The Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery (; Jawi: تانه ڤرقبورن اسلام جالن امڤاڠ) is a cemetery at the

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city centre,

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. It is located at

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near

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. The cemetery was established on 1819.

Notable burials

* Tan Sri Datuk Amar P. Ramlee – film actor, director, singer, and songwriter. ''(died 1973)'' * Tan Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad (Za'aba) – Malaysian writer and linguist. ''(died 1973)'' * Puan Sri Datin Amar Salmah Ismail (Saloma) – Singapore-born Malaysian film actress, singer and also wife of Tan Sri P. Ramlee. ''(died 1983)'' * Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Hashim –

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''(died 1974, in an assassination carried out by communist subversives during the

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)'' * Tun Abdul Malek Yusuf – Second Malacca state

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(Governor) (1959–71) ''(died 1977)'' * Tan Sri Dato' (Dr.) Haji Mubin Sheppard – Former Director-General of the National Archives of Malaysia, renowned historian and academic. ''(died 1994)'' *

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– veteran actor ''(died 1996)'' * Tun Ismail Mohd Ali – Second Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia ''(died 1998)'' * Nasir P. Ramlee – son of late

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''(died 2008)'' * Tan Sri Ainuddin Wahid – educationist and

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(UTM) Vice Chancellor ''(died 2013)'' * Tan Sri Dr Salma Ismail – first Malay woman doctor ''(died 2014)'' *

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– veteran actor ''(died 2014)'' * Cik Puan Noor Yvonne Abdullah – Wife of Malaysian political,

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''(died 2015)'' *

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– veteran actress and also sister of late actress

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(Saloma) ''(died 2015)'' * Tan Sri S.M. Salim – veteran singer ''(died 2016)'' * Tan Sri Elyas Omar – third

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''(died 2018)'' *

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– athletics ''(died 2023)'' * Abdul Fashah Abdul Aziz − Rapper singer ''(died 2025)''

References

External links

* {{Find a Grave cemetery Cemeteries in Kuala Lumpur Islam in Malaysia Muslim cemeteries