Sri Lanka Muslim
Family Genealogy
KARIAPPER
FAMILY
Kariapper Family Genealogy
Database files
1.
Karaivahu 1 Thambi Neintha Kariapper (Family #211)
2.
Karaivahu 2 Ibralebbe Kariapper (Family #203)
3.
Kotabowa AhamaduLebbe Kariapper (Family #219)
It is not known how the
name Kariapper came to be and whether Thambi Neintha
Kariapper or Ibralebbe Kariapper had any blood relationship.
It seems that it is a title describing a post. The name was
not supposed to be carried on as a surname or a family name.
It is only AhamaduLebbe
Kariapper (#219) of Kotabowa, Wellassa (now Monoragala), who
married the daughter of Ibralebbe Kariapper of Kalmunaikudy,
who first started the tradition of using the name
"Kariapper" as his family name (to be inherited from father)
and started the Kariapper Dynasty. However, certain male
individuals in Thambi Neintha Kariapper family (#211) have
also chosen to adopt Kariapper (shown with an "*" here to
draw attention) as their family name. In addition there have
been many intermarriages between
these three families, thus enabling the free use of the
“Kariapper” family name across many of the descendants.
KARIAPPER,
AhmeduLebbe - Family #219
Cassim Marikar Hajiar of Kotabowa, in the Wellessa
area, was a Tawalam (bullock caravan) merchant operating
between the Eastern sea board and the Central hill country,
mainly between Batticaloa, Badulla, and the Kalmunai areas.
The nature of his business enabled him to move about these
areas very freely and the British officer, Captain Wilson,
established contact with him and induced him to spy for the
British.
Captain Wilson was operating on the base from the
present road between Welimada and Nuwara Eliya, known even
today as “Wilson’s” (Van Sanden pp98). When the association
was well established at Wilson’s behest a conference was
arranged in the jungle. It was attended by 20-30 Kandyan
Sinhalese and by prior arrangement a Malay Sepoy was seated
between two of the Kandyan Sinhalese. The conference was a
ploy to get the Kandyan Sinhalese to one place, and, at a
given signal the Malay Sepoys stabbed and killed their
neighbors. The corpses of the victims were left rotting in the
jungle for months (see Captain Jones’ Diary).
Shortly afterwards, Cassim Marikar himself was captured
and shot dead somewhere between Passara and Lunugala (Van
Sanden pp100). This raised a hue and cry among the Muslims and
in order to appease the Muslim community the British
Government divided Keppetipola Disawe’s Disawani of Wellessa
into two and appointed Cassim Marikar Hajiar’s son, Naina
Marikar, as Dissawe of Wellessa.
Keppetipolla’s Dissawe’s anger at fragmenting his
Revenue Division led to the Keppetipolla Rebellion. Naina
Marikar’s fate is unknown but his son AhmeduLebbe was rescued
and taken by the British Garrison to Negombo where he was
educated and later came to Batticaloa with the Wesleyan
Mission.
A man from Sammanthurai known as Kottayan Kayan who
used to travel by boat across the lagoon between Sammanthurai
and Batticaloa on business befriended AhmeduLebbe, having met
him at the Batticaloa Mosque. Kottayan Kayan obtained
AhmeduLebbe’s consent to seek a propose
of marriage for him, and, AhmeduLebbe apparently agreed to his
request. In due course Kottayan Kayan brought a proposal of
marriage from Sammanthurai and when the prospective bride’s
father wanted to see the intended bridegroom he visited
Batticaloa and was taken by Kottayan Kayan to the Kachcheri to
meet AhmeduLebbe. They found AhmeduLebbe seated on a desk and
talking to the British Government who was seated on a chair!
This conduct of AhmeduLebbe was too much for the girls father, and, on the way back he
told Kottayan Kayan to forget about this proposal as, he said,
“He will make salves of us”.
Though Kottayan Kayan was disappointed he did not give
up his efforts to find a bride for AhmeduLebbe and hence he
now looked towards Kalmunaikudy.
At about this time, IbraLebbe
Kariapper (#203) of Kalmunaikudy who had married a lady
from Kilakarai in South India, had
died leaving behind his widow, four daughters and two sons.
Kottayan Kayan now approached IbraLebbe Kariapper’s
brother-in-law, Periyathamby Alim, and requested him to
propose a marriage for AhmeduLebbe to his widowed sisters oldest daughter (daughter of
the late IbraLebbe Kariapper). This proposal was accepted and
IbraLebbe Kariapper’s daughter was married to AhmeduLebbe who
was originally from Kotabowa near Wellessa.
AhmeduLebbe, who had no house of his own to which he
could take his bride settled down in the brides
house in Kalmunaikudy and assumed her family name of
“Kariapper”, thus becoming the founding father and ancestor of
the “Binna” Kariappers. (see note
below). He became AhmeduLebbe Kariapper.
The Union produced four sons and two daughters as
follows:-
1.
Abdul
Kareem Kariapper – Notary JP (Vanniah of Eravur Pattu and
Koralai Pattu - circa 1912)
2.
daughter (Mrs. Ahamed Lebbe
Haji)
3.
Dr.
Mohamed Ibrahim Kariapper
4.
Hussain
Kariapper (went to India and never returned to Sri Lanka)
5.
Abdul
Latheef Kariapper (Vanniah of Sammanthurai Pattu - circa
1912)
6.
Zainabu
Natchia
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000 Marikkar Vedarala
00
Haji Marikkar Muhandiram (Dissawa of Wellassa
, d:1817)
0
Naina Marikkar
4 Lafeer Kariapper + Lareefa Packirsaibo (Badulla)
5
Haadia Kariapper + Shabir Galely (s/o Ibrahim Galely
from Surat India)
6 Alifiya
Galely + Ihab Naji (Iraq)
7
Malaika Naji
3 Zubair Kariapper
3 Zain
Kariapper
…… 3
[100] Hanoon Kariapper d:1952 + M. I. Abdul
Rasool Mudali of Trincomalee)
.........3 [100] 2nd
spouse of Hanoon Kariapper (now the widow of M.I. Abdul
Rasool)+ [101] M. A. M. Hussain, District Judge, d:2000
........................6 [102] Naila
Shireen d 2019 + [103] Ahamed
A A Siddique
............………………7 Zainab
Siddique
...............…………..7 Shabnam
Siddique
............................7 Nabeeha
Siddique
……3
Daughter died young
……3
[10] Mohamed Saleem Kariapper (Salin Udayar) +
[11] d/o father's sister - Rahila Umma Meera Lebbe
...............4 [12] Hanoon
Saleem Kariapper (Baby) + [13] s/o mother's brother Mohammed
Azhar Abdul Majeed
..............….5 Abdul
Kareem (Ziaudeen) Mohammed Azhar + Rasheeda (Noorul ‘Ayn)
Meera Lebbe (d/o U.P. Meera Lebbe Pochyar of Kandy)
..............…….6 Mohammed
Ihthisham (Isham) Abdul Kareem
..............…….6 Fathima
Ihsana (Ishana) Abdul Kareem
..............…….6 Fathima
Imrana Abdul Kareem
..............….. .6 Mohammed
Imdad Abdul Kareem
.................5 Katheeja
(Mazaina) Mohammed Azhar** twin + A.R.M. Sheriffdeen (s/o
O.L.M. Rahim of Trincomalee)
..............……..6 Noorul
Nazeeha Sheriffdeen + A.W.M. Zahar (s/o Wahid of
Gampola)
..............………....7
Hathila Zahar
..............……..…..7
Manaal Zahar
..............……..…..7
Yaasar Zahar
..............……..…..7
Amaara Zahar
..............……...6
Noorul Shafeena Sheriffdeen
..............……...6
Zamruth Hathoon Sheriffdeen
..............…5 Rahila
(Zaroofa) Mohammed Azhar **twin + M.C. Athambawa (s/o Mohammed
Cassim of Sainthamuruthu)
..............….…..6
Mohammed Anver Siraj Athambawa
..............….…..6
‘Aynul Ramziya Athambawa + Faleel of Sainthamaruthu
..............….………..7
Mohammed Aabith (Abith) Faleel
...............……..6
Mohammed Shameer Athambawa
...............……..6
Mohammed Irshard Athambawa
...............…5 Zulfica Mohammed Azhar + A.M.
Maharoof (s/o Ahamed Lebbe, retired Village Headman of
Sammanthurai)
..............……...6
[30] Kamila Farwin Maharoof + [31] Shapheek Kariapper
……..……………......7 [32] Anish
Ayas Kariapper
………..…………......7 [33]?
Kariapper, b:
..............….…..6 Hazana
Farwin Maharoof
.................…..6
Mohammed Basith Maharoof
..............……5 Nuzaiba
(Faiza) Mohammed Azhar + Z.A.M. Zavahir (s/o Zainulabdeen of
Gampola)
..............…….…6
Sarah Zamana Zavahir
..............…….…6
Ahamed Sadath Zavahir
..............…….…6
Sarah Sheikha Zavahir
..............……5
Bishrul Haffi + Shanaz Hussain (d/o A.M. Hussain of Kalmunai
Kudy)
..............…….…6
Fathima Isma Bishrul Haffi
...............4 [14] Balkis Saleem Kariapper + [15] Mohammed
Abdul Cader Mohammed Cassim of Sainthamaruthu
..............……5
Mohammed Nizar Cassim + Gnei Razeena Hannan
.....................6
Mohammed Shahad Miron Cassim
..............……5 Ahamed Jiffry Cassim
..............……5 Ahamed Rajab Mowjood Cassim +
Shafeena Ismail
..............……5
Niloufer Madlul Najeema Cassim + Munafir
..............……5 Minu Mumtaz Nihara Cassim + Mohammed
Fouzal Thahir
..............……5
Mohammed Riyazathul Faizal Cassim
..............……5
Mohammed Bishrul Hafi (Riza) Cassim
..............……5
Fazleena Sahira Cassim
...............4 [16] Jameel Saleem Kariapper (I. P.) + [17]
d/o mother's brother Hanoon Ismail
..............……5 [40] Shafeela Kariapper + [41] Mueed
Abdeen
..............……..6
Mohammed Ikram Abdeen
..............……..6
Mohammed Ishraq Abdeen
..............……..6
Mohammed Ishki Abdeen
....................6
Ishnia Abdeen
..................5
Zeena Kariapper + Ajward (s/o Sulaima Lebbe, Post Master of
Sammanthurai, nephew of Jiffrey Kariapper)
..............……..6
(son) Ajward
..................5
Bushra Kariapper + Fahmy
..................5
Shyama Kariapper
..................5
Zainab Kariapper
...............4 [18] Bashir Saleem Kariapper
...............4 [19] Farook Saleem Kariapper
(bachelor)
3 Huzaima
Kariapper, d:July 14, 2018 + A C M
Rauff (231)
4 Mazhar Rauff & Melani |
5 Melissa Rauff |
5 Shehan Rauff |
4 Razana Rauff & Yoosuf (div.) |
5 Mehnaz Yoosuf |
5 Hana Yoosuf |
4 Ishrath Rauff & Rozana |
5 Dahlia Rauff |
5 Liyaanah Rauff |
5 Adanaan Rauff |
……2 Daughter +. Ahamed
Lebbe Haji
………3 Sathakathullah K
………3 Mother of Muththathambi Alimu
………3 Musthafa Clerk
………3 Rasa Odavi
………3 Mother of John Manager
……2 Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim
Kariapper + d/o
Mohamed Cassim Lebbe Podi (211)
Born:29-Apr-1899. Educated at Wesley College, Colombo 1920.
Chief Headman, Akkaraipattu. UNP member
House of Representatives, Kalmunai 1947-1952. FP MP Kalmunai 1956-1959. Parliamentary
Secretary Ministry of Justice, June 1959. Minister
of Posts & Broadcasting, Information & Cultural
Affairs & Social Services, Jan-1960-Mar-1960. MP,
LPP 1960-1965. MP Independent kalmunai
1965-1970. Mudaliyar, Panama
Pattu. Chairman TC, Kalmunai. Died:17-Apr-1989
……….…4 Subeitha + A.
R. Mansoor (Ambassodar, Bahrain, ex-MP kalmunai)
……….…4 Daughter + M.
M. Musthafa (ex-MP Ninthavur and deputy Minister)
……….…4 [50] Farooq
Kariapper + [51] Hidhaya Kariapper
……….…4 Iqbal Kariapper
+
………3 Dr. Makeem Kariapper
………3 Dr. Salihu Kariapper
………3 Abdul Rahim Marikkar Kariapper (surveyor died
young)
………3 Daughter drowned in Kaliodai
………3 Daughter (Matheniyr?)
+ Mohamed
Cassim (211)
4 M. C. Ahamed (MP
Kalmunai 1960-77), d: 3 July 2008 (aka Sehran Kariapper) +
Seyathu Natchi Sehulebbe, d: 24 Oct 1993
5
Shaffeena Ahamed (UK) + Atham Bawa Ahamed Lebbe (dec)
6
Rezan Lebbe
6
Kazan Ahamed Lebbe + Nasfa Yahya d/o Yahya & Zohra (nee
Rajabdeen)
6
Daniel Kayne
5
Second spouse of Shaffeena Ahamed (UK) + Ahamed
Azlaff Sahill (USA) m:2016 (76)
5 Inoon Ahamed + Mohideen Sikkander
6 Shazleen + Name Not Known (Canada)
6 Dr. (Name Not Known)
5 Liyaquath Ahamed + Hidaya
Saleem (112)
5 Jehan Ahamed + Jennifer
5 Faroukiya Ahamed + Ahamed Jiffrey
6
Shifana Jiffrey + Dr. Ilham
6
Shifaz Hasheem + Asma
6
Shahran Jiffrey
5 Sabriya Ahamed + M M Musthafa (MYOWN)
6
Rizna Musthafa + Hassim (div)
6
Rizley Musthafa
6
Ramley Musthafa
5 Abath Ahamed
5
Murad Ahamed + Shibliya (Sammanthurai)
4 daughter (Ilaya
Mamee) + Khader Mohideen
5
Ghazali Mohideen
………3 Farlina
Kariapper + Mohamed Thamby Saheed Ahmed
4 Name Not
Known
5
Sherooza Ismail + Jayasuriya
6
Dimitri Jayasuriya
……….…4 Jezima Ismail (Principal of Muslim Ladies
College) + Prof.
Maharoof Ismail (173)
5 Jehaan Ismail +
Laila Aboosally (d/o the late MLM Aboosally, MP for Balangoda
and ex Minister of Labor)
6 Daughter (Name Not Known)
6 Son (Name Not Known)
5
Naushad Ismail, d:2015 + (Singapore)
5 Nadia
Ismail + Nazeer
4
Latheefa
Saheed Ismail + Muhammad
Ghazzali
Ismail (Leon) (173)
6 Azli Ismail + Petra
6
Azeera Ismail + Hussain Esufali
………3 Subeitha Kariapper
d: 1999+ A. L. M. A. Majeeth (P. M. Akk) d: 2003
……….…4 Daughter d:
1996 + (name not known d: 1986)
……….…4 Daughter +
(name not known)
……….…4 Daughter +
(name not known)
……….…4 Zavahir Majeeth
+ (name not known)
..……………5 daughter,
b:2000
………3 Sabrith
Kariapper + Name Not Known
……2 Hussain
Kariapper (India)
………3 [90] Umme Salma
Kariapper + [91] Mohamed
Ahamed Lebbe (MAL) Kariapper (211)
……….…4 Izzet Kariapper + M. P. Y. Izzedeen
(Mohideen)
………………5 Son +
………………5 Fareed Izzedeen +
………………5 Jemina Izzedeen +
………………5 Rehana Izzedeen + Mohideen Bawa
……………. 5 Ameer Izzedeen +
……….…4 Marzoona Kariapper + Abdeen (Nawalapitiya)
………………5 Mihrun Abdeen +
………………5 [41] Mueed Abdeen + [40] Shafeela Kariapper
..............….……6
Mohammed Ikram Abdeen
..............……….6
Mohammed Ishraq Abdeen
..............……….6
Mohammed Ishki Abdeen
..............……….6
Ishnia Abdeen
……….…4 Noorjehan Kariapper + Jauffer Sadiq
………………5 Mumtaz Jauffer Sadiq + (name not known
(Galle)
..............….……6
Daughter +
………………5 Maznavi Jauffer Sadiq (Ambassador, Saudi Arabia
(in 2005)) +
………………5 Mazeeda Jauffer Sadiq + (name not known )
………………5 Muzammil Jauffer Sadiq + (name not known)
.........4 [60] Razeen Kariapper* + [61] Hiloufa
Kariapper
.........4 Abdul Majeed Jiffrey Kariapper* + Dr. Rehana
Mohiyuddin (Doctor in Lahore, Pakistan)*
.........….5 Amanullah Jiffrey Kariapper* b:Feb-14-1979
.........4 Muhammad Marzook Kariapper* + Dr. Rehana
Mohiyuddin (Doctor in Lahore, Pakistan)* (widow of Jiffrey)
.........….5 Ayesha Salma Kariapper* b:Dec-5-1981
…………4 Rafeeq
Kariapper+
…………4 Daugter (Nona)
Kariapper+ Advocate Shamsudeen (former Ambassador, UAE)
…………4 Gazzali
Kariapper +
…………4 Daugter (Baby)
Kariapper+
………3 Mohamed Cassim (M. C.) Kariapper + d/o
mother's brother (203)
…………4 Zarook Kariapper
+
…………4 Zahira Kariapper
+ (degree) Machchan
……………5 Zakir +
…………4 Zulfica
Kariapper +
…………4 Zamzam Kariapper
+ Name
not known (203)
……………5 (son)
Kariapper
…………4 Iqbal Kariapper (bachelor)
…………4 Siddiq Kariapper +
…………4 Kateeja Kariapper +
…………4 Hilmi Kariapper
+
…………4 Rizana Kariapper
+
…………4 Arshad Kariapper
+
…………4 Zuhair Kariapper
+
…………4 Anjabin
Kariapper
………3 Abdul Waddod Kariapper + name not known (from
Sammanthurai)
…………4 Daughter
Kariapper+
…………4 Thoufeeq
Kariapper+
…………4 Ameer Kariapper
(now in Canada)+ Farida Izadeen
……………5 Ali
Kariapper
…………4 Hidhayathullah
Kariapper (died young) + name not known
……………5 (son) Kariapper
…………4 [61] Hiloufa Kariapper + [60] Razeen Kariapper
…………4 [51] Hidhaya Kariapper + [50] Farooq
Kariapper
…………4 Himaya Kariapper + Ilyas
……………5 Imadh Ilyas
……………5 Daughter
……………5 Sumaiya Ilyas
…………4 Amina Kariapper
+ Anwar
……………5 Daughter
……………5 Daughter
……………5 Daughter
…………4 Nisar Kariapper + name not known
……………5 Son
(Kariapper)
…………4 Zameer Kariapper
+ name not known
…………4 Siddeque
Kariapper (Lake House) + Fathima Naleera
6
M Shifan Siddeque Kariapper
…………4 Latheefa
Kariapper + name not known
…………4 Jaufer Kariapper
+ name not known
…………4 Ashraff
Kariapper + name not known
………3 Fareed Kariapper + name not known
…………4 Jasmin (Baby)
Kariapper + Ibrahim
……………5 Shibly
……………5 Bubby
…………4 Zulficar
Kariapper + name not known
…………4 Harith (Sona)
Kariapper + Rosi Jameel
……………5 Rizly Kariapper
……………5 (son)
Kariappper
………3 Mohamed Hussain (Zahir) Kariapper (District
Judge) +Jezeema Mohamed Thahir
…………4 Mohammed Siddiq
Tajudeen Kariapper (PhD, Chemistry – now in Canada)+ Ariffa
Hameed
……………5 Imadh
Kariapper, b:1993
……………5 Heeba
Kariapper, b:
……………5 Tariq
Kariapper, b: 2001:
…………4 [70] Mohammed
Sirajudeen (Sadiq) Kariapper (PhD, Physics) + [71] Jaiza
Cassim (211)
……………5 [72] Leena
Sadiq Kariapper, b:1992
……………5 [73] Manal
Sadiq Kariapper, b:1996
……………5 [74] Bayan
Sadiq Kariapper, b:1996
…………4 [80] Mohammed
Nizam Kariapper (Attorney at Law) + [81] Misriya
(211)
……………5 [82] Ilham
Kariapper, b:1992
…………4 Iyna Kariapper +
Rasheed (Civil Engineer)
……………5 Ashiq Rasheed
……………5 Thafani Rasheed
……………5 Thameena
Rasheed
……………5 Athif Rasheed
……………5 Afzal Rasheed
…………4 Dr. Mohammed
Nizreen Kariapper + Nazreen Jameel
……………5 Hamdy Kariapper
……………5 Haleef
Kariapper, b:2004
…………4 [31] Ahamed
Shapheeq Kariapper + [30] Kamila Mahroof
……………5 [32]Anish Ayas
Kariapper
……………5 [33]?
Kariapper, b:2004
…………4 Hafeela
Kariapper + Mafeel (Electrical Engineer)
……2 Zainabu
Natchiar Kariapper + Mohamed
Meeralebbe (Seeni Vidane) (211)
.........4 Mohammed Fazil Abdul Majeed + Zubaida
Ibrahim
............5 Nazli Abdul Majeed + Prof. Ishaq (PhD,
civil engineering)
..........…...6 Mafas Ishaq
..........…...6 Shero Isjaq +
..........…...6 Nadia Ishaq
............5 Mareena Abdul Majeed + Mahroof (PhD)
..........…...6
Lulu Mahroof
.........4 [13] Mohammed Azhar Abdul Majeed + [12]
Hanoon Saleem Kariapper (Baby)
.........….5 Abdul Kareem (Ziaudeen) Mohammed Azhar +
Rasheeda (Noorul ‘Ayn) Meera Lebbe (d/o U.P. Meera Lebbe
Pochyar of Kandy)
..........…….6 Mohammed Ihthisham (Isham) Abdul Kareem
..........…….6 Fathima Ihsana (Ishana) Abdul Kareem
..........…….6 Fathima Imrana Abdul Kareem
........….. ..6 Mohammed Imdad Abdul Kareem
............5 Katheeja (Mazaina) Mohammed Azhar** twin
+ A.R.M. Sheriffdeen (s/o O.L.M. Rahim of Trincomalee)
.........……..6 Noorul Nazeeha Sheriffdeen + A.W.M.
Zahar (s/o Wahid of Gampola)
.........………....7
Hathila Zahar
.........……..…..7 Manaal
Zahar
.........……..…..7 Yaasar
Zahar
.........……..…..7 Amaara
Zahar
........……...6 Noorul Shafeena Sheriffdeen
........……...6 Zamruth Hathoon Sheriffdeen
........…..5 Rahila (Zaroofa) Mohammed Azhar **twin +
M.C. Athambawa (s/o Mohammed Cassim of Sainthamuruthu)
........….…..6 Mohammed Anver Siraj Athambawa +
........….………..7
son
........….…..6 ‘Aynul Ramziya Athambawa + Faleel of
Sainthamaruthu
........….………..7
Mohammed Aabith (Abith) Faleel
.........……..6 Mohammed Shameer Athambawa
.........……..6 Mohammed Irshard Athambawa
........…..5 Zulfica Mohammed Azhar + A.M. Maharoof
(s/o Ahamed Lebbe, retired Village Headman of
Sammanthurai)
........……...6 [30] Kamila Farwin Maharoof + [31]
Shapheek Kariapper
.....…..……………7 [32] Anish Ayas Kariapper
……….....…………7 [33] ?
Kariapper, b:2004
...........…..6 Hazana Farwin Maharoof
..........…...6 Mohammed Basith Maharoof
...........5 Nuzaiba (Faiza) Mohammed Azhar + Z.A.M.
Zavahir (s/o Zainulabdeen of Gampola)
...........…..6 Sarah Zamana Zavahir
...........…..6 Ahamed Sadath Zavahir
...........…..6 Sarah Sheikha Zavahir
............5 Bishrul Haffi + Shanaz Hussain (d/o A.M.
Hussain of Kalmunai Kudy)
............…..6 Fathima Isma Bishrul Haffi
.........4 Zubairdeen Abdul Majeed + Latiffa
......……..5
Ansar Abdul Majeed
.........4 Pathumuthu Zohara Abdul Majeed + M.L.M.M.
Hussain
......……..5 Bathool Hussain + Saleem
.......…….…..6 Amjad Saleem
.......…….…..6
Daughter
......……..5 Riffaya Hussain + Abdul Cader (Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia)
.......…….…..6 Akram Abdul Cader
.......…….…..6 Hussain Abdul Cader
......……..5 Mumtaz Hussain + name not known
.......…….…..6
Daughter
......……..5 Imthiyas Hussain + name not known
.......…….…..6 Arshad
.......…….…..6 Irshad
.........4 Ummu Rukiya Abdul Majeed + M.I.M. Meera Lebbe
.........4 Ummu Salma Abdul Majeed, d: 26 Dec. 2004 (Tsunami)
+ S.A.C.M. Meera Saibo
......……..5 Sharmila Meera Lebbe + Dr. Rizvi d: 26 Dec.
2004 (Tsunami)
......……..5 Rizvi Meera Lebbe d: 26 Dec. 2004 (Tsunami)
......……..5
Daughter
.....3 Abdul Majeed Vanniah: + 2nd spouse
........4 NO ISSUE
.....3 Mohammed Meera Lebbe Cassim + Name
not known (203)
.........4 [12] Jezima Mohammed Cassim + [3] M. A. M.
Hussain, District Judge, d:2000
..............5 NO ISSUE
.....…..4 Ummu Rahma Mohammed Cassim + Mohammed Aleem
..............5 NO ISSUE
.........4 M.I.M. Cassim alias
Hamza Cassim (bachelor)
……3 [91] Mohamed Ahamed Lebbe (MAL) Kariapper (211)
+ [90] Umme Salma Kariapper (d/o Abdul Latheef Kariapper]
……….…4 Izzet Kariapper + M. P. Y. Izzedeen
(Mohideen)
………………5 Son +
………………5 Fareed Izzedeen +
………………5 Jemina Izzedeen +
………………5 Rehana Izzedeen + Mohideen Bawa
…………….. 5 Ameer Izzedeen +
…….…..4 Marzoona Kariapper + Abdeen
(Nawalapitiya)
………………5 Mihrun Abdeen +
………………5 [41] Mueed Abdeen + [40] Shafeela Kariapper
..........….……6 Mohammed Ikram Abdeen
..........……….6 Mohammed Ishraq Abdeen
..........……….6 Mohammed Ishki Abdeen
..........……….6 Ishnia Abdeen
…….…..4 Noorjehan Kariapper + Jauffer Sadiq
………………5 Mumtaz JaufferSadiq + (name not known
(Galle)
..........….……6 Daughter +
………………5 Maznavi Jauffer Sadiq (Ambassador, Saudi Arabia
(in 2005)) +
………………5 Mazeeda Jauffer Sadiq + (name not known )
………………5 Muzammil Jauffer Sadiq + (name not known)
........4 [60] Razeen Kariapper* + [61] Hiloufa
Kariapper
......…4 Abdul Majeed Jiffrey Kariapper* + Dr. Rehana
Mohiyuddin (Doctor in Lahore, Pakistan)*
.......…….5 Amanullah Jiffrey Kariapper* b:Feb-14-1979
......…4 Muhammad Marzook Kariapper* + Dr. Rehana
Mohiyuddin (Doctor in Lahore, Pakistan)* (widow of Jiffrey)
.......…….5 Ayesha Salma Kariapper* b:Dec-5-1981
....3 Dr.
Mohammed Meera Lebbe Yusuf + Sithy Sulaiha
....…..4 Ayesha Yusuf + D. Seneviratne
......……..5 Priya Seneviratne
....…..4 Amin Yusuf + Uneiza Muthalib (Kandy)
......……..5 Farzana Yusuf + Dr. Fahim Jameel (s/o
Justice Jameel)
......……..5 Izby Yusuf + Name Not Known (Pakistan)
......……..5 Shifa Yusuf
......……..5 Azad Yusuf
....…..4 Rahila Yusuf + P.M. Sheriff
......……..5 Fazal Sheriff
......……..5 Ifthikhar Sheriff, b:1958
+ Latheefa, b:1963
...………………6 Ahmed Hisham Sheriff, b:1997
…….……………6 Ahmed Aatif Sheriff, b:2002
.......4 Jezima Yusuf + A.R.A. Kalaff
......……..5 Iyub Kalaff
......……..5 Alam Kalaff
......……..5 Ghazzali Kalaff
......……..5 Farah Kalaff
.......4 Ansar Yusuf, d:1994
+ Jaleela (div)
......……..5 Rameez Yusuf
.......4 2nd Spouse of Ansar Yusuf: + Razeena Adambawa
......……..5 NO ISSUE
.......4 Wazeer Yusuf, d:2016
+ Nizara Deen
......……..5 Fahd Yusuf
......……..5 Amjad Yusuf
......……..5 Benazir Yusuf
.......4 Farouq Yusuf, d:Nov
24 2014 in Riyadh + Rifka Nilar
......……..5 Rasha Yusuf + Haris
Omar (129) (div) s/o of Isfahan Omar & Sithy Ameen
6
Mohamed Anthar Omar
......……..5 Talal Yusuf
....3 Mohammed Meera Lebbe Ibrahim (MMI) Kariapper*,
District Judge + Sithy
Ayn (108)
...…..4 Nizam Ibrahim Kariapper* + Minna Hassim
....3 Mohammed Meera Lebbe Ismail + 1st d/o Meera
Lebbe Pochyar of Kalmunaikudy
...…..4 Mohammed Kaleel (Samahim) Ismail + Nazeera
Mathani Ismail
......……..5 Samna
Ismail
......……..5 [48]
Sabeen Ismail + [49] Janees Cassim
………………… 6 Afzal Cassim
………………… 6 Adnan Cassim
............5 Sarfras Ismail Kariapper*
............5 Shabnam Ismail
.......4 [17] Hanoon Ismail + [16] Jameel Saleem
Kariapper (I. P.)
.......…..5 [40] Shafeela Kariapper + [41] Mueed Abdeen
.......…...…..6 Mohammed
Ikram Abdeen
.........….....6
Mohammed Ishraq Abdeen
........... …..6 Mohammed Ishki Abdeen
...........…...6 Ishnia Abdeen
...........5 Zeena Kariapper + Ajward (s/o Sulaima
Lebbe, PostMaster of Sammanthurai, nephew of Jiffrey
Kariapper)
............…..6 (son) Ajward
...........5 Bushra Kariapper + Fahmy
...........5 Shyama Kariapper
...........5 Zainab Kariapper
....3 2nd spouse of Mohammed Meera Lebbe
Ismail: + d/o Meera Lebbe Pochyar of Kalmunaikudy (first
wife’s younger sister)
......4 Rifa Ismail Kariapper + Mohammed Thahir
Mohammed Cassim
...........5 [71] Jaiza Cassim + [70] Mohammed
Sirajudeen (Sadiq) Kariapper (PhD in Physics) (Saudi Arabia)
…………………6 [72] Leena Sadiq Kariapper, b:1992
…………………6 [73] Manal Sadiq Kariapper, b:1996
…………………6 [74] Bayan Sadiq Kariapper, b:1996
.............……..5 [49] Janees Cassim + [48] Sabeen
Ismail
…………………6 Afzal Ismail
…………………6 Adnan Ismail
...........5 Januffa Cassim + Mahir Mustafa
…………………6 Amal Mustafa
…………………6
Fadhil Mustafa
...........5 Jazeela Cassim + S. I. M. Faisal
…………………6
Haneef Faisal
...........5 Jareeth Cassim
....3 3rd Spouse
of Mohammed Meera Lebbe Ismail + Hajara
(203)
....…..4 Baby
(AYSHA BEGUM)+ Aboobakr
.......…...5
Habeeba (Suraiha Begum) Aboobakr + Yasser
...............6
Afridha Haanim Yasser
...............6
Aini Yasser
.......…...5
Samsath Begum Aboobakr + Murshid Sinnalebbe
...............6
Qaidh Murshid Sinnalebbe
6 Qaim Murshid Sinnalebbe
6 Sarah Murshid Sinnalebbe
.......…...5
Mohamed Zakkey Aboobakr + Roshana
...............6
Mohamed Mahdee bin Mohamed Zakkey
6 Mohamed Haziq bin Mohamed
Zakkey
6
Fathima Adheena Mohamed Zakkey
.... 3
Mohammed Meera Lebbe Hussain (Village Headman) +
name not known (from Sammanthurai)
......…4 Jezima
Hussain + ??
........…..5 [81] Misriya + [80] Mohamed Nizam
Kariapper (Attorney at Law)
…….……………6 [82] Ilham Kariapper
.......…...5 son + ?
......…4 Ashraff
Hussain, Leader SLMC, Minister, Government of Sri Lanka
(2000), d:200 in a helicopter crash over Kurunegala on his way
to the Eastern Province during the Election campaign + Ferial
Ismail, Leader N. U. A., Minister, Government of Sri
Lanka
........…..5 Aman Ashraff
........4 Mufida
Hussain+ Abdullah
........…..5 (daughter)
........…..5 (son)
........…..5 (son)
........4 Feroza
Hussain+ Abdus Salam, District Judge
........…..5 (son)
........…..5 (son)
........…..5 (son)
....3 Fathima Natchia Meera Lebbe + Abdul
Hameed Marikar Thombuthor (Registrar) (211)
....…..4 [101] M. A.
M. Hussain, District Judge, d:2000 + [100] Hanoon Kariapper,
d:Dec-1952 (widow of M.I. Abdul Rasool of Trincomalee)
.............5 [102] Naila
Shireen d 2019 + [103] Ahamed
A A Siddique
............……6 Zainab
Siddique
.............…..6 Shabnam
Siddique
..................6 Nabeeha
Siddique
....…..4 2nd Spouse
of [101] M. A. M. Hussain, District Judge, d:2000 + [12]
Jezima Mohammed Cassim
........……5 NO ISSUE
........4 [10]
(daughter)
........4 [11]
(daughter)
……3 [11]
Rahila Umma Meera Lebbe (211) + [10] Mohamed Saleem
Kariapper (Salin Udayar) s/o mother's brother
........4 [12] Hanoon
Saleem Kariapper (Baby) + [13] s/o mother's brother -Mohammed
Azhar Abdul Majeed
.........….5 Abdul
Kareem (Ziaudeen) Mohammed Azhar + Rasheeda (Noorul ‘Ayn)
Meera Lebbe (d/o U.P. Meera Lebbe Pochyar of Kandy)
..........…….6 Mohammed
Ihthisham (Isham) Abdul Kareem
..........…….6 Fathima
Ihsana (Ishana) Abdul Kareem
..........…….6 Fathima
Imrana Abdul Kareem
........….. ..6 Mohammed
Imdad Abdul Kareem
............5 Katheeja
(Mazaina) Mohammed Azhar** twin + A.R.M. Sheriffdeen (s/o
O.L.M. Rahim of Trincomalee)
.........……..6 Noorul
Nazeeha Sheriffdeen + A.W.M. Zahar (s/o Wahid of
Gampola)
.........………....7 Hathila
Zahar
.........……..…..7 Manaal Zahar
.........……..…..7 Yaasar Zahar
.........……..…..7 Amaara Zahar
........……...6 Noorul
Shafeena Sheriffdeen
........……...6 Zamruth
Hathoon Sheriffdeen
........…..5 Rahila
(Zaroofa) Mohammed Azhar **twin + M.C. Athambawa (s/o Mohammed
Cassim of Sainthamuruthu)
........….…..6 Mohammed
Anver Siraj Athambawa
........….…..6 ‘Aynul
Ramziya Athambawa + Faleel of Sainthamaruthu
........….………..7 Mohammed
Aabith (Abith) Faleel
.........……..6 Mohammed
Shameer Athambawa
.........……..6 Mohammed
Irshard Athambawa
........…..5 Zulfica
Mohammed Azhar + A.M. Maharoof (s/o Ahamed Lebbe, retired
Village Headman of Sammanthurai)
........……...6 [5] Kamila
Farwin Maharoof + [6] Shapheek Kariapper
……,,,..……………7 [61] Anish
Ayas Kariapper
……….....…………7 [62]?
Kariapper, b:
...........…..6 Hazana
Farwin Maharoof
................6 Mohammed
Basith Maharoof
............5 Nuzaiba
(Faiza) Mohammed Azhar + Z.A.M. Zavahir (s/o Zainulabdeen of
Gampola)
...............6 Sarah
Zamana Zavahir
...............6 Ahamed
Sadath Zavahir
...............6 Sarah
Sheikha Zavahir
.............5 Bishrul
Haffi + Shanaz Hussain (d/o A.M. Hussain of Kalmunai
Kudy)
...............6 Fathima
Isma Bishrul Haffi
.........4 [14] Balkis
Saleem Kariapper + [15] Mohammed Abdul Cader Mohammed Cassim
of Sainthamaruthu
.........…..5 Mohammed
Nizar Cassim + Gnei Razeena Hannan
..........……..6 Mohammed
Shahad Miron Cassim
.........…..5 Ahamed
Jiffry Cassim
.............5 Ahamed
Rajab Mowjood Cassim + Shafeena Ismail
.............5 Niloufer
Madlul Najeema Cassim + Munafir
.............5 Minu Mumtaz
Nihara Cassim + Mohammed Fouzal Thahir
.............5 Mohammed
Riyazathul Faizal Cassim
.............5 Mohammed
Bishrul Hafi (Riza) Cassim
.............5 Fazleena
Sahira Cassim
..........4 [16] Jameel
Saleem Kariapper (I. P.) + [17] d/o mother's brother Hanoon
Ismail
.............5 [40]
Shafeela Kariapper + [41] Mueed Abdeen
.............…..6 Mohammed
Ikram Abdeen
..........….....6 Mohammed
Ishraq Abdeen
............ …..6 Mohammed
Ishki Abdeen
...........……..6 Ishnia
Abdeen
.............5 Zeena
Kariapper + Ajward (s/o Sulaima Lebbe, PostMaster of
Sammanthurai, nephew of Jiffrey Kariapper)
...........……..6 Afan
.............5 Bushra
Kariapper + Fahmy
.............5 Shyama
Kariapper
.............5 Zainab
Kariapper
.........4 [18] Bashir Saleem Kariapper
.........4 [19] Farook Saleem Kariapper (bachelor)
**
The
Late Gate Mudliyar M.S. Kariapper:
A.L. Abdul Azeez - DN Fri Mar 13 2009
In 1989, writing in a daily newspaper, I recalled
my last conversation with the late Gate Mudliyar M.S.
Kariapper. Looking in my eyes, the ailing Gate Mudliyar
studiously asked me “Are you studying well?” He knew then that
I was reading for law. It was on the day he was rushed to a
private hospital in Colombo where he breathed his last.
In the twenty years that ensued, I have gone from
being a student of law to a student of international
relations. Yet, as the late Gate Mudliyar would often remark,
“I am still a student”.
The late Kariapper was an internationalist, who
lived ahead of his time and who encouraged the youth to look
beyond what seemed immediate into the world at large. He told
me once that he was living close to the beach because he
‘liked to look beyond the horizon’.
In my many encounters with the late Kariapper, I
found to my youthful amazement, that he was a man of many
parts; an epitome of a mix of ingenuity and elegance. As I
digested over the years some of what he shared with me in my
youth days, my appreciation of him grew ever deeper,
inculcating in me an unshakable belief that he had a thorough
understanding of the world’s history, a comprehensive grasp of
contemporary thoughts from philosophy to politics, and a
deeper knowledge of linguistics and literature and of
civilisations and cultures.
This is aside from his expertise in the subject of
tropical farming and agro-economics which he was familiar with
as a civil administrator, especially during the war times. And
add to it the gift of the gab and the fun of the pun he
commanded. From all this flowed his innate, immaculate ability
to narrate anecdotes and accounts of history, often
interspersed them. In his conception, such empowerment at
local level would have its reflection on the strength of
national unity and cohesion aside from engendering wealth and
prosperity in the long run.
He had a manifest concern for the protection of the
environment. His training in the discipline of tropical
agriculture had transformed his thinking and perspective
towards the environment. A document published in 1936 has
acknowledged in particular that the late Kariapper was elected
in the year 1923 “in recognition of the keen interest he took
in the game protection”, an honourary member of the Ceylon
Game and Fauna Protection Society.
“He is today one of the four honourary members
which the Society has, including D.S. Senanayake, Minister of
Agriculture and Land”.
It was no surprise therefore that the late
Kariapper had an intrinsic belief that no development would be
sustainable unless it was underpinned by an inclusive process
integrating all relevant factors and concerns. As Sri Lanka
broke free from colonial bondage, bolstered by his new found
influence and authority in the post-independent establishment,
Gate Mudliyar gave expression to this belief by helping in
launching of an integrated system of development, which had at
its heart, the development of the Gal Oya reservoir.
Many appear to view the Gal Oya project as an
irrigation scheme, intended primarily to benefit the
peasantry. There was no denial for that.
For the late Kariapper however, the entire
enterprise represented an innovative, inclusive, coordinated
effort going beyond unlocking the region’s irrigation
potential alone.
He emphasised as much on launching adequate
ecologically synchronised activities as on undertaking such as
grand scheme. Such an approach, in his view, would bring a
sense of balance to the whole enterprise thus making it
overall environment-friendly. His whole approach to
agricultural productivity, sustainable livelihood, town
planning and development, and human settlement was deeply
grounded on this holistic vision.
In one of my encounters in the 1980s, the late
Kariapper brought home to me an important point which struck
me most. That was about the impact of accelerated urbanisation
in Kalmunai, a town and a commercial hub, which the late
Kariapper himself helped to develop at an early stage. Gate
Mudliyar lamented then that the people of that region had
failed to tap the potential of human settlement that proceeded
with the development of Gal Oya. By refusing to move out of
that overcrowded town and its surrounding areas, the people,
as he put it to me, had only denied their next generation a
space for decent living, with serious health consequences in
time to come.
He deeply felt that the increasing tendency among
the people to seek to live as a compact unit in a tight place
would in the course of time put a tremendous pressure on the
limited infrastructure and services to cater to the needs of a
vertically growing community. His main worry was that if the
development of this region were to continue at this pace, the
day would not be far off when it would be bursting at its
seams.
In a country that had emerged from the yoke of
colonialism - in what is known in International Law as the
realisation of the right to self-determination development was
rather seen as a process of both consolidating that right as
well as giving meaning and content to it. Having served as
Vanniyar Mudliyar under the colonial administration in the
region, Gate Mudliyar had acquired a fund of knowledge and
experience in addition to a vast network of high level
contacts. As much as he wanted to put this to use for the
people and the region, so was there a greater call to public
service awaiting him from ‘Ceylon’s’ independence leaders.
The late D.S. Senanayake, the Father of Independent
Ceylon, was understandably his great admirer. Further as far
back as 1948, ‘politics’ was recognised perhaps as a higher
means of public service, something the late Kariapper would
not have relented. His advent to politics in 1948 therefore
was logical, and was intended to help harness that fund to
expanding the choice of the people as development is currently
understood in socio-economic discourses.
As his political trajectory bears out, the late
Kariapper acquitted himself admirably in this task to his last
day in the legislature, through his dedication to causes
ranging from the development of the Gal-Oya Multi-purpose
Reservoir Scheme, to building of schools with a particular
emphasis on the education of Muslim girls, and to the
development of Kalmunai region.
The late Kariapper’s vision of ‘development’ was
both exemplary and inspiring. He was ahead of the curve when
it came to the understanding of the concept of development.
With his experience in, and exposure to, the development of
agriculture and land as well as development of irrigation and
human settlement, and thanks especially to his grasp of
contemporary trends and thoughts, his vision of development
had emphasis on sustainability and participatory approaches.
It put premium on the involvement of the local communities in
activities that were intended to empower.
My recent visit to my birthplace made me realise
Gate Mudliyar’s prediction was already coming true. With our
belief in the symbolism of physical wealth, that manifests
itself in the construction of huge buildings and complexes
without taking into account environmental concerns, and with
virtually no leadership in sustainable town planning and
management, the space for natural living has shrunk to a point
where not just the health of the people but their thinking and
values as well are being affected. The tsunami tidal waves
which took a heavy toll of life in the region on December 26,
2004 is only a case in point in this regard.
He was a multifaceted personage, who was a leader,
an environmentalist, a development practitioner, and above
all, an internationalist. He gave of his best in the service
of the nation, the region and its people. He had articulated
concepts and thoughts on wide-ranging themes from sustainable
development, to human settlement, to environment protection
long before they became part of the international discourses.
Releasing of a commemorative stamp by the Government of Sri
Lanka in honour of Gate Mudliyar is a fitting tribute to this
great visionary and legend. However, we need to do more.
When, in future, some academic research is
undertaken by a discerning intellectual, it will bring out
such aspects of his life that lie beyond our ordinary grasp;
aspects that, in my view, made up the sum total of Gate
Mudliyar.