Tahir Jalaluddin (8 December 1869, Ampek Angkek, Agam,

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– 26 October 1956) was a famous Muslim

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. He became the editor for ''Al-Imam'' publication which was published in

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between 1906 and 1908. Tahir published two major treatises on

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: ''Natijatul'Umur'' (published 1357 H./ 1936 M.) and ''Kitab Jadual Pati Kiraan'' (published in 1362 H./ 1941 M.) -

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s for determining the direction of kiblat and times for prayer. His son

Hamdan bin Sheikh Tahir Hamdan bin Sheikh Tahir (27 April 1921 – 20 January 2005) was the 6th Governor of the Malaysian state of Penang from 1989 to 2001. He was the son of Sheikh Tahir bin Jalaluddin, an influential Muslim thinker and early advocate of Malayan i ...

was a

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state governor ''(

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)'' from 1989–2002.

References

International IDEA, 2002, Women in Parliament, Stockholm (http://www.idea.int). This is an English translation.

Sheikh Tahir Jalaluddin in publication. Google search.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jalaluddin, Sheikh Tahir 1869 births 1956 deaths People from Negeri Sembilan Malaysian people of Minangkabau descent Indonesian emigrants to Malaysia 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam