Haji Mohd Sharif bin Ismail Alyamani - What he looked like in 1883

Md Sharif bin Ismail Alyamani in 1883

 Masjid Rawa, Java Street, KL.

There is one photo dated 1883 that has Md Sharif bin Ismail in a group photo. The photo was taken at a meeting of imam and Haji-haji at Masjid Rawa, Java Street in Kuala Lumpur.

In this photo, he was with his youngest brother, Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani. They were seated at 2nd and 3rd from the right. Both were dressed similar and had a tongkat. 

Md Sharif was a smoker and had a cigarette in his left hand. His empty cigarette packs were the ones my eldest brother and I saw in the attic at Rumah Banda Hilir in the early 1960s.

The photo is too small to properly extract his portrait.

Meeting of Imam Masjid Rawa with Haji-Haji at Masjid Rawa, Java Street, Kuala Lumpur. 1883. Source: Book, Sutan Puasa by Abdur-Razzak Lubis, Areca Books, 2018.

Md Sharif bin Ismail Alyamani is seated at second right. His youngest brother Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani is seated beside him at third from right. Both brothers were dressed similar and held a cane, wore tarbus, unbuttoned jacket and shoes, 1883.

Brothers, Md Sharif bin Ismail Alyamani and Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani at Masjid Rawa, Java Street in Kuala Lumpur, 1883.

Credits:

Faizal Ajai Zainal

Abdur-Razzaq Lubis

Geni link:

Geni - Hj Mohd Sharif bin Ismail Alyamani (1860-1911)