Sri
Lanka Muslim Family Genealogy
Muhandiram HO Lebbe of Nawalapitiya -
Family #242
1. H.
Omar Lebbe + Beebi Khan from Patan, North India
2 Abdul
Latiff, OL + Sithy Nafeesa
Muhammed Lebbe (# 380)
3 Zackiya
Abdul
Latheef + Zakeen Wahid (Late)
4 Deeb Wahid + Nazly Abdul Ajeed (# 184)
5.
Haafez Wahid + Rafeedha Mukthar (#19, 61, 62, 90, 108, 259)
5 Kubra
Wahid + Name not Known
4
Nafeesa Wahid + Abdul
Ajeed
Muhammad Hamza (d 2018) (#
184)
4 Rizaa Wahid + Hussein
4
Fazaal Wahid + Faariza Riyal
4
Nazli Wahid + Anver Thassim - Son of Mayor ARM Thassim of Galle
4
Shaama Wahid + + Anver Ahamed (# 362)
4
Sheraz Wahid + Zeena
Maujood (# 184)
3 Mohamed Farook Abdul Latheef (Late) +
Shamsun
4 Sabreena Farook + Osmaan Saleem
3 Mohammed Jazeel Abdul Latheef (Late), d:Thu
Mar 6 2003, Colombo, Sri Lanka
(Retired
Station Master - CGR) + Qurrathul Ayn Faiza Salman (# 61, 108)
4 Namarzi Jazeel + Faiza Mowjood
4 Pharisa Jazeel + Jezry Sheriffdeen
4
Husnie Jazeel + Rizana Alie (# 30), 60, 70)
4
Pharis Jazeel + Meroza
Hussain
Deane (# 30),
60,
70)
4
Nimry Jazeel Dr + Rifaya Dr Lt Col
3 Mohammed Halleem (Khalil) Abdul Latheef (Late),
d:Aug 22 2006 + Faiza (Mazeena) Mohideen (d/o HHM Mohideen &
Sithy Raleena)
4 Hassan
Halleem
(Canada) + Rifka
4 Aynfer
Halleem
+ Rizvi
Mansoor (#
30,
40,
61,
66,
108)
4
Rukshana Mansoor
5 Rishma Mansoor + Hisham Hassan (# 142, 215)
5 Rashika Mansoor
4 Bushra Halleem + Najeeb
4 Mizli Halleem + Hisham Mohideen (# 10, 16, 82)
3 Halleem Abdul
Latheef (Late) +
Imaam Azeez (Late) (OL
Abdul
Latif's Sisters Son)
No Issue
2 2nd spouse of Abdul
Latiff, OL + Sithy Rukaiya
3 Mohandiramlage gedara
Mohammed Jeffrey (Habib Ismail) Abdul Latheef (Late) +
Ameena El Dakkak (d/o Abdul Rahman El Dakka& Aisha El
Dakkak)
4
(m.g) Mohammed Mumtaz Jeffrey + Fathima Jazura Ismail
4
(m.g) Nazik Jeffrey + Abdul Rahim Marikar Mohammed Jameel
4
(m.g) Reema Jeffrey + Mohammed Ahnus Azeez
4
(m.g) Randa Jeffrey + ARM Mubarak
3 Mohammed Alavi (Jiffry) Abdul Latheef (1935-1995) +
Zulfica Marikar
(1947) ( # 214)
4
Captain Akram Alavi (1968) + Shabaa Odayar (1977)
5 Adhnan Alavi (1996)
5 Amman Alavi (2001)
4
Rahneema Sheroza Alavi (1970) + Ismail
Nabeel (1952) (# 358)
5
Sabeena Nabeel (1990) + Usri Usama
6
Isa Usman (2015)
6
Yunus Usman (2016
5
Mustak Nabeel (1991)
5
Afdel Nabeel (1995
4
Munira Dhaaniya Alavi (1971) + Rumaize Rahim (1965)
5
Amani Abdul Rahim (1996)
5
Armila Abdul Rahim (1998)
5
Akmal Abdul Rahim (2006
4
Mohammed Azli Alavi (1975)+ Nazli Marikkar (1979)
5
Althaf Alavi (1998) (twins)
5
Aqeel Alavi (1998) (twins)
5
Ajuwad Alavi (2008)
5 Aaminah Alavi
(2009)
5
Aaysha Alavi (2012)
3 Mariam Abdul Latheef (Late) + Nalim (Late)
4
Shanaz Nalim
4
Zahara Nalim + Zarook Marikar
4
Azrah Nalim + Hilmy Sathar
4
Aslam Nalim + Fazna Naazeem
4
Shahireen Nalim + Imtiaz Hameed
3 Mohideen (Mahdi) Abdul Latheef (Late) +
Ramziya
4
Shaheen Mohideen + Shameema
4
Shabri Mohideen + <name not known>
4
Shehaan Mohideen + <name not known>
4
Sherika Mohideen + Saleem
2 OL Abdul Cader + Name not known (Sister
of SA Odayar)
2 Major Lebbe + Nadia from Syria
2 OL Burhan
2 OL Sheriff
2 Captain Izadeen Rugby Lion. Izadeen
captaining Trinity cricket in 1937 as a Lion of 1935.
decorated with the Ryde Gold medal in 1936
3 Brigadier Azad Izadeen
2 OL Kaijamma
2 Kadeeja Omar Lebbe + SA Odayar Senior Prefect, College cricket captain, was awarded the
Lion, was captain of athletics, won colours, won colours in
rugger, was Quarter-Master Sergeant in the Ceylon Cadet
Battalion and was the winner of the Ryde
Gold
medal in 1929 for the Best
All-Round boy
3
Uvais Odayar
4
Dilshard Odayar
4
Ickram Odayar
4
Reza Odayar
4 Zavavi Odayar
4
Shabaa Odayar (1977)
+ Captain Akram
Alavi
(1968) (# 195, 214 )
5 Adhnan Alavi (1996)
5 Amman Alavi (2001)
3 Kaleel
Odayar
3 Fareeda
Odayar
3 Mariam
Odayar
3 Ayesha
Odayar
3 Hajara
Odayar
3 Fathima
Odayar
ABDUL LATHEEF MOHAMED HALLEEM Loving husband of
Faiza (Mazeena), beloved son of the late OLA Latheef and late
Sithy Nafeesa, stepson of Sithy Rukaiya, son-in-law of late HHM
Mohideen and Sithy Raleena and late Huzair, loving father of
Hassan (Canada), Aynfer, Bushra and Mizli, father-in-law of
Rifka (Canada), Rizvi
(Riyadh), Najeeb (Hameedia's) and Hisham (Taj), much loved
grandfather of Rushana, Rishma, Rasheeka, Haseeb, Huda, Namaz,
Najma, Noor Maryam, Hamdaan and Omar, brother of Zackiya, late
Jazeel, late Farook Haleema Jiffry, late Alavi, late Mariam and
late Madhi. Janaza took place 47/2D Fredrica Road Wellawatte
at Dehiwala Muslim Burial Grounds on August 22nd. SO July
27 2006
JAZEEL
ABDUL LATIFF MOHAMED JAZEEL (Retired Station
Master - CGR). Son of late Mr & Mrs OL Abdul Latiff of
Nawalapitiya, beloved husband of Qurrathul Ainul Faiza,
son-inlaw of late Mr & Mrs AHM Salman, loving father of
Namarzi (Arab National Bank - Riyadh), Pharisa (Canada), Husnie
(Dabbagh Group - Jeddah), Pharis (HNB / ex Habib Bank, Zurich),
Nimrry (General Hospital Colombo), father-in-law of Faiza, Jezry
Sheriffdeen (Canada), Rizana (Jeddah), Meroza, Rifaya (General
Hospital Colombo), loving grandfather of Nadara, Farhath,
Fahdil, Farah, Mishal, Nabeel, Mubeena, Saara, Hafiz, Hafsa,
Ayub, Hasna and Amna, brother of Zackiya, late Farouque, Haleem,
Haleema Jiffry, late Alavi, late Mariam & Mohideen,
brother-in-law of Bahaudeen, Sithy Kadheeja, late Masoon, Noor
Zulaiha, Feroze, Haroon, Saduk, Hamzi, Jameela, Sheriff, Rita,
Mufthiya, late Wahid, Shamsun, Faiza, late Imam Azeez, Ameena,
Zulfika, late Nalim & Ramziya. Janaza leaves residence No.1E, Edward
Place, off Sunandarama Road (adjoining Kalubowila Hospital),
Kalubowila at 9.00 a.m. on the 7th of March 2003 to the
Dehiwala Jummah Mosque Burial Ground. Obituary: Daily News
Fri Mar 7 2003
ODAYAR -
HADJIANI KADEEJA UMMA ODAYAR
Daughter of Marhoom Muhandiram, Mr & Mrs H.O. Lebbe of
Balantota Group Nawalapitiya, loving wife of Marhoom,
Bethgewalauwwe S.A. Odayar of Welamboda, loving mother of M.
Uvais Odayar, Kaleel Odayar, Hadjiani Mrs Fareeda, Hadjiani Mrs
Mariam, Hadjiani Mrs Ayesha, Hadjiani Mrs Hajara, Hadjiani Mrs
Fathima, loving mother-in-law of Mrs Farida Odayar
(Nawayalatenna), Al Haj Shaaul Hameed, Marhoom Laffir, Al Haj
Mohammed, Al Haj Zarook, Al Haj Faleel, loving grandmother and
great grandmother to several grandchildren and great
grandchildren. Janaza took place on November 22nd (Sunday) at
Welamboda Muslim Burial Ground. Ayesha Valley, Bethgawalawwe,
Welamboda. SO Dec 6 2009
The Odayar’s saga
The
Island
August 27, 2012, 8:50 pm
by Sharm de Alwis
Cast
in
the heroic mould of those decreed by the gods to be imperial,
the Odayars have had a sophisticated sense of survival.
The
family’s
association with Trinity spans a period over 100 years.
At
first,
there was SUL Odayar, who went for some mysterious reason as SUL
Badurdeen. He joined Trinity in 1903, even before Rev AG Fraser
who came to Trinity in 1904, found it of brick but left it in
marble when he left Trinity in 1924. The correct name given to
the Odayars in the ‘Sannasas’ is Rajakaruna Waidyathilake Gopala
Mudiyanselage Behethge Walawwe Segu Aboobucker Odayar (Odayar
means physician).
Badurdeen’s studentship at Trinity was confined only to four
years, but when he left, he had been in the benchmark rugby
encounter between Trinity and Kingswood which ended in a 6-6
draw. In cricket, Badurdeen was not only the vice-captain to MB
Ekanayake, but as a left arm bowler, was the fastest in the
school circuit. Trinity had only two fixtures in 1906 -against
Royal and S. Thomas’. If the achievements of the first in the
clan were not impressive by the standards set and kept by the
progeny, he sired S. A. Odayar, who achieved lofty standards to
be perpetuated over the years. It can be categorically stated
that no family in the whole of our country has ever accomplished
the prolific achievements of the Odayars.
SA
Odayar was a Senior Prefect, College cricket captain, was
awarded the Lion, was captain of athletics, won colours, won
colours in rugger, was Quarter-Master Sergeant in the Ceylon
Cadet Battalion and was the winner of the Ryde Gold medal in
1929 for the Best All-Round boy.
Adjudged
the
best schoolboy cricket captain in Ceylon, his front-liners were
VSD Sathianathan, Eddie Buultjens, IMS Deen, T Madugalle, Sidney
Ratwatte, SB de Saram, Blackham Wijewardena and the Burmese,
John Duncan, who spread his talents to captain the rugger team
for three years from 1929 to ‘31. He played in the Ceylon
Combined Colleges’ team in 1930 Vs Maharajah Kumar’s team
consisting of Hobbs, Sutcliffe, CK and CS Nayudu, Mustaq Ali,
Palia and others.
Having
won
the Best Batsman’s prize in 1929, SA Odayar was content with the
AHR Joseph Best Fielder’s prize in 1930, which was a repeat of
the prize he won in 1928.
In
Odayar’s
year of captaincy, the Best Batsman’s prize and the Best
Bowler’s prize were won by VSD Sathianathan and Eddie Buultjens,
respectively.
Royal
would
have been the only school Trinity would have lost to in 1930,
had not a spirit of vivacious high spiritedness made him give S.
Thomas’, under Robert Senanayake, an extra 10 minutes to get a
meager balance when the match had been drawn.
Like
all
the great cricketers of the period, SA Odayar was coached by the
legendary John Halangoda, who had been in the team that the
father played in 1906, and who continued to produce champions
whenever he coached Wesley, STC and St. Anthony’s.
SAD
improved
on the gene pool of the family by marrying the girl whose six
brothers were superlative sportsmen at Trinity. The wife herself
had schooled at Hillwood, which was thought of by the founders
to provide educated, accomplished and acclaimed wives for
Trinitians. OLM Lebbe, OLZ Abdeen and OL Izadeen were were all
conferred with the coveted Rugby Lion, with Izadeen captaining
Trinity cricket in 1937 as a Lion of 1935.
While
Abdeen
and and Izadeen were decorated with the Ryde Gold medal in 1934
and ‘36 respectively, Lebbe and Abdeen were also Senior Prefects
in 1926 and ‘34, respectively.
Not
content
with dazzling in two sports, SA Odayar and his would be
Brother-in-Law, OLM Lebbe captained Trinity athletics in two
year spells in 1929-30 and 26-27. Both of them were in the relay
teams of two different years that established new Ceylon
records.
It
was
with this backdrop in sports and fine achievements in academics
that the Governor of Ceylon, Sir Andrew Caldecott said at the
prize giving of 1938, just 24 hours of his assuming office,
"Ceylon, I congratulate you on Trinity College, Kandy."
By
virtue
of the gene pool established by SA Odayar, M Uvais Odayar, the
son had to be specially gifted in sports. Odi, as he was
popularly known, was the first to be awarded the AHR Joseph
Challenge Cup for All-Round Excellence in Sports. He won his
cricket colours in 1955 when he was an agile youth to have been
awarded the fielding prize. Odi captained in 1957 a team that
burst at the seams with individual talent, but never could win
against other than Kingswood. Those in Odi’s team were Nimal
Maralande, Malsiri Kurukulasuriya, Seneca de Chickkera, Jayan
Ratwatte, Raji de Sylva, Asoka Peiris, Sena de Sylva, Eric
Roles, Ken de Joodt and Gerald Koelmeyer.
Born
too
early for limited Overs cricket, Odi scored 63 with 11 fours and
one six against the visiting St. Peter’s College, Adelaide,
bettering his father’s innings of 61 against the 1928 visit of
the school.
Odi
first
played rugby in Mahinda Ratwatte’s team of 1955 and was the
full-back in the crack team of 1956, skippered by David Frank.
He missed the Combined Colleges’ team, because he had broken his
collar-bone within five minutes of the start of the second Leg
of the Bradby, but continued to play as replacements were not
allowed in the period. However, he played in the Combined
Colleges’ team the next year, when he played for Trinity under
Ken de Joodt.
He
continued
his rugby by playing for Kandy Sports Club, when yet a
schoolboy, and later for Dickoya when he went planting. He also
played for Ceylon Barbarians and on that fine performance for
All-Ceylon Vs Combined Oxford-Cambridge XV.
A
multi-faceted sportsman, Odi was awarded colours in hockey,
alongside RN de Alwis, SL Ekannayke and Rodney Frank.
Odi’s
eldest
son Dilshard was playing football in the Trinity junior school
grounds, when another boy’s elbow struck his stomach, resulting
in the removal of a kidney. As all members of the staff had been
alerted, he was not allowed to play rugby or basketball, even
though he attended practices. But when he played with great
success for the Central Province basketball team, he was taken
in to the Trinity team in which Clifford Johnson won the first
ever basketball Lion.
Dilshard
left
Trinity when he was only 16, and couldn’t do what he wanted to.
But he participated in several circuit races and was champion in
the 125cc category.
Dilshard’s
son
Koen is into shooting and participated in the IMSSU Small bore
Nationals to be the overall champion in Silhouette Rifle and
also won first place in the Junior Men’s Silhouette Rifle and
Junior Men’s Light Rifle events.
Dilshard’s
daughter
is with the brother in Stafford International and is also into
IMSSU Small Bore Nationals in 2012 and won a bronze medal at the
International Schools Athletic Championships for in the 1,500
meters U-17 category; won the school’s U-15 championships in
2008 (U-15), Under-17 in 2010 and U-19, in 2011. She also won
the U-16 swimming championships in 2010 and Over-16
championships, in 2012. She is the schools captain in athletics
(2011/12) and in tennis (2008/2010).
Odi’s
second
son Ickram has been the youngest to be awarded the Boxing Lion
when he was only 15 years of age in 1981, 30 years after Rajah
Lakshman Dias Sumanasekera in 1951 for his deft ring craft when
he beat C. P. Jjayasuriya, in the final of the Stubbs Shield
Meet.
Ickram
was
awarded his Rugby Lion in 1986 when he captained the Sri Lanka
U-20 team. He was selected to play in the Rugby Asiad team
captained by Priyantha Ekanayake and with others in the team
comprising Graham Raux, Rohan Abeykoon, L. V. Ekanayake, Ajantha
Samarakoon, Norman de Silva, Nizam Jamaldeen, Saman Kotelawela
and Hemantha Yatawara.
He
played
rugby for Kandy Sports Club whilst yet a schoolboy at Trinity
and later when he joined the plantations sector, he played for
Dimbulla, Dickoya and KV, the last club which he captained
before joining CR&FC for two years.
Ickram’s
son
Terzan left Trinity to join CIS, Kandy, wherein he was
vice-captain of the rugby team.
Odi’s
third
son Reza won his Boxing Colours in 1984, with Mahen Kirinde and
Rugby Colours in 1989. He missed out on the Rugby Lion due to a
spot of indiscipline.
Reza’s
son
Avishka is at S. Thomas’ and played in the U-18 team. He trains
with the CR&FC team, toured Bangkok with A Goal.
He
is also into shooting, and in 2008, he was the fastest shooter,
civilian and junior in 2008, champion (U-21) in 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007 and 2008. He was the IMSSU Small Bore - PV champion
2004 and Pee-Wee champion, 2005.
He
represented
the Sri Lanka U-21 team and was placed 4th best junior at the
Australasia International Practical Shooting Confederation
Championship. He won College Colours in 2008, 2009 and has Sri
Lanka colours in Practical Pistol Shooting. The team won the
silver medal in Darwin, Australia.
Reza’s
daughter
Anishra is 10-years-old and is at Stafford International. She
too is into shooting - IMSSU Small Bore Nationals in 2011, first
in U-10 Production Rifle, first in Match Rifle, first in
Silhouette Rifle, third in Light Rifle. At the 2012 Nationals,
she came third in U-10 Silhouette Rifle.
Anishra’s
other
sorting activities are athletics and rugby.
She
is
a medal winner at the Inter International Schools Athletic
Championships U-10 in 2011; champion athlete in 2009 (U-9), 2010
(U-10) and 2011 (U-11).
Anishra
plays
A Goal rugger U-10 and played against the Dubai team and scored
three tries. She was the only girl in the team.