Sri Lanka Moor Family Genealogy
S. I. L. Mohideen Lebbe - Family #96
1 Mohideen Lebbe S.I L +Khadija Umma
....2 Sheriff M.L.M. + Balkis Umma Abdul Majeed
..........3 Mohideen M.S.M. 1908 + Aynul Malhara Rasheed
................4 Aynul Missa Mohideen + Uvais Razik
......................5 Yasmin Uvais
......................5 Jaroos Uvais
......................5 Jihana Uvais
......................5 Juzada Uvais
......................5 Jezil Uvais
......................5 Julia Uvais
................4 Hidaya Mohideen + Zahir M.T.M.
................4 Rifaya Mohideen + Hafil A.H.M.
................4 Balkis Mohideen
................4 Sheriff Mohideen
..........3 Ummu Nasiha Sheriff + Junaid M.L.M.M
................4 Sithy Marliya M.L.M.J. + Saeed M.M.H.M.
......................5 Mumtaz Saheed + Muhammad Yousoof
......................5 Fathima Saheed
......................5 Sulthani Saheed + Ghousul Ameer Nizar
......................5 Muhammad Arooz
....2 Wajeeda Umma Mohideen Lebbe + Yusuf M.L.M.
..........3 Fathima Honey Yusuf + Salih M.H.M.
..........3 *2nd spouse of Fathima Honey Yusuf: + Sulaiman Hajiar M.M.
..........3 Zafeer Yusuf
....2 Rahmath Umma Mohideen Lebbe + Arasi Marikar Sheriff
..........3 Mohideen M.S.M + Sithy Khadija Hassim
................4 Sahil Mohideen + Faiza Abdul Caffoor
................4 *2nd spouse of Sahil Mohideen: + Ummu Zulaikha Mohideen Cassim
..........3 Noor Neima Sheriff + Muhammad Falil Abdul Caffoor (80)
................4 Muhammad Nawaz Caffoor + Mumtaz Rhusdia
......................5 Ilham Caffoor
................4 Muhammad Fali Caffoor
................4 Muhammad Zubair Caffoor + Inneth Muhammad (10)
......................5 Muhammad Azmath Caffoor
......................5 Thalib Caffoor
................4 Muhammad Iqbal Caffoor + Noor Neima Shyama Macan-Markar, b:1955 (97)
..........3 Aamir A Sheriff + Thufa Abdul Cader (80,108)
................4 Munira Sheriff + Zareem Lameer, Dr. (225)
......................5 Tahia Lameer
................4 Nazrul Sheriff + Minna Yousoof (10)
................4 Muhammad Arooz Sheriff, b:1948 + Zahariya Macan-Markar, b:1947 (97)
......................5 Naja Sheriff, b:1972
......................5 Salma Sheriff
......................5 Baasil Sheriff
................4 Fathima Imthizam Sheriff + Muhammad Reza Ashroff (108,113)
......................5 Muhammad Rehan Ashroff + Zulaika Majeed (d/o Farookie Majeed & g/d of Abdul Majeed, ex MP Sammanthurai and ex Junior Minister), m:Aug 2003 in Colombo
5 Ahmed Navid Ashroff
5 Mohamed Shazan Ashroff
................4 Yasmin Sheriff + Farouk Cader
......................5 Tahira Cader
....2 Julaiha Umma Mohideen Lebbe + Abdul Azeez M.L.M.
....2 Abdul Majeed Mohideen Lebbe + Pathumuthu Avoo Lebbe Marikar
..3 (4 daughters)
..3 Abdul Majeed Muhammad Abdul Cader + Howla Umma Madar Lebbe (21)
........ .4 (2 daughters)
........ .4 Mansoor Abdul Cader + Sithy Zoheriya Mackeen (21)
.............. .5 Muhammad Fareed Abdul Cader + Mehfuzathul Kareema Ariff (77)
6 Sameeha cader + Name Not Known (div)
.................... .6 2nd spouse of Sameeha Cader + Farhan Sulaiman (30,60,70,90)
.................... .6 Sabry Cader + Name Not Known
.............. 5 Abdul Majeed Abdul Cader + Ilham Muhammad (10)
... ..................6 Fathima Hasna Cader + Rumaiz Mohideen (40)
.7 Maleeha Mohideen, b:2001
.7 Nabeeha Mohideen, b:2004
.6 Hasmin Cader + Asif Sheriff m:21-Jul-2006 (20,30,60,70,90)
.6 Hanim Cader
.............. 5 Ummu Habeeba Abdul Cader + Muhammad Jazeed Ariff (77)
.................... .6 Mizher Ariff + Ms d/o Jazeem Ariff (77)
........ .4 Muhammad Fuard Abdul Cader
..3 Abdul Majeed Muhammad Zainudeen (no issue)
A. M. M. ABDUL CADER
Abdul Majid Muhammed Abdul Cader was the founder of two well known business establishments in the Pettah, within the city of Colombo as follows:-
A.M.M.Abdul Cader
West End Drapery Stores
He was born on the 14th of July 1888 in Messenger Street, also in the city of Colombo, and belonged to one of the leading families of Ceylonese merchants who had their business establishments in Main Street, Colombo.
He had his primary education at St Paul's English School, Colombo - at that time one of the foremost training and preparatory school - particularly for Wesley College, which was located during that period, in the Pettah.
At the age of fifteen, he showed a reluctance to proceed further and ended his studies and joined a well established firm specializing in men's clothing where he acquired practical knowledge of management and became an experienced assistant in the trade.
When he reached the age of twenty-one, he felt he had become proficient in this trade and decided to stand on his own.
With the help of his maternal grandmother who provided him sufficient funds to serve as a nucleus with which to commence his new enterprise, he bought the entire stock-in-trade in the premises, No 101, Hameedia Building, Main Street, and in this way laid the foundation for his independent business venture on the 14th of July 1909. It is no flattery to state that the retail business of the firm grew and expanded considerably and attracted to itself a variety of customers from all parts of the island.
On the first of September, 1922 he bought premises No 122 in Main Street, Pettah and moved in with a change of name in the business which he now named West End Drapery Stores.
In September 1927, he bought the entire stock-in-trade at No 114, Third Cross Street, Pettah and began a Builder's Hardware business under his own name.
The firm West End Drapery Stores was turned into a private limited liability company in 1944 with him as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
He travelled widely through the Middle East, Turkey, Europe and Great Britain.
On one of his business trips, he had the good fortune to meet Kemal Ataturk founder of modern Turkey.
Besides his business interests, he was deeply interested in the social amelioration of the Ceylon Moors.
He made philanthropic donations to schools, orphanages and other institutions.
Among the donations, he gifted a block of prime land at Messenger Street on which the present Masjid Muhiyadeen Thakiya has been constructed.
His other known gifts included a fully equipped Dental Institute to Zahira College and a well equipped Billiard Table to the Moors Sports Club.
After an illness of a very short duration, he passed to his rest on the 14th of July 1949 which was not only his 61st birth anniversary but also the 40th anniversary of the founding of his business enterprise.
A M M Abdul Cader was married to Howla Umma Madar Lebbe, daughter of S L M Madar Lebbe. (aka Thadian Madar Nana) General Merchant & Landed Proprietor and Habiba Umma Ossen Lebbe Marikar. His wifes paternal ancestor was Yousoof Lebbe Marikar, a famous Pearl merchant in Ceylon. Abdul Caders parents were Abdul Majeed Mohideen Lebbe and Pathumuthu Avoo Lebbe Marikar. He had two daughters and two sons. The sons were Mansoor Abdul Cader and Muhammad Fuard Abdul Cader.
Mansoor Abdul Cader has two sons and one daughter. The oldest, Muhammad Farid Abdul cader was married to Mehfuza Ariff, who passed away in 2008. The second son, Abdul Majeed Abdul Cader is married to Ilham Muhammad. The daughter, Ummu Habeeba Abdul Cader is married to Muhammad Jazeed Ariff, brother of Mehfuza Ariff.