1. Name: Shaikh Sulaiman bin Bakar Rafee
2. Occupation: Publisher, Printer, Bookshop owner, Thinker, Islamic educator
3. Date and place of birth: 1916, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
4. Date of death: 2004, Gelugor, Penang
5. Contributions:
- Operated tin ore business in Ipoh, Perak
- Taught Quran and Arabic at Al-Mashoor School
- Opened a sawmill in Butterworth
- Started a business in printing blocks
- Printed and sold batik from his home
- Engaged in the business of book binding
- Sold Quran and bound books
- Took over Persama Press and renamed it to Sulaiman Rafee Press
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.
