Sri Lanka Memon Family Genealogy

SILAT- Family #289

Abdul Aziz Ismail Silat rendered yeoman service to the Memon Community in his capacity as General Secretary and later as Vice President and President of the Memon Association of Ceylon. A keen sports enthusiast he was instrumental in reviving the Memon Sports Club in 1962, becoming its first Hony General Seretary. He also introduced indoor and outdoor games, viz Badminton, Table Tennis and Carrom, at the Messenger Street premises of the Association. He is a Justice of the Peace for the entire Island.

Haji Osman Haji Ali Mohammed Silat, born in 1912, came to Ceylon in 1930. He started his early life by working for Aboobucker Kataliya and later opened a shop by the name of O A Mohammed & Company in Matara.

Haji Eliyas, born in 1939, started life working at his fathers company, O A Mohammed & Company in Matara. He then joined Habib Tayab & Company in 1962 and worked there till 1976. He then ventured into partnership with Alimiya Bapu, running two firms, Hussain Ebrahim & Company, an umbrella house. In 1992, after winding up the partnership with Bapu Elyas, he continued Umbrella House, a trading company with his only son Nafees.

He has been a Trustee of the Memon Mosque from 1976 to date (2006). He was the President of the Sunni Razvi Society for nearly 17 years. He served on the Memon Association Committe during the time of the Presidency of H A Cader. Hed also served as the President of the Faizan-e-Auliya and the Niaz Committee.

1 Silat

 2  Haji Osman Haji Ali Mohammed Silat, born in 1912 + Ameena Hajiani

        3 Haji Abdul Latiff Haji Osman Silat

        3 Haji Ali Mohammed (aka Eliyas) Haji Osman Silat, b:1939

            4 Nafees Haji Elyas Silat

        3 Haji Hanif Haji Osman Silat

Compiled by the Webmaster of the Sri Lanka Genealogy Website from available data in Sri Lankan archives together with data extracted from "Memons of Sri Lanka" - Men Memoirs Milestones, by Asiff Hussein & Hameed Karim Bhoja, May 2006, iSBN 955-1408-00-4, Published by The Memon Association of Sri Lanka