Shaikna Lebbai Alim Wali
By Sufi Manzil
Shaikna Lebbai Alim Wali: (Death 1177 A.H)
Shaikna Lebbai Alim Wali was the maternal grandfather of Junior Thaika Sahib Wali. He was a great Scholar. Hussain ibnu Uthman Wali of Ceylon studied under him at Kayalpatnam. He has translated some of the famous Tamil moral poems like Athichudi, Kantrai Venden, Nannul and Sivakachinthamani into Arabic. He died on 1177 A.H and was buried at Magudoom Mosque graveyard on the western side of the tomb of Saint Pal Appa. He was the father of Shaik Abdul Qadir alias Thaika Lebbai who was buried at Arusiya Mosque.