Munsyi Abdullah

Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir was born around 1796 in Malacca. He received early the title of munsyi, teacher, for having taught Malay to the Indian soldiers of the garrison, then he taught it to British and American administrators, missionaries and merchants. Scribe and interpreter to the British founder of Singapore, he translated Christian texts for the London Missionary Society from 1815. He is regarded as the father of modern Malay literature. He died in 1854 in the Hejaz.

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