Malaysia: Kapitan Keling Mosque, Georgetown, Pulau Penang (Penang Island) was founded around 1800 by Caudeer Mohudeen, the leader of Penang’s Indian Muslim community. Masjid Kapitan Keling is the oldest and best-known historic mosque in Penang. Caudeer Mohudeen bore the title Kapitan Kling or ‘Captain of the Klings’. Keling was a term employed at that time to describe Tamil Muslims, also known as Chulia, who formed the bulk of the Indian Muslim community. Caudeer Mohudeen died in 1834, and his tomb still survives at nearby Kampung Kolam.

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