The Signatories to O.L.M. Abdul Cader’s Deed of Gift were Talip Akbar, Tamby Noory Segu Lebbe, Ahamado Lebbe Markar, Mohamed Rumli Mutaliph, Tamby Karim and Sinne Lebbe Ahamat. The Witnesses were John Brixine de Abrew Rajapakse and Thomas Henry de Silva. The Deed was certified by John Neill Keith, Notary Public, in Colombo on the 5th of September 1876.
The Second Clause of the Deed states, inter alia, that ‘…. In the event of the death of the said Oedoema Lebbe Mohideen Abdul Cader, the Trustee to be nominated and appointed as aforesaid in his room shall be a near relation of the said Oedoema Lebbe Mohideen Abdul Cader’.
Based on available records, the Boards of Trustees since the inception of the Mosque & Burial Grounds, comprised the following persons at various time periods.
05th Sept. 1976
O.L.M. Abdul Cader (Donor)
T. Akbar
T.N.Segu Lebbe
A.L. Markar
M.R. Mutaliph
T. Carim
S.L. Ahamat
23rd Aug. 1894
M.R. Mutaliph
M.A.C. Saibo Sultan (Son of O.L.M. Abdul Cader)
13th Mar. 1895
M.R. Mutaliph
M.A.C. Saibo Sultan (Son of O.L.M. Abdul Cader)
N.E.M. Packeer
D. Mayan
13th July 1914
M.B. Uduman (Grandson of O.L.M. Abdul Cader)
N.E.M. Packeer
D. Mayan
M.D.V. Akbar
A. Ahamat
S. Carim
Maas Thajudeen
04th October 1935
M.B. Uduman (Grandson of O.L.M. Abdul Cader)
M.E. Akbar
Sheik Kathir
A.C. Amath
M.S.A. Noordeen
M.A. Othman
M.S. Kitchilan
10th Dec. 1939
M.B. Uduman (Grandson of O.L.M. Abdul Cader)
M.S.A. Noordeen
M.T. Akbar
T.B. Jayah
M.J. Majid
M.P. Drahaman
T.Y. Amit
From the early 40’s, the various Boards of Trustees were headed by K.S. Mohamed and then by J.F. Uduman (Great Grandson of O.L.M.Abdul Cader). With the handing over of the Jawatte Burial Grounds to the Wakf Board, the direct involvement of O.L.M. Abdul Cader’s Family with it’s administration ceased. However, the members of the Family always felt that in abdicating all responsibility for the Jawatte Mosque & Burial Grounds, they had in a sense failed to adhere to the wishes of their ancestor and in a bid to rectify this situation, more than two decades later, J.F. Uduman made a written request to the then Wakf Board to consider appointing a nominated Family Member (D.H. Uduman) as a Special Trustee along with the 7 elected Trustees of the Mosque. On the 16 of June 1996, the Wakf Board comprising Mr Mansoor Marikkar (Chairman), Mr. T.R.J. Samath, Mr. J.S. Haris Mowlana and Mr. S. Subaideen issued an Order to the effect that the Board ‘…. should give consideration to the view of the Donor in appointing Trustees. We have therefore agreed to appoint Mr. D.H. Uduman as a Special Trustee….’. The Order further stated that ‘We are also of the view that in the future too a member of this family should be appointed as one of the Trustees’.
26th June 1996
Alhaj J.S.M.A. Kabeer
Alhaj A.C.M. Najumudeen
M. B. Raban
Alhaj T.M.J. Aniff
F. Junaid
Alhaj M.Z. Badiudeen
M.S.M. Mazahid
D.H. Uduman (Great-Great-Grandson of O.L.M. Abdul Cader)
Over the following 14 years (until 2010), there were new Boards of Trustees elected in the years 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2008. Alhaj J.S.M.A. Kabeer, Alhaj A.C.M. Najumudeen, Alhaj T.M.J. Aniff and D.H. Uduman were members of all these Boards. Alhaj M.A. Sahabdeen, Alhaj M. Abu Hudah, M.S.M. Mazahid, Alhaj E. Zaheed, Alhaj F. Abdeen, Alhaj M. Naffas and N.M. Yoosuf were the other elected Trustees during various times in this period.
At the time of writing this Post, the next election of the Board of Trustees is due to be held in November / December 2010.