1. Name: Dabab Haji Muhammad Salleh
2. Occupation: Printer, Publisher, Merchant
3. Date of birth: early 1900s
4. Contributions:
- Formed a publishing company, C.A. Dabab Company with Syed Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad al-Habshi (1925)
- Formed a new company C. Dabab & Company (1926)
- Formed The United Press in Dato’ Kramaat (1928)
- His printing companies published books and magazines
- Wrote his first book, Kitab Taman Pengetahuan dan Perjalanan bagi Orang Ramai
- Printed Warta Malaya
- Was also a distributor of perfumery, toiletries and medicated oil
- Formed United Trading Company a distributor of general goods
Source:
Loh Wei Ling, Badriyah Haji Salleh, Mahani Musa, Wong Yee Tuan & Marcus Langdon (Eds). (2013). Biographical Dictionary of Mercantile Personalities of Penang . Kuala Lumpur: THINK CITY and MBRAS.
