1. Name: Ismail Haji Hashim
2. Occupation: Hajj agent, Merchant, Community leader
3. Date and place of birth: 1904, Bandar Baharu, Kedah
4. Date of death: 1969
5. Education:
- Jelutong Malay School (until Standard Six)
6. Contributions:
- Recruited new pilgrims form Penang, Kedah, Perak and to as far as Thailand
- Sold jewellery, batik and fabrics from door-to-door
- Opened a shop in Sungai Glugor selling construction material
- Donated to the poor in Jelutong
- Deputy imam of Jelutong Mosque
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.
