Tok Moyang Zainal bin Ismail, Klang (3)

Zainal Abidin bin Ismail

Tok Moyang Zainal Kelang is Zainal bin Ismail, the youngest of 3 brothers.

Full name: Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani
Call name: Datuk Zainal Klang, Tok Zainal Klang ... Tok Moyang
He signed his name as Zenal

Occupation: Headmaster of ACS Klang (primary school)
Wife: Nenek Klang (Nenek Nya Kelang, Hjh Zainah (Latifah) bt Kyai Mohamad) ... Nenek Moyang

Children: 2 + 1
Names of children:

1. Mohamad Arshad @ Ami Arshad  .... Tok Ami Arshad
2. Maimunah @ Nya Intan ...... Nenek Nya Intan
3. Khatijah @ Nya Elok ..... Nenek Nya Elok (adopted)

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#1 Mohd Arshad bin Zainal

Tok Ami Arshad is Mohd Arshad bin Zainal. He is Tok moyang Zainal Kelang's only son.

Full name: Mohd Arshad bin Zainal Abidin Alyamani
Call name: Tok Ami Arshad
Occupation: Clerk in Agriculture Office in Klang
Wives: 2 - 1) Embok Chik (3 kids), 2) Cikgu Khatijah (2 kids)

Children: 5
Names of children:

1. Rahimah bt Mohd Arshad married Hamzah
2. Zabedah bt Mohd Arshad
3. Muzlifah bt Mohd Arshad married Cikgu Kahar (lives in Banting)
4. Kamallul Ariffin bin Mohd Arshad
5. Marhamah bt Mohd Arshad

He married 2 times. First wife is Embok Chik, and they have 3 kids - Rahimah, Zabedah and Muzlifah. They adopted a son who is Embok Chik's nephew since they had no boy. Second wife is Cikgu Khatijah, and they have 2 kids - Kamallul Ariffin and Marhamah. So Tok Ami Arshad had 5 children from 2 wives.

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#2 Maimunah bt Zainal 

Nenek Nya Intan is Maimunah bt Zainal. She is the elder sister of Nenek Nya Elok (adik angkat). Maimunah bt Zainal (anak perempuan Tok Moyang Zainal Kelang) married to jeweller, Shaikh Ismail bin Shaik Mohamad bin Salem Alyamani (from Jelutong clan, Penang). Their son is Dato' Hj Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani @ Songkok Tinggi.

Full name: Maimunah bt Zainal Abidin Alyamani
Call name: Nenek Nya Intan
Occupation: Housewife
Husband: Shaikh Ismail bin Shaikh Mohamad bin Salem Alyamani (from Jelutong clan)

Children: only 1 son

1. Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani ... uncle/pak cik/Ami Zainal

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#3 Khatijah bt Zainal

Nenek Nya Elok is Khatijah, anak angkat Tok Zainal Abidin of Klang. She is the younger step-sister of Nenek Nya Intan (kakak). She married to Khalid. Her son is Zahari bin Khalid. Zahari Khalid married Faridah Wahit, and they have 2 sons: 1. Nazirul Mubin bin Zahari married Norfariza, and 2. Nizar Muizz bin Zahari.

Full name: Khatijah anak angkat Zainal Abidin
Call name: Nenek Nya Elok
Occupation: Housewife
Husband: Khalid bin Haji Karim

Children: 1 son
Name of son:

1. Zahari bin Khalid married Faridah Wahit (2 sons) ... uncle/pak cik

Birthday of Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos, celebrated at his home in Minden Heights, on 10 December 1978 or later. On the leftmost is Nya Elok. The lady next to her is Abang Sharif's wife, Fatimah bt Jaafar. Seated from right: Esther (adik Mak), Dr Che Lah (bapa Mak), Mariah (ibu tiri Mak), Tulip bt Che Lah (Mak), Fatimah bt Jaafar (isteri Abang Sharif) and Khatijah anak angkat Zainal Abidin @ Nya Elok.

Che Nah (left) with Khadijah anak angkat Zainal Abidin (Nya Elok), before Che Nah passed away in 2000. Nya Elok is the younger step-daughter of tok moyang saudara Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani. Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani is adik bongsu tok moyang Hj Md Sharif bin Ismail Alyamani. Nya Elok's elder step-sister is Nya Intan (Maimunah bt Zainal Abidin). Nya Intan and Nya Elok have an elder brother named Mohamad Arshad bin Zainal Abidin (the eldest and only son of tok moyang saudara Zainal).

Khadijah anak angkat Zainal Abidin @ Nya Elok of Klang. I have included information on her on Geni.com.


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#1.1 Rahimah bt Mohd Arshad

Full name: Rahimah bt Mohd Arshad
Call name: Auntie Rahimah 
Relationship: cucu Tok Zainal Kelang
Occupation: Housewife
Her father: Mohd Arshad bin Zainal Abidin (Ami Arshad) - anak Tok Zainal, Kelang
Her mother: Embok Chik (first wife of Mohamad Arshad/Ami Arshad)
Husband: Hamzah bin ____

Children: 2 sons
Names of children:

1. Abdul Latif bin Hamzah married 2 times: 1. ___ (1 kid) , 2. ___ (none).
2. Abdul Rahim bin Hamzah married Soraya bt _____ (1 daughter)

Auntie Rahimah is the eldest of 3 children (all girls) from the same mother. The other two girls are Zabedah and Muzlifah. Auntie Rahimah bt Mohd Arshad married Uncle Hamzah, and they have two sons - 1. Abdul Latif bin Hamzah, 2. Abdul Rahim bin Hamzah. Auntie Rahimah and Uncle Hamzah live at Taman Rasmi Jaya, Ampang. They are in their early '80's.

Auntie Rahimah Mohd Arshad

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#1.2 Zabedah bt Mohd Arshad

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#1.3 Muzlifah bt Mohd Arshad 

Auntie Muzlifah is married to Cikgu Kahar. They live in Banting. They have no kids.

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#1.4 Kamallul Ariffin bin Mohd Arshad

Uncle Kamallul Ariffin bin Mohd Arshad is anak Ami Arshad from his 2nd wife (Cikgu Khatijah).

Ami Kamallul Ariffin bin Mohd Arshad

Full name: Kamallul Ariffin bin Mohd Arshad
Call name: Ami Kamallul Ariffin 
Relationship: cucu Tok Zainal Kelang
Occupation: _____
His father: Mohd Arshad bin Zainal Abidin (Ami Arshad)
His mother: Cikgu Khatijah (second wife of Mohamad Arshad/Ami Arshad)
Wife: ______

Children: _____
Names of children:

1. ____
2. ____
3. ____
4. ____
5. ____

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#1.5 Marhamah bt Mohd Arshad

Full name: Marhamah bt Mohd Arshad
Call name: Auntie Marhamah
Relationship: cucu Tok Zainal Kelang
Occupation: _____
Her father: Mohd Arshad bin Zainal Abidin (Ami Arshad)
Her mother: Cikgu Khatijah (second wife of Mohamad Arshad/Ami Arshad)
Her brother: Kamallul Ariffin bin Mohd Arshad

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#2.1 Dato' Hj Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani @ Songkok Tinggi

Songkok Tinggi @ Ami Zainal @ Uncle Dato' Haji Zainal Abidin is Nya Intan's son with Shaikh Ismail bin Shaikh Mohamad bin Salem Alyamani of Jelutong, Penang. 

• Ami Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani is anak Nya Intan, whose real name is Maimunah bt Zainal Abidin Alyamani. 
• Ami Zainal @ Songkok Tinggi is connected to the Jelutong clan. His father Shaik Ismail Alyamani was from Jelutong. 
• Ami Zainal @ Songkok Tinggi's apartment is in Batu Tiga, Shah Alam. 
• Ami Zainal @ Songkok Tinggi's  was present at Abang Sharif's wedding.

Abang Sharif kahwin circa 1978. The man with janggut (beard) in striped grey shirt is (Dato' Hj) Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani @ Songkok Tinggi when young, anak Nya Intan (Maimunah bt Zainal Abidin Alyamani). Nya Intan is anak tok moyang Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani and nenek moyang saudara Hjh Zainah (@Latifah) bt Kyai Mohamad (Nenek Nya Kelang).

Dato' Haji Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani @ Ami Zainal @ Songkok Tinggi is Bapak's cousin. His father and Ami Aziz Alyamani were Bapak's uncles in Jelutong, Penang.

Full name: Dato' Haji Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani
Call name: Uncle Zainal Abidin, Ami Zainal, Songkok Tinggi
Relationship: cucu Tok Zainal Kelang, Bapak's cousin
Date of birth: 4 May 1951, born in Klang

Occupation: Pegawai Kebajikan (retired from Malaysian Govt under Datuk Ann Majeed)

• His father: Shaikh Ismail bin Shaik Mohamad bin Salem Alyamani (Jelutong, Penang)
• His mother: Maimunah bt Zainal Abidin Alyamani (Nya Intan) - anak tok moyang Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani, who was HM ACS  Klang (primary school) in Kelang, when Tan Sri Manickavasagam was a student there.
• He was 33 years old when his mother (Nya Intan) died at PPUM, PJ in 1984. Zaiton Hassan (wife of Ami Latiff in Kulim) accompanied jenazah Nya Intan back to Shah Alam.
• He married in 1973, at age 22 years old, because his mother wanted him married before she left for Hajj.
• Nya Intan went for Hajj by flight. She went with a neighbour's wife.
• The neighbour was mother-in-law to Tan Sri Manickavasagam; he married his secretary as his second wife, who was Tok moyang Zainal neighbour's daughter.
• Ami Zainal's wife was 12 years old when they married.
• His wife is Datin Hjh Saadiah bt Ahmad (b. 1961).

Ami Dato' Hj Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani and wife Amati Datin Hjh Saadiah bt Ahmad.

Children: 3 (all daughters)
Names of daughters:

1. Siti Farah Farinah bt Zainal Abidin
2. Siti Fahratul Fuadah bt Zainal Abidin
3. Siti Basyirah Balqis bt Zainal Abidin (youngest) ... dia sahabat dengan Nonie anak Pak Din.

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#3.1 Zahari bin Khalid

Uncle Zahari Khalid is cucu angkat Tok Zainal Klang, anak Nek Nya Elok and Datuk Khalid bin Haji Karim. Uncle Zahari Khalid of Kelang and wife Faridah Wahit have two sons. The elder was the one who got married, Nazirul Mubin bin Zahari. So they have a new daughter-in-law now, Norfariza.

Full name: Zahari bin Khalid
Call name: Uncle Zahari
Relationship: cucu angkat Tok Zainal Kelang
Occupation: _____
His father: Khalid bin Haji Karim
His mother: Khatijah anak angkat Zainal Abidin (Nya Elok)
Wife: Faridah bt Wahit

Uncle Zahari Khalid of Kelang and wife Auntie Faridah Wahit

Children: 2 sons
Names of sons:

1. Nazirul Mubin bin Zahari married Norfariza, 5 Oct 2013
2. Nizar Muizz bin Zahari 

Below is the email and 8 photos which I received from Abang Sharif. These are photos of the wedding reception of Uncle Zahari's elder son Nazirul Mubin in Kelang.

Gambar Kerja Kahwin Anak Uncle Zahari Kat Kelang 1 message

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Muhd Sharif Abdul Rashid <shariflobo@gmail.com>	7 October 2013 02:19
To: Faridah Abdul Rashid <faridahar@gmail.com>
Ni latest pics dari Kelang. Semua waris sebelah Tok Zainal Kelang.  Salam & abg doakan Faridah selamat menjalani pembedahan insyaallah.

Original photos

236 - Abang Sharif's children (from left) Muhd Hafez, Muhd  Daniel & Siti Husna. The 2 small boys are his grandsons Muhd Haikal & Hazimi (Hafez's sons).

240 - Uncle Zahari Khalid (cucu Tok Moyang Zainal, anak Nenek Nya Elok & Datuk Khalid) with wife Faridah Wahit. They have 2 sons. The elder was the one who got married. So they have a new daughter-in-law now.

245 - Standing in front from right: Auntie Muzlifah Mohd Arshad & Auntie Rahimah Mohd Arshad (anak Tok Ami Arshad from first wife). Kid is Abdul Rahim's daughter. 
Standing 2nd row from left: Abdul Latif Hamzah, Soraya (Abdul Rahim's wife).
Standing 3rd row from left: Abdul Latif's wife (yellow tudung) and Abdul Rahim Hamzah (cap). Standing last row: Uncle Hamzah (Auntie Rahimah's husband). They have 2 sons Abdul Latif & Abdul Rahim. Uncle Hamzah & Auntie Rahimah live at Taman Rasmi Jaya, Ampang. They are in their early 80's.

250: Nazirul Mubin bin Zahari & Norfariza; 5 October 2013.
Nazirul Mubin is cicit Tok Moyang Zainal Kelang.

251 & 252 - Man with tall songkok (Songkok Tinggi) is Ami Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani (anak tunggal Nenek Nya Intan). Same person at table with wife (below).

252

254 - Ami Kamallul Ariffin bin Mohd Arshad (anak Tok Ami Arshad from 2nd wife, Cikgu Khatijah).

255 - Man with tall songkok is Songkok Tinggi @ Ami Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani (anak Nenek Nya Intan). His father Ismail Alyamani was originally from Jelutong, Penang.

Close-up (cropped photos)

Uncle Zahari Khalid of Kelang and wife Faridah Wahit. Uncle Zahari Khalid is cucu Tok Zainal Abidin Alyamani, anak Nenek Nya Elok and Datuk Khalid. They have 2 sons. The elder was the one who got married, Nazirul Mubin bin Zahari. So they have a new daughter-in-law now, Norfariza.

Ramai-ramai - 3 families and a sister. Uncle Hamzah (farthest at centre rear) and Auntie Rahimah Arshad. Their sons are Abdul Latif Hamzah (yellow shirt at left) and Abdul Rahim Hamzah (cap, striped shirt). Abdul Latif's wife is with yellow tudung (behind him). Abdul Rahim's wife is Soraya (pink kurung); their daughter is the girl in pink dress. The lady at far right (white tudung) is Auntie Muzlifah Mohd Arshad; her sister is Auntie Rahimah Mohd Arshad.

Lady in pink is Soraya (her husband is Abdul Rahim Hamzah, man with cap); man with glasses in checked shirt & glasses at rear is Uncle Hamzah (husband of Auntie Rahimah); lady in blue is Auntie Rahimah Mohd Arshad; man in striped shirt and cap is Abdul Rahim Hamzah; lady at far right is Auntie Muzlifah bt Mohd Arshad.

Lady in blue baju kurung is Auntie Rahimah Mohd Arshad. Abang Sharif will try and obtain more information from Uncle Hamzah and Auntie Rahimah about lineage, in sya Allah. Sadly, Abang Sharif passed away on 19 July 2017.

Couple in yellow is Abdul Latif (yellow shirt) & wife (yellow tudung).
Child and woman in pink are Abdul Rahim's daughter and wife Soraya. Abdul Rahim has only one daughter.

Couple in yellow and with dark glasses is Ami Dato' Hj Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani and wife Datin Hjh Saadiah bt Ahmad.

Man in yellow shirt, tall songkok, and dark glasses is Ami Dato' Hj Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani (anak Nenek Nya Intan). He is connected to the Jelutong clan via his father. His father Shaik Ismail bin Shaik Mohamad bin Salem Alyamani was from Jelutong, Penang and had worked as a jeweller at Buckingham Street next to Masjid Kapitan Keling. Songkok Tinggi's apartment is in Batu Tiga, Shah Alam.

Man in yellow checked baju teluk belanga is Ami Kamallul Ariffin bin Mohd Arshad (anak Tok Ami Arshad from his 2nd wife).

Striped couple is Auntie Muzlifah Mohd Arshad and her nephew Abdul Rahim Hamzah (with cap). Auntie Muzlifah is married to Cikgu Kahar. They live in Banting. They have no kids.

Yellow couple is Abdul Latif Hamzah and wife (second marriage). 
First marriage had 1 kid. Second marriage so far none yet.

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 Q&A

1. Uncle Zahari bin Khalid is the son of Nek Nya Elok and datuk Khalid. His wife is Faridah Wahit. They have 2 sons, elder Nazirul Mubin and younger son Nizar Muizz. Nazirul Mubin married Norfariza. Their wedding reception was held on 5 October 2013.
2. Is there a photo of Nek Nya Elok and datuk Khalid? Nya Elok-Yes. Datuk Khalid-No.
3. How many children did Nek Nya Elok have? Only one son.
4. How many siblings does Uncle Zahari have? None.
5. Uncle Zahari is cucu angkat Tok Zainal Kelang. 
6. Is there a photo of Tok Zainal Kelang and wife? Tok Zainal Kelang-No. Nek Klang-Yes.
7. What happened to Tok Zainal Kelang? He was the Headmaster of ACS Kelang (primary school) when Tan Sri Manickavasagam was a student there. He later became a politician.
8. He was never a tutor to Sultan Abdul Samad, who died in 1898.
9. He assisted a British Officer with Bahasa Melayu. The British Officer worked with Sultan Abdul Samad. 
10. When did Tok Zainal Kelang pass away? Unknown, before 1973.
11. Where is Tok Zainal Kelang buried? Which graveyard? Unknown. Klang.

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. 

Tok Moyang Zainal Abidin bin Ismail, Klang (1)

Full name: Zainal Abidin bin Ismail

He signed his name on datuk Mohd Yusope's BC as Zenal
Call name: Bapak called him Datuk Zainal Klang, Tok Zainal Klang .... he was my great-grandfather (datuk moyang)

Children: 2 + 1
Names of children:

1. Mohamad Arshad @ Ami Arshad
2. Maimunah @ Nya Intan
3. Khatijah @ Nya Elok (anak angkat)

From Bapak:

Tok Zainal lived in Klang and was therefore called Datuk Zainal Klang. He was the Sultan's private tutor. 

Actually, he was not the Sultan's private tutor as many had believed.

According to his grandson, Dato' Zainal Abidin bin Ismail Alyamani @ Songkok Tinggi, Tok Zainal Klang was Headmaster of ACS Klang when Tan Sri Manickavasagam was a student there. As HM, he assisted a British Officer who worked with Sultan Abdul Samad.

Tok Zainal Klang married Nek Klang. Both were Malay, and originally from Banda Hilir, Melaka. 

Their 2 daughters (Nya Intan and Nya Elok) looked Chinese, were thin and tall, and wore kebaya panjang. "Nya" refers to Nyonya, meaning Chinese ladies. Nya Intan was older than Nya Elok. Nya Intan was Tok Zainal Klang's daughter. Nya Elok was Tok Zainal Klang's adopted daughter.

The relatives in Klang knew about an incident when Nek Inchek hit her first child's head (Mak Ainon's head) and it bled. It became a criminal case. At the court hearing Walid said he did it (and Nenek Inchek went scot-free). Walid underwent rigorous imprisonment (RI) for 2 months (60 days) for a crime which he did not commit. Walid lost his government job as an entomologist but some relative got him his previous job (reinstated). Walid was very brave to stand in for his beloved Nek Inchek whom he loved dearly. Nek Inchek went on to have 14 more children! Bapak still respects his mother despite the incident.

Source:
Bapak (HARMY = Haji Abdul Rashid bin Mohd Yusope)
13 October 2007

From Abang Sharif (25 April 2012):
Tok Zainal was the tutor to Sultan Abdul Samad.
Nya Intan's correct name is Maimunah. 

Nya Elok's correct name is Khatijah.

From me (28 April 2012):
Tok Zainal Klang was not the tutor to Sultan Abdul Samad.

From me (8 December 2021):

Tok Zainal Klang was Headmaster of ACS Klang and therefore lived and worked in Klang. He also assisted a British Officer who worked for Sultan Abdul Samad. Sultan Abdul Samad died in 1898.