Pak Ali, Pak Musa and Pak Lah deliberated on where they should go to settle down. They had heard that a person from Yunnan had been in Terengganu on the East Coast of Malaysia before. They also knew that Terengganu was called Darul Iman because there were many faithful Muslims living there, and that Admiral Cheng Ho (Zheng He) had been to Terengganu during his voyages to Southeast Asia. Therefore they decided to settle down in Terengganu.. Later Pak Lah went back to Guangdong to bring his wife Khadijah and his brother Pak Daud (Daud bin Sulaiman) to Terengganu. They travelled by boat.
Pak Musa was Khadijah’s (Pak Lah’s wife) uncle. After marrying Midah, he moved to Kampung Paya Bunga at Jalan Tok Lam. They travelled from village to village peddling medicine and giving treatment to sick people. Pak Musa specialised in clearing and removing facial moles. After Midah’s death he married Kalsom. Pak Daud married Fatimah binti Qassim in Terengganu, and started trading in various products at Jalan Kedai Payang. They lived in Kampung Paya Keladi.
Pak Lah (Abdullah bin Sulaiman) was also a small time trader. Later he was asked to join a group of prospectors to mine for gold in Hulu Terengganu. But their efforts proved fruitless. While he was away, his wife and daughters started a laundry business in Terengganu. The shop was called Kedai Abdullah Al-Yunani. Finally when Pak Lah went back to Terengganu after failing in his gold mining prospects, he brought with him a second wife, Teh binti Muhammad Ali. He started to sell books, religious books, and rice in the shop. In the end, he stopped selling all other products except books; and his became the best known bookshop in Terengganu, specializing in religious books.
Pak Ali sold medicine and retailed in other miscellaneous goods. He also extracted a kind of pure medicinal oil from the roots of a certain plant; today some of his descendants are still in this medicinal oil business. Later he stopped trading and concentrated on a hardware shop that was latere named Ali AlYunani in Jalan Kota. He was related to Pak Lah and Pak Daud.
Haji Hassan bin Salleh was given the name SiFu because he was a talented cook. He married Meriam and lived in Kampung Hangus at Padang Maziah. He worked as a cook and also helped in Pak Lah’s shop. He was close to Pak Lah because they were relatives. After Meriam passed away, he married Lijah bte. Awang.
Later, Muhammad Yusof bin Salleh came to Terengganu. He also was from Pak Lah’s family. He started trading at Kampung Daik at the side of the canal (today in front of the Fire Station). Then he moved to Pulau Kambing. Later he married Pak Daud’s daughter.
Haji Ibrahim bin Muhammad was also from the same family as Pak Lah and Pak Daud. He came to Terengganu with his grandmother and her mother Hajar. They lived in Kampung Banggol and did business in Kedai Payang. Later he moved to Chabang Tiga. He became Pak Lah’s son-in-law. From these seven people, were born our generations, and increased to what we are today.”
