Just an Individual of a Species
Statutory Declaration (1949) to fill the blanks and made corrections in my original birth certificate. Note the quality of the paper.
It was with some perturbation I pen down my lineage based on flimsy verbal information and lack of records about my ancestors. My paternal grandfather Ahmad Al Bakish was I suspect of mixed Indian (possibly Gujerati) with Arab blood (possibly Hydramaut). Grandfather Ahmad can pass off for a Malay more than an Indian or Arab in the portrait probably because of the songkok he was wearing. I have no clue
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An Autobiography of Ahmad Mustaffa Babjee