Unsolved History : Cape Town Darul Takzim

unekspekted

Seperti yang dilapurkan oleh Leutenant Colonel HG Robley dari 1st Argyll and Sutherlands Highlanders di suratkhabar "The Graphic" issue 745... :

Terdapat Kesultanan Melayu di Cape Town yang memerintah mengikut syariah dan sistem Khalifah...

Kite cume difahamkan, memang ade orang Melayu = but, they are not dominantly considered an 'institution' in monarcharian manners..  few are known written, the rest.. vanished in land of Africa..

This missing 'Malay Khalifah' might hold the missing links of "Surinam's" Connection and New York's Benthiles..  we'll go into that later..

Chill!!

FussyPussy

The Cape Malay Quarter in Cape Town

The Cape Malay Quarter, or 'Bo-Kaap' which sprawls along the slopes of Signal Hill, bordering our city, presents a scenario of enduring historic and cultural significance. It's certainly worth taking the time to explore the area when you come to Cape Town.

The establishment of the Cape Malay people evolved with the Islamic influences which became their religion and culture during the years of slavery in Cape Town in the 18th century and beyond.

The 'Malay' term is understood to have been used by the Colonial settlers to describe this growing Islamic faith among the Cape slaves and their descendants, and not, as commonly thought, their origins.

Some history

During the era when the Cape was under the rule of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), slaves were imported in order to provide labour in the building of the city. They were shipped in from other parts of Africa and also from Madagascar, India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Indonesia and South East Asia. Many were sold as personal slaves. They brought with them a wide range of occupations and skills.

Many of these people intermingled over the following years with the indigenous Khoi San people and the Dutch settlers. Their need for spiritual independence led them to establish an active Moslim religion and culture within their community. They built a number of Kramats (holy burial sites) around the Bo-Kaap and Cape Town area to commemorate Muslim leaders and sheikhs. These shrines have become symbols of religious expression.

The earliest Cape Muslims were slaves of Dutch officials. They were initially forbidden to practise Christianity by their owners and so turned to Islam.

Muslim slaves imported from Africa to build the Table Bay breakwater were known as 'Free Blacks'. They married into the community and contributed to the spread of the Islamic way of life among them.

The Cape Malay Quarter

Apart from the unique development of the Afrikaans language, the Islamic culture became embedded among the slaves when prominent Muslim noblemen, 'Orang Cayen' (men of power and influence) political exiles from Asia who had opposed colonisation of their countries by the Dutch, were 'banished' to the Cape. They were influential in laying the foundations for Islam in the Cape slave community.

The most prominent among the Orang Cayen was Sheikh Yusuf of Mucassar (Indonesia), a revered Sufi scholar whose Kramat is situated today at Macasser on the Cape Flats.

The Cape Malay community settled in what became known as the Bo-Kaap area of Cape Town. They passed on their Islamic faith and culture down through their descendants, many of whom still live there. The first Mosque built there in 1798 is known as Awwal Mosque.

Today the Cape Malay Quarter largely retains its original appeal of steep cobbled streets and brightly coloured buildings built in the traditional fashion, interspersed with Mosques for worship. Much of the area has been upgraded and modernised however and many buildings have been sold and revamped, as developers take advantage of a popular housing market.

When you're in the area make a point of visiting the Bo-Kaap Museum in Upper Wale st. See the Kramats  and Mosques, experience the unique cuisine and get a personal insight into the original way of life and long standing traditions of the Malay Quarter.

shamsadis

mana la ko dapat bahan sejarah nie bagai...menarik...

changkatlobak

khalifah= kerajaan.

emmm menarik

yamapi

ada dlm buku novel sastera mengenai hal ini..aduiiyaii lupa da tajuk apa.. yg katanya tahanan di pulau robben adalah dari daerah padang di tanah melayu.. bukan yg kt indon tuh...

BotakChinPeng

Cape Malays should be renamed Cape Indons

Muslim exiles, slaves and soldiers who arrived in Cape Town during Dutch rule from southeast asia were all from the eastern part of indonesia where kingdoms of the bugis, javanese, makassarese, sumbawan etc were located.

unekspekted

Cape Malays should be renamed Cape Indons

Muslim exiles, slaves and soldiers who arrived in Cape  ...
BotakChinPeng Post at 3-9-2010 02:49

masiih ade yg tak dapat beza bugis, jawa dgn melayu

blacksun

Reply 6# BotakChinPeng


    racist loser..u will do anything to twist facts,give radical opinion to underrate other races.

plasterhati

dh ckp sebulan rupanya..kejap je masa berlalu..

zaliyana

pnah tgk citer jejak rasul kt tv psl melayu cape town nih...
dh bape thn dh...kt tv3..
dorg ni masih lg bleh brbhs melayu..

larikesurga

satu lagi pendedahan menarik dari unek...truskan bro..

aiskrimvanilla

diorang mmg melayu, selamanya melayu... bukan indons...

uneks, welcom back! {:1_144:}

akudonjuan

takkan melayu hilang di dunia

KimoraHakim

interesting info..lama tak nampak uneks

BotakChinPeng

Sepanjang penjajahan belanda di Cape Town, kesemua orang islam dari nusantara yang mereka bawa masuk adalah dari timur indonesia sama ada sebagai hamba abdi, tahanan politik atau anggota tentera belanda.

Tapi ada juga imigran dari indonesia yang berhijrah ke afrika selatan pada abad ke-20.
Seorang indon afrika selatan yang menetap di Port Elizabeth menceritakan dalam dokumentari Jejak Rasul bahawa keluarganya berpindah dari indonesia semasa 'peperangan'.
Itu sebabnya beliau  masih boleh bertutur bahasa melayu. Tapi anak-anaknya semua tak kenal langsung bahasa melayu. Macam semua 'melayu' afrika selatan yang lain.

zorokencoro

apa yang darul takzim nye mcm johor darul takzim je???

yastross

ntahnye..apsal lak ade DarulTakzim tu??:re:

HangPC2

bdk2

menarik....xpenah dgr

havovasta

klau tarian yang menikam2 diri@tangaan ngn krambit atau pisau ni still ade kt perak..name tarian ni dabus...