History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… in social and political conditions. Thus, during 1804, two "Javaansche Artilleries" were instituted: one under the … so close to the Auwal Masjid. In about 1830, Tuan Guru's two sons [Abdol Rakiep and Abdol Rauf] together with Achmat … Corps" of 250 Cape Muslim volunteers left Cape Town in two boats for the Eastern Frontier because of unrest in that …