Early Life
Munshi Abdullah was born in Kampung Pali in Malacca. He was the youngest of five sons. All of his brothers died in in fancy. He was sick most of the time and his mother took great care of him. Following the customs of Malays of the period, he was sent to many other caretaker to avoid him getting sick- as the belief was that a child should be taken care by other parents if the child always fall sick. This belief was criticised by Munshi Abdullah himself in his work Hikayat Abdullah as being 'stupid'..
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