Carel Pilgrim

First Cape Muslim to make the Hajj to Mecca.

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"The first surprise was his death notice, made out in the name of 'Hadjie Gazadien Carel Pelgrim' and signed by his eldest daughter Fatima in 1863. This revealed that Carel was the illegitimate son of a Christian father, [Jan] Gottlieb Barends, and Pakka, a slave. Similiar information appears on his brother Philip's death notice."

Source: Jackie Loos, Echoes of Slavery: Voices from South Africa's Past

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Carel Pilgrim was painted by British artist George French Angas in 1847. Source: Angas, 1849, The Kafirs Illustrated; Jackie Loos, Echoes of Slavery: Voices from South Africa's Past, pg.132; and AfricaMediaOnline

Another drawing by Angas of Carel Pilgrim and his madrasah (described by Angas as a Malay school, dated c.1855) is in the Library of the South African Parliament, and appears on the front cover of Achmat Davids' book The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims.

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Source: Hadjie Gazaden Carel Pelgrim's Death Notice; Depot: KAB; Source: MOOC; Vol. No.: 6/9/105; Ref. No.: 738; and FamilySearch.org