FROM ARIFIN JAYAH OUR KAKEY'S DIARY

FROM ARIFIN JAYAH OUR KAKEY'S DIARY

Zahira was born on Sunday the 6th February 1910 at 4.35 pm

Mohamed Rasheed was born on Tuesday night at 2.25 am 24th October 1911

Sitti Raheela was born on Monday the 1st December 1913 at 5.45 pm

At Saunders Court Slave Island, Fareena was born on Sunday the 27th August 1916 at 0.30 am

Mohamed Hisham was born on Monday 21st January 1918 at about 4 pm (Birth certificate No. 16535- 26 Feb 1918, Slave Island

Mohamed Murad was born on Saturday 14th May 1921 at 1.30 am

Chintaree was born on Thursday morning at about 5.15 am on 6th January 1927

Zahira attained age of puberty on 27th May 1923 (Age 13+)

Raheela attained age of puberty on 26th Sept 1926 (Age 12+)

Fareena attained age of puberty on Wednesday 25th February 1931 (Age 14+)

Chintaree attained the age of puberty on Thursday 19th January 1939 (Age 12+)

Zahira was sent to the Reagent Street Girls School on Monday 2nd May 1921 (Age 11+)

Zahira left school on 19th February 1923 (Age 13+)

Gnei Zahira was married to M H Ahamat on Saturday 22nd September 1934 (Age 24+)

Mohamed Shafee was born on Tuesday morning at 11.11am on 25th June 1935

Mohamed Feroze was born on 30th June 1938 at 8.22pm

Sitti Ayesha relict of Usman Packeer (Suliaya Packeer's mother) died on Thursday night at about 2am 15th December 1932 and burried the following day at Jawatte.

Cassim Jayah (Arifin's father) died on Wednesday 5th December 1923 at 5am and burried at Jawatte the following day.

Mohamed Hakeem brother of Sulaiya Packeer died at the Leper Assylum Hendala on Thursday 20th December 1917 and was burried at Jawatte the next day. First time I heard of nenek having a brother.

From the above information preserved by Qaanitha we understand that Arifin Jayah had been a methodical person like his Brother TB. He had diarized even dates of his daughters attaining age besides the day and time of their respective births.

Arifin has sired 7 children for a time span of 17 years (1910 -1927) unimaginable in today's standards, capabilities and apprehension of the prevailing economy albeit the huge incomes earned today !!

All Arifin Jayah daughters had "bluckalled" at the average age of 13-14 years.This would have been the norm in the age old past inspite of them having consumed tons of babath, puruth, limpa and tenten. Fortunately Bahiraha chicken was not invented then, otherwise the records would be different with our Mothers attaining at "Gette" ages from 8 to 9 years as happening today.

It is also interesting to note that Zahira started schooling at 11, two years before attaining age, so much different to 5 years rule presently.

Please read and endorse whether the information is correct and point out any discrepancies. Also suggest the clan to provide information of date of marriage ,death etc of our second generation.

I wish to call upon all members of the clan to share whatever Information you have of our proud past to be preserved for posterity to call ourselves an honourable family as I always try to prove.

Although many promises to share pictures of our parents and grand parents are solemnly made they hardly materialize for us to share and bask of our glorious past.

Let us bury our differences and emerge forward as a United family


May Allah bless us all and protect our families till eternity Aameen!!