Author · Malaysia
Syed Syeikh al-Hadi
Died in 1934
Syed Syeikh al-Hadi was born in 1867 in Malacca, into a family of Hadrami descent, and was raised in Penyengat, in the Riau Islands, by a close associate of the sultan who adopted him. Won over to the Muslim reformism that came from Egypt, he took part in Singapore in the journal Al-Imam, published from 1906 to 1908, then founded modern religious schools in Singapore, Malacca and Penang. Settled in Penang, he opened a printing press there in 1927 in Jelutong, directed a monthly journal and a newspaper, and translated writings on the emancipation of women. He died in Penang on 20 February 1934.
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- NovelHikayat Faridah HanomSyed Syeikh al-Hadi · 1926not translated into EnglishLiterature