Family History of the Shaik Ahmad Clan

FAMILY HISTORY

How did the Shaik Ahmad clan came to be? What happened in our clan history? What is the source of our clan history? I will tell you a bit of the history of the Shaik Ahmad clan, from whatever I know and have heard. There are many stories and theories.

(1) From Tok Kamarudin bin Captain Md Noor

According to Tok Kamarudin bin Captain Md Noor, Shaik Ahmad was from Hyderabad near Darjeeling in Deccan, India. In the 1800s, Shaik Ahmad came to Malaya with the British army. Shaik Ahmad was either a dhobi or tailor in the British Army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5q7E-H5bPE

(2) Hyderabad from an Indian professor's POV (point of view)
I met Prof Ravindra of UMS (Universiti Malaysia Sabah) on 4 March 2013 at the PhD viva for Ms Lye Huey Shi, PPTI, USM Penang and after the viva, on our way to Kapitan Restaurant near Queensbay Mall, Penang. Prof Ravindra has been with UMS for eight years. I asked him about Indian social etiquettes. According to him, Indian females do not shake hands with males. However, today, they are not shy nor care, and they not only shake hands but also hug and kiss as part of meet and greet or parting. I asked Prof Ravindra where he was from. He is from Hyderabad. I asked him about Hyderabad. I also informed him that my ancestors were from Hyderabad. He asked whether I still have relatives in Hyderabad. I replied I don't know. Prof Ravindra said to contact him should I want to go to Hyderabad. He can show me around Hyderabad. I thanked him.

(3) From Uncle Abdul Mutalib Wahab
Shaik Ahmad was from Hyderabad, who came with the British Army to Malaya/Penang. He and another army man were assigned to work under Brown. He was either a cobbler or tailor.

(4) From me

Shaik Ahmad came to Penang (island or Province Wellesley) as the Bengal marines and lascars under the British Army in the 1800s. He was probably first stationed in Butterworth before coming to  live on Penang island. On Penang island, he was probably at Kg Dodol first and then moved to Kg Sg Gelugor in Glugor. His youngest son Capt. Md Noor was born in 1890 at Glugor. Shaik Ahmad was a well-known figure in Penang. The ancestral graves are located at Jalan Perak (Perak Road Cemetery). He was either a tailor, dhobi or cobbler and was sent to work under Mr JG Brown and/or Mr DAM Brown of Glugor Estate, Penang. In Malaya, Shaik Ahmad married Puan Hajar of (probably Bagan Dalam in) Butterworth and they had six children (three sons and three daughters):-

1. Hamidah Bee bt Shaik Ahmad 
2. Jan Bee bt Shaik Ahmad 
3. Mohd Joonos bin Shaik Ahmad - clerk 
4. Mohd Ali bin Shaik Ahmad 
5. Mariam bt Shaik Ahmad, and 
6. Captain Md Noor bin Shaik Ahmad, MBE - Malay Interpreter at Supreme Court, George Town, Penang; SSVF for P and PWVC (born 1890 Glugor)

Painting of Brown's Glugor Estate in Penang. From Penang Museum.
The island in the background at right is Pulau Jerejak. The big building overlooking the sea could be the old Chancellory at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Minden Campus in Penang.

External link about Glugor Estate:
http://teochiewkia.blogspot.my/2009/07/david-brown.html?m=1

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