Site Represents a site. Prim Media 3959 Stewardship Robben Island Museum Contact ec349@st-andrews.ac.uk Status public Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building Condition 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kramat of Sheik Sayed Abduraghman Motura Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Government of South Africa Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived is51102025 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource ec349@st-andrews.ac.uk Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1481 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Description An account of the resource In the 1600s, the Dutch started used the Cape area as an exile location for political prisoners from Malaysia and Indonesia, often wealthy, powerful Muslim men. During the 18th century, a political prisoner from Batavia (modern day Jakarta) named Sayed Abdurahman Motura was imprisoned on the island. He was a very devout religious man who brought comfort to other prisoners, and was said to help cure them when they were ill, as well as spreading Islam. He died on the island and his grave became a shrine. Kramats are a type of shrine, honouring the death of a holy person in Islam. They are particularly associated in South Africa with the early Muslims in the Cape due to them being brought there by the Dutch - kramat is a Malay word referring to a shrine to a sacred person. In the late 1960s, the Apartheid-era prison authorities built the Kramat there today. This was due to an attempt to appease the Cape Muslim population after the imprisonmennt and death in custody of Imam Abdullah Haron. He was a Muslim cleric and anti-Apartheid activist, and in 1969, became the first Muslim to be honoured in St Paul's Cathedral. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 26/04/2025 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-49850411, https://www.transcend.org/tms/2022/08/the-circle-of-peace-and-tranquility-the-karamat-of-sheik-sayed-abduraghman-motura-part-1/, https://www.capemazaarsociety.com/Tuan-Matarah.php, https://artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes_mob.php?bldgid=12385 Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969 Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Kramat of Sheik Sayed Abduraghman Motura Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Robben Island