Adelaide as a medical doctor in 1959.

Upon completing her housemanship at the General Hospital, Penang, Dr Ruby Majeed was appointed Medical and Health Officer in Perlis. She founded and chaired the Perlis branch of the Federation of Family Planning Association of Malaysia and the Red Cross Association of Perlis. She also chaired the St John Ambulance, Perlis, and served as patron of the Perlis Girl Guides Association.

Dr Ruby Majeed moved to Kuala Lumpur in 1967 and set up private practice in the MARA building, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman. Dr Syed Mahmood joined her two years later. She was a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP), which was awarded by the Australian College of General Practitioners. Together with a group of dynamic doctors, she strove to get general practice registered as a medical specialty in Malaysia. The Academy of Family Physicians (formerly known as the College of General Practitioners) was established, and from 1980 to 2002, she served as the president of the College of General Practitioners/Academy of Family Physicians. She was invited to sit on several committees of the Ministry of Health, Malaysia, subcommittees of the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA), and committees of the Private Medical Practitioners Association of Selangor, where she served as president for one year. She also served as the treasurer at MMA Foundation for four years.

Her passion for education resulted in her involvement in teaching and curriculum development in Family Medicine at the University of Malaya and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). In the 1990s, she also served as an adjunct professor in Family Medicine for four years at the Faculty of Medicine, UKM. Throughout, she worked as a general practitioner. Dato’ Paduka Dr Ruby bte Abdul Majeed is noted for her dedication, determination, sincerity, honesty, and integrity. A good listener, she is much more than a giver of health care to her patients and is always willing to help people in need. She is dearly loved and admired by her large, extended family and her many friends.

From me: It will be great if we can expand and make her biography a more complete one.