1. Name: Nakhoda Kechil / Ismail
2. Occupation: Trader, Community leader
3. Place of birth: Payakumbuh, Sumatera, Indonesia
4. Contributions:
- Among the earliest settlers of Penang
- Opened up Batu Uban in the 1730s
- Experienced sailor and spice trader
- Hired by Francis Light to guard the coastal area
- Cleared an area in Jelutong
- Bequeathed land to the 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.
