1. Name: Sheikh Zachariah bin Sheikh Omar Basheer
2. Occupation: Merchant, Pilgrim agent, Community leader, Religious leader
3. Date and place of birth: 1855, Penang
4. Date of death: 1926
5. Contributions:
- Prominent businessman who dealt with rubber, pepper and gambier
- Hajj agent
- Expanded the teachings of Naqsyabandiah Sect
- First Penang mufti (religious leader)
- Established a madrasah (religious school) which later developed into the Al-Mashoor School
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.
