Maqam Habib Noh

Maqam Habib Noh (Keramat Habib Noh) is the mausoleum of Habib Noh bin Mohamad Al-Habshi (1788-1866), an Arab mystic regarded in Sufism as a wali (Islamic saint) and called 'the most popular contemporary saint in contemporary Singapore' - located on Palmer Road hill in Singapore, not in Johor, Malaysia as this directory lists. Tradition holds he was born in 1788 on a ship heading to Penang Island, settled in Singapore around 1819, and died at Telok Blangah on 27 July 1866. Per legend his casket would not move until his wish to be buried atop Mount Palmer was honoured; the shrine on Palmer Road was built in 1890 by philanthropist Syed Mohamad bin Ahmad Alsagoff and remains a visited shrine.