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Kramat of Tuan Guru (Tana Baru Cemetery, Bo-Kaap)

Who rests here

Scholar · died 1807 · Cape Town

A scholar of the Tidore (Ternate Islands, Indonesia) nobility, exiled by the Dutch to Robben Island in 1780. A hafiz, he wrote copies of the Qur'an and a work on Islamic jurisprudence from memory while imprisoned.

Full biography of Tuan Guru (Imam Abdullah ibn Qadi Abdus Salam) →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)

How to get there

Located in: Cape Town

Coordinates: -33.91853, 18.41502

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Permanent ID: EA-Y-000608 · this address reaches the same record even if its name changes; use it when citing.