Singapura Stories is very fortunate to have two article contributions from an independent scholar, Daeng Paliweng from Johor, Malaysia and a member of the Johor Bugis Association (UGIK), on two of the merchants buried in Jalan Kubor Cemetery, behind Malabar Mosque, Victoria Street, Kampung Gelam town (Kampong Glam) in Singapore. The first article was […]
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Singapura Stories is very fortunate to have two article contributions from an independent scholar, Daeng Paliweng from Johor, Malaysia, on two of the merchants buried in the historically significant Jalan Kubor Cemetery, Singapore. In this first article we learn more about a man who was possibly the wealthiest among the Bugis merchants in late nineteenth- […]
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