House of Jamalullail (Perak)

The House of Jamalullail of the Perak branch is one of the oldest Syed clans in Malaysia. It was established in 1528 C.E. when Saidina Hussain Al-Faradz Al-Jamalullail from Hadramaut arrived in Perak to spread Islam.

According to R.O. Winstedt in his article titled The Hadramaut Saiyids of Perak and Siak which was published in the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (September 1918), there was a certain Sayid family that exercised great influence on the history of Perak in the 18th century. The family acquired the highest state offices, those of Orang Kaya Besar and of Menteri, and one of its members acted even as Bendahara. Scions of this Sayid house were sought for eagerly in marriage and married into the families of all the greater Perak chiefts. One married the sister of Sultan Iskandar (whose reign is described in the Misa Melayu) and was the father of a Perak Sultan.

Family tree

The following family tree was redrafted from R.O. Winstedt's article The Hadramaut Saiyids of Perak and Siak. Additional genealogical information was retrieved from the book A History of Perak by Winstedt and R.J. Wilkinson in 1934.

For a detailed family tree of all the descendants of Syed Safi, please contact the original author of this article, Syed Imran, who is the 16th descendant of Syed Husain Jamalullail at imran257@yahoo.com.

Fatima az-Zahra (605CE - 632CE)

Ali ibn Abi Talib (559CE - 661CE)

Saidina Husayn bin Ali (626CE - 680CE)

Saidina Zayn al-Abidin (659CE - 712CE)

Saidina Musa al-Kadhim (745CE - 799CE)

Saidina Ja'far al-Sadiq (702CE - 765CE)

Saidina Muhammad al-Baqir (676CE - 743CE)

Saidina Ali az-Zahir

Saidina Ali-az-Zahir

Saidina Muhammad an-Nakib

Saidina Esa

Saidina Alwi

Saidina Muhammad

Saidina Ahmad al-Muhajir (820CE - 924CE)

Saidina Ali Khali-kasam ba' Alwi

Saidina Muhammad Shahib Mirbath (Died 1161CE)

Saidina Muhammad al-Fakih (Died 1232CE)

Saidina Abdullah Jamalullail

Saidina Abdur-Rahman Sakaf

Saidina Maula'd-dawilah Muhammad

Saidina Alwi

Saidina Abdullah

Saidina Maulana as-Sharif Jamalullail al-Jafri

Syed Abu Bakar

Syed Hasan (Raja S'ari)

Saidina Sharif Husain al-Faradz (Arrived at Perak in 1528) Orang Kaya Menteri Pertama

Syed Mustafa

Syed Abdul Majid Orang Kaya Menteri

Syed Jalalu'd-din (Tok Tambak of Pulau Pisang)

Syed Abubakar (Menteri and Bendahara)

Syed Hasan

Syed Husain (Menteri at Bota)

Syed Shamsuddin

Syed Ajmadin

Puteri Bulan (daughter of OKB Kuala Kanas)

Tunjong (daughter of Sri Adika Raja)

Syed Usman

To' Engku Pandak Ahmad Kaya

Syed Hitam Besar

Syed Makah (Keramat Nyiur Putar)

Syed Mahmud Orang Kaya Besar (Died 1862)

Syed Muhammad

Syed Yunus (Penghulu Teja)

Syed Usman

Syed Jaafar Orang Kaya Besar

Syed Safi

Syed Abdul Hamid Orang Kaya Besar (1886CE - 1949CE)

Syed Aznan (1922CE - 1972CE)

Syed Jaafar Toh Muda Orang Kaya Besar (born 1947CE)