Kampung Haji Abdullah Hukum was an urban village located in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, Malaysia. It was situated further south along Jalan Bangsar

Jalan Bangsar

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, between the Rapid KL

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 Kelana Jaya Line

Kelana Jaya Line

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 station named after the village (See: Abdullah Hukum LRT station

Abdullah Hukum LRT station

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) and the Klang River

Klang River

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. Its area is surrounded by Bangsar

Bangsar

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, Mid Valley Megamall

Mid Valley Megamall

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 and Kerinchi.

History

Kampung Haji Abdullah Hukum was one of Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

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’s early Malay

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 settlements, with a 200 year old history.

The village was named after Haji Abdullah Hukum, whose given name was Muhammad Rukun. He came to Malaya

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 at the age of 15 with his father back in the 19th century. To earn a living he worked as a farmer and a contractor before he started opening lands and villages with the consent of Raja Laut

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, who was then the Raja Muda (crown prince

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) of Selangor

Selangor

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.

Abdullah was later chosen by Raja Laut

Raja Laut

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 to head a mosque in Pudu

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. He was also given the authority to start a nursery in Bukit Nanas

Bukit Nanas

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 and to open a village in Sungai Putih (now Jalan Bangsar

Jalan Bangsar

Jalan Bangsar is a major road in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.-Construction of the Jalan Travers-Bangsar flyover junctions:The Jalan Travers-Bangsar junctions has been upgraded into flyover junctions. Construction began on early 2010 and was completed in mid 2010...

). After retiring, he continued to stay in the village in Sungai Putih which is now known as Kampung Haji Abdullah Hukum.

Despite initially starting as a Malay settlement, the village boasted a multiracial population of ethnic Malays, Chinese

Malaysian Chinese

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 and Indians. There is even a Hindu

Hindu

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temple, Sri Sakthi Nageswary Temple, located within the village.

Development

In 2007, it was reported that the 200-year-old Kampung Haji Abdullah Hukum has been earmarked for development. The village has been marked for a major development comprising condominiums, office blocks, shopping complex and there is even talk of a transit hub to be built in the area.