Who rests here
Saints · died 1682 · Cape Town
One of the last sultans of the Malacca Sultanate; after resisting the Dutch he was exiled to the Cape in 1667 and settled in Constantia. Among the earliest Muslim saints brought to the Cape, he won many enslaved people to Islam through his teaching beside the stream where he performed his ablutions and prayers.
Full biography of Sheikh Abdurahman Matebe Shah →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)
How to get there
Located in: Cape Town
Coordinates: -34.03810, 18.41617
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