Category: Military/Police
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A Rivalry Through the Ages
The following information was courtesy of my father and his cousin, Uncle Issy. My great grandfather, Baba Junnur Hadji Bahar was Mudaliyar of the Magam Pattu in the Hambantota District in the Southern Province. The Magam Pattu was 996 square miles in extent and he was essentially lord and master over 1/25th of the Island.…
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The Mysterious Private Seedin
What is our last name really? Mom’s maiden name was Sithie Fouzil Seedeen. Her birth records list her last name and her father’s as Seedin. During colonial times in Java, our ancestors actually wrote using Arabic script. We didn’t really think much of it before, as it’s really an english transliteration of a Malay name,…