1. Name: Tuanku Sayyid Hussain Aidid / Tuanku Syed Hussain
2. Occupation: Spice trader, Ship owner, Community leader
3. Place of birth: Aceh, Indonesia
4. Date and place of death: 1840, Acheen Street Mosque cemetry, Penang
5. Contributions:
- Successful spice merchant
- Agent for Palmer & Co
- Actively involved in Aceh’s politics
6. Honours and Awards:
- Kapitan (chief) of the Malay community
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.
