| VOP Code: | KSN498 |
| Category: | Photographs & Paintings |
| Scale/No.: | n/a |
| Title: | Mesjid Ali Arshahan |
| Keywords: | 6 Mosque Rd / Jalan Mesjid, Religious site, building, at the time of the photograph it was used as an iron foundry, |
| Features: | image taken: 1991-1993, Context: behind Chulia St, next to a small Muslim burial ground, Details: in the mid 1800s was the centre for Awal Muharram festival. Simple structure with raised central roof, Materials: masonry, lime mortar, lime plaster, large, heavy U shaped terracotta roof tiles shows great Indian influence, Personalities: the mosque was founded before 1840 by an Indian Muslim called Ali Arshahan, George Town, |
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Mesjid Ali Arshahan
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Acknowledgement:
We would like to thank the Archives and Special Collections, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Library, University of London, for providing access to the Light Letters Collection. We are particularly indebted to Susannah Rayner, who was head of Archives and Special Collections at SOAS Library and Erich Kesse, the Digital Library Project Officer at SOAS Library. Our gratitude goes to Dr. Mulaika Hijjas, Professor Ernst Ulrich Kratz and Dato’ Dr. Annabel Teh Gallop. Our appreciation is also extended to Zulqarnain Abu Bakar, Muhaimin Sulam, M Pisol Mat Isa, M Nuri al-Amin and Raja Ahmad Iskandar Raja Yaacob of the Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
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For Further Information, Please Contact
Professor Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican (muradmerican@gmail.com), Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Mr. Abdur-Rahman Mohamed Amin (urrahman_amin@petronas.com.my), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
