MS Investigates: The mysterious tomb inside a tiny building by the Kallang river<\/h2>\n
Tucked away at the unassuming Moonstone Lane, along the banks of the Kallang River in Singapore, lies a Muslim tomb, a nearly forgotten piece of the country\u2019s history.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Within a small annex built into the side of a warehouse lies the tomb of Syarifah Zainah Al\u2011Habsyi<\/a>, a Muslim woman who was believed to have died in the 1930s.<\/p>\n The story of how the tomb came to be at its unusual location started some time after 1949.<\/span><\/p>\n Back then, a Hindu businessman named Bachoo Singh had purchased the land at 49 Moonstone Lane for the purpose of building a warehouse<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n In doing so, he discovered that the grave of Syarifah Zainah was already present on the land. <\/span><\/p>\n Instead of removing it, he built a new structure so that the grave was left undisturbed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Source: Google Maps<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The small, windowed red-roofed annex \u2014 which shielded the grave from the elements \u2014 became a permanent fixture that was partially connected to the main warehouse.<\/p>\n According to an Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) heritage guide, a map from 1932 already shows a keramat<\/em>, or a tomb built over a Muslim grave,\u00a0on the lot<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n According to heritage\u2011community research, the woman buried along Moonstone Lane is Syarifah Zainah Al\u2011Habsyi, a descendant of the Aljunied family and related to the famed healer saint Habib Noh<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Her tomb happens to be one of the few hidden \u201csacred shrines\u201d remaining in Singapore today.<\/span><\/p>\n \n\t\tA grave in a warehouse<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nWho lies buried beneath the mysterious tomb?<\/h3>\n