Sri Lanka Memon Family Genealogy

JANDULA (CHOMASA) - Family #301

It was in 1914 that Abdul Rahman Kassam Jandula arrived in Ceylon. He worked as an Accountant at Vally Stores in Main Street and then at Salay Mohammed & Sons in Matale and Abdullah Jan Mohammed & Company in Kandy.

Abdul Rahman's only son, Noor Mohammed, first came to Ceylon in 1937 as a young boy with his uncle Abdul Rahman Abdul Ghany Gadit. Having attended St paul's School in Kandy he joined Abdullah Jan Mohammed & Company where he worked till 1942. He, however, returned to Kuiiyana due to the Japanese bombardment of Colombo. He recalls a bomb, or as he calls it a "Golo", (a colloquial term meaning a bomb) falling on Second Cross Street near the famous Shammankot Mosque, a grand red and white edifice better known as Jamiyul Alfar Mosque. Having retired after the war he worked at Muthalib Brothers, an Indian Moor firm, thus becoming one of the very few Memons of his generation to work for a non Memon owned company. He worked till 1952 before joining Vally Mohammed Abdul Rahman & Company, Habib Taiyab & Company, and A R Karim & Company, finally settling down with his own business which he carries on till this day.

His five sons have all done well in their chosen fields. Sattar is a well known figure in the Pettah textile market, while Farooq is a Qari who has taken part in many competitions. Ghouse manages the famous A A Sattar & Company, while Rafiq works for H H Kassim & Company, Mohammed works for Lucky Industries and Siddiq, who is married Anver Seth's daughter, runs his own business.

1 Jandula

    2  Abdul Rahman Kassam Jandula

        3 Noor Mohammed Jandula

            4 Sattar Noor Mohammed Jandula

            4 Farooq Noor Mohammed Jandula

            4 Ghouse Noor Mohammed Jandula

            4 Rafiq Noor Mohammed Jandula

            4  Mohammed Noor Mohammed Jandula

            4 Siddiq Noor Mohammed Jandula + d/o Haji Anver Seth

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