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Imam Mustapha Abrahams<br />
Imam Mustapha, was a Bukkhari, with the surname Musaghir, who fled from the<br />
Russian Revolution to seek sanctuary in Makkah and Madina. He immigrated from<br />
Arabia and became a tailor by trade. He married Auntie Gabieba <strong>of</strong> <strong>Paarl</strong>, a widow, who<br />
had two sons and a daughter from her first marriage, as mentioned in the last paragraph<br />
above. Imam and Auntie Gabieba had two daughters and two sons. They were Auntie<br />
Jawaya, who went to reside in Wynberg, Auntie Gaya, who married Boeta Abbas Moerat,<br />
Boeta Koefie, who married first Sis Fatima and then Sis Amina, and Boeta Saaid, who<br />
married Hadja Fatima. Boeta Koefie’s children are Kiyaam, Achmad, Niesa, Gabieba,<br />
Fatgieya, Mastoera and Naadier. We already discussed the family <strong>of</strong> Auntie Gaya and<br />
Boeta Abbas. Kiyaam and Mastoera are still resident in <strong>Paarl</strong>.<br />
Imam Mustapha Abrahams the teacher <strong>of</strong> a pupil who finished the Qur’an, Basier Latief during the 1940s. Nasier, the<br />
Imam’s son is on the right hand side and Yusuf Mohamed on the left.<br />
Photo kindly donated by the late Imam’s daughter, Jamela King <strong>of</strong> London<br />
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