Abdullah bin Alwi Alatas

Sayyid
Abdullah bin Alwi Alatas
Sayyid Abdullah bin Alwi Alatas
عبدالله بن علوي العطاس
	Alatas in 1922 in Weltevreden, Batavia
Born	Sayyid Abdullah; 1840; Pekojan, Tambora, Jakarta
Died	1929 (aged 88–89); Tanah Abang, Jakarta
Nationality	Dutch East Indies
Other names	Sayyid Abdullah
Occupations	Merchant; philanthropist; landlord;
Movement	Pan-Islamism
Spouse	Syarifah Maryam
Children	Ismail Alatas

Sayyid Abdullah bin Alwi Alatas (Arabic: عبدالله بن علوي العطاس, romanized: ʻAbdullāh bin ʻAlwī al-Aṭṭās; 1840–1929) was a Dutch East Indies merchant, landlord, and philanthropist of Arab descent from the Ba 'Alawi sada clan.^[2] Alatas is also the owner of the Cikini House (now Cikini Hospital) after it was bought from Raden Saleh.^[3] He also inherited another eccentric house, such as a house built by a Frenchman in an Islamic style (now a Textile Museum).^[4]

Alwi Shahab, a senior Indonesian journalist, also wrote in his book Saudagar Baghdad dari Betawi (2004) that Alatas was the grandfather of Ali Alatas, the former Indonesian Foreign Minister (1998–1999), and Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, former Prime Minister of Yemen (1990–1994) and South Yemen (1985–1986).^[5]^[6]

References

Footnotes

^ Algadri 1994, p. 166.
^ Algadri 1994, p. 112.
^ CNN Indonesia 2016, Langkah Awal.
^ Ensiklopedi Jakarta 2017, Sayid Abdullah.
^ Shahab 2004, p. 7.
^ Republika Online 2017, Kantor Khilafah.

Works cited

"Sayid Abdullah bin Alwi Alatas" [Sayid Abdullah bin Alwi Alatas]. Ensiklopedi Jakarta (in Indonesian). 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
"Al Makmur Raden Saleh, Masjid" [Al Makmur Raden Saleh Mosque]. Ensiklopedi Jakarta (in Indonesian). 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
Shahab, Alwi; Ucu, Karta Raharja (26 July 2017). "Kantor Khilafah Ottoman Jadi Tempat Mengadu Rakyat Indonesia" [The Ottoman Caliphate Office Becomes A Place To Snitch The Indonesian Peoples]. Republika Online (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
Alatas, Alwi (30 November 2016). "Jamiat Kheir dan Kebangkitan Nasional" [Jamiat Kheir and National Awakening]. Jawa Pos (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Jawa Pos Group. p. 4. ISSN 2580-2488. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
Galikano, Silvia (26 April 2016). "Langkah Awal Konservasi Rumah Raden Saleh di Cikini" [The First Step of Conservation of Raden Saleh's House in Cikini]. CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
"Bangun Masjid Al-Ma'mur dari Beras" [Build Al-Ma'mur Mosque from Rice]. Kompas.com (in Indonesian). 10 September 2009. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.