Abu Bakr Effendi

Sayyid Sheikh Abu Bakr Effendi ( – 29 June 1880), was an Ottoman ''qadi'' of Arabic and Turkish origin, sent in 1862 by Sultan Abdulaziz at the request of Queen Victoria to the Cape of Good Hope, in order to teach and assist the Muslim community of the Cape Malays. He is known for having made several major contributions to Islam in South Africa, including the translation of his 1877 work, ''Bayân al-Dîn'', into the Afrikaans language, then in a very early stage of development. He is credited with introducing the fez as headwear for male Muslims in the Cape, and his presence had a significant impact on the expansion and consolidation of Islam at the Dutch Cape Colony. He is the cousin and father in law of Abdurezzek ilmi Efendi and the uncle of the great Turkish Sheykh Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen. Like his relatives mentioned, he is a Sayyid whose lineage goes back to Emir Zaid ibn Ali. Provided by Wikipedia