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A scholar of Basra (Iraq) origin who came to the Cape in the nineteenth century, teaching Islamic learning and writing works on Islam in Arabic-Afrikaans. He is remembered for locating the graves of the Cape's early spiritual figures (including that of Sayed Jaffer) and reviving the community's historical memory. He was buried in the Gamediyah cemetery at Mowbray. His year of death and precise numeric coordinates are not documented. Sources: Cape Mazaar Society; Boorhaanol Islam Movement kramat guide.
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