Hjh Zainah (Latifah) bt Kyai Mohamad

KELUARGA DI KLANG, SELANGOR

Hjh Zainah (Latifah) bt Kyai Mohamad @ Nek Klang.

Full name: Hjh Zainah (Latifah) bt Kyai Mohamad

Call name: Nek Klang, Nya Klang

Ancestry: Orang Rawa

Date of birth: Unknown; possibly late 1890s

Birthplace: Bandar Hilir, Melaka

Date of demise: Unknown; possibly between 1958 and 1963, when Songkok Tinggi was in primary school

Burial: Tanah Perkuburan Islam Simpang Lima, Klang 

• Tanah Perkuburan Islam ini berada dalam bandar Klang
• Lokasi tanah perkuburan tidak jauh drp persimpangan lima penjuru
• Trafik agak sibuk di jalan raya besar berbanding Jalan Bukit Kubur
• Lokasi tanah perkuburan ini bersebelahan dengan rel LRT yang sedang dalam pembinaan pada 2021
• Terdapat bangunan tempat bakar mayat India (Indian crematorium) di jalan masuk iaitu Jalan Bukit Kubur, di sisi kubur Islam
• Tanah kubur Islam bersebelahan dengan tanah kubur India

Occupation: Housewife

Husbands: 

1. Hj Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani 
2. Mamak Terompah buruk (Indian convert to Islam)

• There are no photos of both Nek Klang's husbands. 
• After Tok moyang Zainal passed away, Nek Klang remarried but to an Indian man who converted to Islam. When Nek Klang died, her Indian Muslim husband inherited her estate. Nek Klang had also transferred her many land titles (inherited from Tok moyang Zainal) to her second husband before she died. When Nek Klang died, none of Tok moyang Zainal's people received anything.

Children:

1. Mohd Arshad bin Zainal Abidin Alyamani (Ami Arshad)
2. Maimunah bt Zainal Abidin Alyamani (Nya Intan)
3. Khatijah (Nya Elok) - anak angkat

Relatives:

Nek Klang is related to Tun Dr Siti Hasmah and her parents. Nek Klang's father and Tun Dr Siti Hasmah's father were brothers. The two brothers were originally from Banda Hilir, Melaka. They moved from Bandar Hilir to work in Klang.

1. Kyai Mohamad (Ahmad) bin Kyai Mohd Taib
2. Hj Mohd Ali bin Kyai Mohd Taib 

Family tree Nek Klang.