History

Since the year 1822, the Chulias, Tamil Muslims from the coastal areas of South India were among the earliest immigrants of Singapore. These immigrants lived and earned their livelihood around the Singapore River and have their residence established in the Telok Ayer Street area. The earlier simple structure of the Al-Abrar Mosque was established in 1827, hence giving rise to its Tamil name, Kuchu Palli. The word ‘Kuchu’ means hut and the word ‘Palli’ means mosque. The mosque also has a malay name attached to it as Masjid Chulia or Chulia Mosque.

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The structure of the mosque that you can see at this place was structured between the years 1850 to 1855. The monument was structured on the land that was originally granted on lease for about 999 years to a trustee for the Tamil Muslim community, Hadjee Puckery Mohamed Khatib bin Shaik Mydinas. Later on 21st November 1910, the court appointed new trustees to look after the management of the mosque, namely K. Mohamed Eusope, Thambyappa Rarooter, S. Kanisah Maricayar, V. M. Kader Bux and J. Sultan Abdul Kader. These men were also appointed as trustees to the Nagore Durgha Shrine, which lies on the same street of the mosque.

The mosque under minor renovation during the 1980s and additional alterations were also made to it between the years 1986 to 1989. Haji Mohamed Yusoff Hameed, a volunteer as well as the secretary of the mosque since 1974, was the chief person behind the development of the mosque.

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