Masjid Bandar Hilir 1820 (0)

MOSQUE RENOVATIONS 2007

Masjid Bandar Hilir was built circa 1820, so said the govt page at http://www.islamgrid.gov.my/mosque/detailed.php?id=3001.

Maklumat Lanjut

No Daftar: MY-04-MT-00118
Nama Masjid: MASJID BANDAR HILIR
Alamat: KM 1.5, BANDA HILIR, 75000 MELAKA

Masjid Banda Hilir ini dibina kali pertamanya dalam tahun 1820 dan pada tahun 1960 masjid ini dibaharui dengan belanja orang ramai.

Where did they get the information?

Who then rebuild the mosque after WWII? Bapak did. With whose $? I don't know.

Who lived next to Masjid Bandar Hilir? Our ancestors, 8 generations of them. They were Arabs from Hadramaut in Yemen (orang dari Yaman).

Where are the graves of these early Yemeni people who came to Malacca? In the graveyard of Masjid Semabok as Masjid Bandar Hilir only had a small plot of land for the graves and that was relocated elsewhere when I lived there till I was 5 (1958-1963). My ancestors lived beside Masjid Bandar Hilir but were buried in the graveyard of Masjid Semabok.

1820 was the Dutch era in Malacca, just prior to its handing over to the British.

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Photos of Masjid Banda Hilir
Masjid An-Nur Banda Hilir

All photos are from Bapak's pendrive which I obtained in 2011. He died in 2009.

Projek: Kerja-Kerja Membaikpulih Masjid An-Nur Banda Hilir, Melaka. Kontraktor: AZH Puncak Bakti Enterprise. Pegawai Penguasa: PERZIM. Tarikh Mula: 22 Januari 2007. Tarikh Siap: 2 April 2007

Projek Penyelenggaraan Infrastruktur Asas/Awam Luar Bandar Tahun 2007. Nama Kontraktor: Syahrizan Jaya Enterprise (Lesen Pendaftaran: MA 0062048-T). Nama Projek: Membaikpulih Masjid Lama Banda Hilir (DUN Bandar Hilir). Tarikh Mula Projek: 17 Mei 2007. Tarikh Siap Projek: 17 Jun 2007.

After renovation. The building at right is the old one.

Masjid Banda Hilir is now renamed to Masjid An Nur but we still call it Masjid Banda Hilir

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TANAH WAKAF MASJID BANDA HILIR
Lot 96
Kg Banda Hilir


Saiz Lot 96 ialah kawasan tanah wakaf Masjid Banda Hilir.

Kawasan Masjid Banda Hilir (Lot 96) berukuran 43771 kaki per segi (43771 sq ft). Bahagian hadapan didirikan Masjid Banda Hilir pada 1820.

Selepas Masjid ialah rumah Hj Mohd Sharif bin Ismail beralamat 262-T Banda Hilir,

Kemudian rumah Nenek Ani bersambung dan berkongsi dinding dengan rumah bapanya.

Kemudian bangsal Nenek Jah.

Kemudian rumah Mak Sarah.

Kemudian rumah Nenek Ya (Ya Tampin).

Jamban dibuang keseluruhanny apabila jamban baru dalam rumah telah dibina pada 1972-73.

Belakang rumah Mak Sarah ialah rumah Pak Habib.

Kemudian rumah zink pekerja Cina (Chinese labourers).
Mereka menetap dan menyewa rumah2 zink berpintu kayu yang dibina, serta kepunyaan Hj Mohd Sharif. Setelah beliau meninggal dunia, dan selepas 1960-an, mereka enggan membayar sewa rumah dan enggan keluar daripada rumah sewa mereka. Mereka mendakwa rumah zink berkenaan mereka punya. Rumah zink telah berubah rupa menjadi rumah batu kekal. Namun mereka tetap penduduk haram dan menduduki tanah wakaf secara haram. Tanah yang mereka duduki telah lama diwakafkan oleh keturunan Hj Mohd Sharif bagi Masjid Banda Hilir. Jadi Jawatankuasa Masjid perlu mengguna jalan sedia ada (menerusi perintah mahkamah) untuk mendapatkan semula tanah wakaf Hj Mohd Sharif yang diduduki oleh orang2 Cina iaitu tanah wakaf Masjid Banda Hilir. Kegagalan mendapatkan semula tanah wakaf ini merugikan pihak Masjid Banda Hilir kerana tidak dapat dibangunkan untuk kegunaan Masjid.

Bahagian pink = peta Lot 96 overlap dengan Google Map data (tidak mengikut skala)

A = Bahagian Masjid dan rumah2 sedia ada dalam kawasan pagar Masjid

B = Kawasan Tanah Wakaf Masjid yang diduduki secara haram oleh orang2 Cina sejak dahulu (1960-an).

Peta tidak mengikut skala

Map of 262 Banda Hilir

262 Banda Hilir once existed along with Masjid Banda Hilir, Melaka.

262 Banda Hilir house was demolished in the 1970s.

During the renovations in 1970s, Masjid Banda Hilir was expanded to cover the previous site of 262 Banda Hilir.

Masjid Banda Hilir was renamed Masjid an-Nur but many people in Malacca still use the old name to refer to it.

The land stretching from Masjid Banda Hilir then (now Masjid an-Nur) to the then seaside, about 500 metres, all belonged to Tanah Wakaf Masjid Banda Hilir (now Masjid an-Nur). However, because the last inhabitants of 262 Banda Hilir left in 1963/64 and there was nobody to take care of 262 Banda Hilir and the land associated with Masjid Banda Hilir and 262 Banda Hilir, a lot of the original Tanah Wakaf has now fallen into the hands of the Chinese who do not want to shift but remained in their rented houses on  lands which are still tanah wakaf. A big size of land belonging to the Muslim people of Banda Hilir has thus been lost. We are very sad that this has happened and wish those of you who are living on tanah wakaf Masjid Banda Hilir (now Masjid an-Nur) to kindly return our land that rightfully belonsg to al-Yamani clan that once lived there and now its generations of individuals who are the rightful descendants.

Distances:
262 Banda Hilir - A Famosa: 2.4 km, 4 mins
262 Banda Hilir - beach, before land reclamation:  500m, 2 mins

Here is the Google map for 262 Banda Hilir:


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Masjid An-Nur to Kubur Jalan Panjang (in between Medan Selera Cheng Ho and Shell, Jalan Laksamana Cheng Ho):
https://goo.gl/maps/sqKGPFUWkrp