Kapitan Keling Penang Mosque

The Kapitan Keling Mosque is a 19th century mosque built by an Indian Muslim trader in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. It is located on the corner of Buckingham Street (Lebuh Buckingham) and Pitt Street. As a prominent historical centre, it is part of Georgetown’s World Heritage Site and is situated in the heart of a community called Chulias. It was the first permanent Muslim institution to be established in the area since the early 1800s. Cauder Mohuddeen Merican is known as the founder of the mosque and leader of the Chulias. In 1801, Sir George Leith, then Lieutenant Governor of Penang, appointed Cauder Mohudeen, a prominent Indian Muslim leader, as the captain of the “Keling” community in southern India. He gave him a piece of land to build the mosque on the south side of Malabar Street (Chulia Street). Cauder Mohudeen (born 1759) was a foreman or foreman from Porto Novo, known to Tamils ​​as Paringgipettai, and a Muslim Mahmud Bandar. About 50 kilometers south of Pondicherry in India, it is called 'Kapitan Kling'. #MalaysiaTravel #PenangTravel #FamilyTravel #TrainToPenang