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Syed Mohamed bin Ahmad Alsagoff (Arabic: سيد محمد بن سيد أحمد السقاف Sayyid Muḥammad binAḥmad as-saqqāf) was an Hadhrami Muslim born in Singapore and grandson of Nong Chik. Alsagoff was the commander of the Malaysian Armed Forces based in Singapore from 1963 to 1965. After Singapore's separation from Malaysia, fears ...
Syed Mohamed bin Syed Ahmad Alsagoff (Arabic: سيد محمد بن سيد أحمد السقاف Sayyid Muḥammad bin Sayyid Aḥmad as-saqqāf) (1836 – July 3, 1906) was an Hadhrami Muslim born in Singapore who was known as Nong Chik. He was the most prominent member of the family.
Syed Mohamed bin Syed Ahmad was their son. [2] [7] The family, whose name became 'Alsagoff', would get involved in a number of philanthropic activities, such as financing the Masjid of Hajjah Fatimah on Beach Road in Kampong Glam. The graves of Sayyid Ahmad, and his wife and mother-in-law, are in the premises of this Masjid. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Two members of the Alsagoff clan, Syed Mohamed bin Ahmed Alsagoff and Syed Mohammed bin Syed Omar Alsagoff, served as Municipal Commissioners in 1872–1898 and 1928–1933 respectively. The Arabs formed their own association in 1946 which still exists today. The objectives then were to promote and enhance Islam as well as the use of Arabic ...
Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a public central university in Aligarh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875. Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920.
Syed Esa Alwee; Syed Hamid Albar; Syed Hussein Alatas; Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh; Syed Jaafar Albar; Syed Mohamed bin Ahmad Alsagoff; Syed Mohamed bin Ahmed Alsagoff; Syed Mokhtar Albukhary; Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas; Syed Nasir Ismail; Syed Saddiq; Syed Sheh Barakbah; Syeikh Abdullah Fahim
Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College (Urdu: مدرست العلوم مسلمانانِ ہند, romanized: Madrasat ul-ʿUlūm Musalmānān-e-Hind, lit. "Science School for the Muslims of India") was founded in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan , initially as a primary school, with the intention of turning it to a college level institution.
Syed Mohamed Alsagoff was the grandson of Tuan Syed Abdul Rahman Alsagoff, an Arab businessman from Hadramaut in Yemen who came to the new British colony of Singapore with his son, Syed Ahmad, in 1824. Syed Abdul Rahman established Alsagoff & Company in Singapore in 1848 which traded in spices, rubber, sago, coffee, coco, pineapples and others ...