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Syed Hussien bin Salim Alsree was from Hadramout. He was a merchant
who came East, got married and settled in South East Asia - first in
Batavia, Indonesia, then in Singapore. He had 3 children, all now
deceased: Allahyarhumah Sharifah Noor, Allahyarhum Syed Salim &
Allahyarhum Syed Alwee
Syed Salim had 2 sons & 4 daughters, namely,
Sharifah Fatimah, Allahyarhumah Sharifah Rogayah, Sharifah Mahani,
Allahyarhum Syed Hussein, Allahyarhumah Sharifah Aisha & Syed Ahmad.
Syed Alwee had 5 sons & 10 daughters, namely, Allahyarhum Syed Abdul
Rahman, Sharifah Seha, Allahyarhum Syed Mohamed, Allahyarhumah
Sharifah Aisha, Syed Abdullah, Sharifah Zaharah, Sharifah Bahya,
Sharifah Shifak, Sharifah Salmah, Sharifah Maryam, Syed Omar, Sharifah
Zainah, Sharifah Noor & Sharifah Zubaidah. The youngest son named,
Syed Hussein died at a very young age.
All
of them grew up in Singapore, where there is a sizeable and closely
knit Arab Community. Now, the family has grown through marriage. There
are the Alkaffs’, Aljunieds’, Alidrous’, Alsagoffs’ and so on. |
