Syed Mohamed bin Syed Ahmad Alsagoff (Arabic: سيد محمد بن سيد أحمد السقاف Sayyid Muḥammad bin Sayyid Aḥmad as-saqqāf) (1836 – July 3, 1906) was an Hadhrami Muslim born in Singapore who was known as Nong Chik.
He was the most prominent member of the family. He received two land concessions from Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor; one in Kukup where he could print his own currency and the other in Kampong Nong Chik.
He was also involved in Singapore's civil service undertaking several diplomatic posts. The first post he held was the Ottoman consul,[1] where the Osmanieh Order inducted him into their ranks after he became consul.[2] Syed Mohamed was also asked to conduct diplomacy on behalf of the Sultanate of Aceh during its conflict with the Dutch.[3]
He died on July 3, 1906.[4] After his death, his sons developed the Bukit Tunggal Estate in the 1920s. The Madrasah Alsagoff Al-Arabiah (founded in 1912) was built according to his will.[5]
See also
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edit- ^ Arndt Graf; Susanne Schroter; Edwin Wieringa (2010). Aceh: History, Politics and Culture. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 34–. ISBN 978-981-4279-12-3. (PDF version).
- ^ Ulrike Freitag; William G. Clarence-Smith (1997). Hadhrami Traders, Scholars and Statesmen in the Indian Ocean, 1750s to 1960s. BRILL. pp. 190–. ISBN 90-04-10771-1.
- ^ Arndt Graf; Susanne Schroter; Edwin Wieringa (2010). Aceh: History, Politics and Culture. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-981-4279-12-3.
- ^ "The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". Retrieved 29 July 2023.[dead link]
- ^ "Alsagoff, Syed Mohamed Ahmed". nlb.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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