Who rests here
Saints · died 1111 AH · Cape Town
A Khalwati sheikh born in Makassar (Indonesia), chief qadi and adviser to Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, who led the Banten resistance against the Dutch. Exiled to the Cape in 1693 and settled on Zandvliet farm (today Macassar), his teaching gave rise to the Cape's first Muslim community. He died on 23 May 1699.
Full biography of Sheikh Yusuf al-Maqassari (Cape Town Kramat) →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)
How to get there
Located in: Cape Town
Coordinates: -34.06438, 18.75122
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