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Son: Abdullah

Cape Town, CLAREMONT FAMILY TREE

1st Generation Imam Abdulla Slemmen (1819 – 1885) married Janapie Baseau (1834 – 1923)​

Children 2nd Generation​

  • Suleiman
  • Oesman
  • Galema
  • Magmoed
  • Karema
  • Mochamat
  • Joseph
  • Gadeja

Imam Magmoed Slamang (1865 – 1928) married Aysa Mazoer (1869 - 1918)​

Children​

  1. Janap Julie (1892 – 1947)

  2. Rukeah Salie (1895 – 1937)

  3. Gadija Slamang (1901 – 1936)

  4. Imam Armien Slamang (1906 – 1955)

    • married: Rukeah Achmat

    • Children:

      1. Magmoed Slamang (1930 – 1995) married Kaamilah Arnold (1929 – 2023) 2. Achmat Slamang (1933 – 1982) married Gafsa Salaam (1943 – )
      2. Koelsum Slamang (1935 – )
      3. Rashaad Slamang (1937 – ) married Asa
      4. Rashieda Slamang (1937 – ) first married Ebrahiem Albertus, then Allie Salie
      5. Gamza Slamang (1939 – 1988) first married Farieda Arnold, then Zynoenisa (no issue), adopted Sharief Slamang & Rudaiba Slamang
      6. Abdullah Slamang (1940 – ) married Rashidah van der Schyff Ebrahiem Slamang (1942 – 2017) married Amiena Abrahams (1944 – ) 8. Nassiem Slamang (1944 – ) married Galiema Abdullah
      7. Omar Slamang (1947 – ) first married Irene Hazel (1944 – ), then married Shereen Heffen 11. Safoora Slamang (1946 – ) married Fuad Domingo (1940 – 2019)
      8. Mogammat Hassiem Slamang (1950 – 2017) married Fouzia Pastor (1951 – )

  5. Qaasiem Slamang (1908 – ?) (died young)

  6. Abbas Slamang (1911 – 1980) married Asa Davids (1925 – 2004)

Karima Slamang (1867 – 31 August 1905) married Bakardien Hendricks (1852 – 1926)​

Children​

  1. Ebrahim Hendricks (1893 – 1957) married Asa
  2. Mariam Hendricks (1895 – ) married Mohammed Hoosain Ebrahiem Peerbhai
  3. Galima Hendricks (1904 – 1967) married Omar Crombie
  4. Zubaida Hendricks
  5. Hassiem Hendricks
  6. Moegamat Noor Hendricks
  7. Moegamat Ganief Hendricks

Grandson: Imam Magmoed Slamang (Claremont - 1865—1928)

Researched and compiled by Mogamat Armien Slamang, 30 January 2024​

Imam Magmoed was the son of Abdulla Slemman (1819—1885) and Janapie Baseau (1834—1923). He was born in 1865 on a property that was bought by his father Abdulla in 1858. The property was situated in Draper Street, Claremont, below the railway line near what is now Palmyra Road. He was one of eight children born there. This property remained in the family for 44 years.

Imam Magmoed Slamang was the father of Abbas Slamang, and my (Mogamat Armien Slamang’s) grandfather.

While on Hajj, Imam Magmoed wrote to his family in Claremont from Mecca on the 7th April 1928. As this letter was written in English, it can be deduced that he must have had some secular education. The original letter and envelope are now in the possession of his great-granddaughter, Mariam [Mynah] Salie (born Davids), of 10 Ella Street, Bo-Kaap, Cape Town. He also wrote kitaabs in Jawi/Arabic script, and one such kitaab was passed down to his son, the late Imam Armien Slamang, and is now in the possession of Imam Magmoed’s grandson, Mogamat Armien Slamang (b. 1948), the compiler of this information.

Imam Magmoed was appointed as the first Imam of the Stegman Road Mosque in Claremont. According to the Slamang family’s oral history, he led the first Jumuah prayer when the building of the mosque was completed on 25th August 1911, which coincided with the Hijri Calendar date of 1st Ramadhan 1329.

He served his community up to the end of 1927. He passed in Mecca between April and August 1928, though the exact date of his demise is unknown.

Some written evidence of Imam Magmoed’s Hajj journey is found in a diary of the late Imam Mohammad Salie Saban of Simonstown, in which he recorded all Muslim events that unfolded in Simonstown for the period 1904 to 1928. On page 68, he recorded the following:

“… People whent musafir [pilgrims departed] to Macca. Edaroos Slarmie, Sahaidien Potts and his wife Solayla whent from Simonstown lieve their house from 12:15pm on 24th December 1927 on Saturday afternoon and whent on board at the docks at 7pm on board the Dutch steamer SS Clip Fountain. People also on the same steamer Imam Magmood of Claremont, [my emphasis] Ranie Badidien and his wife and some other people about 100 including children. The steamer lieves the docks on Sunday morning at 7am …”

He also states how all the Muslims of Simonstown came to the docks to see the pilgrims off on their sacred journey, as was a well-known tradition at the time whenever pilgrims left by ship.

How do we know that the Imam Magmood mentioned in the diary entry is Imam Magmoed Slamang, the son of Abdulla Slemman and father of Abbas Slamang, and our grandfather? Imam Saban records the name as “Imam Magmood of Claremont.” In the letter that Imam Magmoed Slamang wrote to his family from Mecca (mentioned above), Imam Magmoed signs his own name as “Imam Magmoed Slamang of Claremont.” So this corresponding name in the two instances (diary and letter), together with the timeframes, verify that the “Imam Magmood of Claremont” mentioned in the diary entry was none other than our grandfather, Imam Magmoed Slamang, and that he went on Hajj by steamer from Simonstown on 25th December 1927. This information was not known by his later descendants up till now.

I also researched the history of all Dutch steamers that operated at the Cape during that period and could not find the SS Clip Fountain listed. I only found one that was launched in 1922 and operated until the end of 1928, named S.S. Klip Fontein. Undoubtedly, this is the same ship referred to in the above diary as SS Clip Fountain.