Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery

Muslim cemetery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery (Malay: Tanah Perkuburan Islam Jalan Ampang; Jawi: تانه ڤرقبورن اسلام جالن امڤاڠ) is a cemetery at the Kuala Lumpur city centre, Malaysia. It is located at Jalan Ampang near Kuala Lumpur City Centre. The cemetery was established on 1819.^[1][2]

Notable burials

• Tan Sri Datuk Amar P. Ramlee – film actor, director, singer, and songwriter. (died 1973)
• Tan Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad (Za'aba) – Malaysian writer and linguist. (died 1973)
• Puan Sri Datin Amar Salmah Ismail (Saloma) – Singapore-born Malaysian film actress, singer and also wife of Tan Sri P. Ramlee. (died 1983)
• Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Hashim – Inspector General of Police (died 1974, in an assassination carried out by communist subversives during the Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89))
• Tun Abdul Malek Yusuf – Second Malacca state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1959–71) (died 1977)
• Tan Sri Dato' (Dr.) Haji Mubin Sheppard – Former Director-General of the National Archives of Malaysia, renowned historian and academician. (died 1994)
• Ibrahim Din – veteran actor (died 1996)
• Tun Ismail Mohd Ali – Second Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia (died 1998)
• Nasir P. Ramlee – son of late P. Ramlee (died 2008)
• Tan Sri Ainuddin Wahid – educationist and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Vice Chancellor (died 2013)
• Tan Sri Dr Salma Ismail – first Malay woman doctor (died 2014)
• Mustapha Maarof – veteran actor (died 2014)
• Cik Puan Noor Yvonne Abdullah – Wife of Malaysian political, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (died 2015)
• Mariani Ismail – veteran actress and also sister of late actress Salmah Ismail (Saloma) (died 2015)
• Tan Sri S.M. Salim – veteran singer (died 2016)
• Tan Sri Elyas Omar – third Mayor of Kuala Lumpur (died 2018)
• Mohamad Hanapiah Nasir – athletics (died 2023)

References

1. "Muslim Cemeteries of the World". The Star. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
2. "Malay Mail".

External links

• Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery at Find a Grave