Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery
{{Short description|Muslim cemetery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia}}
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Tanah Perkuburan Islam Jalan Ampang
تانه ڤرقبورن اسلام جالن امڤاڠ
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|caption = Cemetery with Saloma Link in the background
|established = 1819
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|location = Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
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|type = Public Muslim cemetery
|owner = Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL)
Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (JAWI)
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The Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery ({{langx|ms|Tanah Perkuburan Islam Jalan Ampang}}; Jawi: تانه ڤرقبورن اسلام جالن امڤاڠ) is a cemetery at the Kuala Lumpur city centre, Malaysia. It is located at Jalan Ampang near Kuala Lumpur City Centre. The cemetery was established on 1819.{{cite news |title=Muslim Cemeteries of the World |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2019/07/13/auditing-muslim-cemeteries-in-kl |access-date=22 October 2019 |work=The Star }}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Malay Mail|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/02/23/saloma-link-bridges-old-and-new-kuala-lumpur-a-big-hit-with-city-folks/1839967|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}
Notable burials
- Tan Sri Datuk Amar P. Ramlee – film actor, director, singer, and songwriter. (died 1973)
- Tan Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad (Za'aba) – Malaysian writer and linguist. (died 1973)
- Puan Sri Datin Amar Salmah Ismail (Saloma) – Singapore-born Malaysian film actress, singer and also wife of Tan Sri P. Ramlee. (died 1983)
- Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Hashim – Inspector General of Police (died 1974, in an assassination carried out by communist subversives during the Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89))
- Tun Abdul Malek Yusuf – Second Malacca state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1959–71) (died 1977)
- Tan Sri Dato' (Dr.) Haji Mubin Sheppard – Former Director-General of the National Archives of Malaysia, renowned historian and academic. (died 1994)
- Ibrahim Din – veteran actor (died 1996)
- Tun Ismail Mohd Ali – Second Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia (died 1998)
- Nasir P. Ramlee – son of late P. Ramlee (died 2008)
- Tan Sri Ainuddin Wahid – educationist and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Vice Chancellor (died 2013)
- Tan Sri Dr Salma Ismail – first Malay woman doctor (died 2014)
- Mustapha Maarof – veteran actor (died 2014)
- Cik Puan Noor Yvonne Abdullah – Wife of Malaysian political, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (died 2015)
- Mariani Ismail – veteran actress and also sister of late actress Salmah Ismail (Saloma) (died 2015)
- Tan Sri S.M. Salim – veteran singer (died 2016)
- Tan Sri Elyas Omar – third Mayor of Kuala Lumpur (died 2018)
- Mohamad Hanapiah Nasir – athletics (died 2023)
- Abdul Fashah Abdul Aziz − Rapper singer (died 2025)
References
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