Upon the return of Abdullah Nuno, son of Panglima Taupan, he established the masjid at Taaluk Sangay now Taluksangay an islet near Zamboanga City, with a small community of Sama Bangingi.
Then a child of ten, Abdullah Nuno was one of the hundreds of Sama Bangingi together with his mother and grandmother, resettled by the Spaniards under General Claveria during the period 1848-1858. After completing college education Abdullah Nuno requested permission to return home. They were brought to Bohe Lebbong but eventually settled in Taluksangay, an islet that practically was hidden from big storms.
Hadji Maas Abdullah Nuno established the Taluksangay mosque, and in 1911, requested the Ottoman Sultan through American Governor Finley to send a learned Turkish to provide in-depth Islamic education to Taluksangay. Maas Nuno spoke Spanish, English, Bahasa Sug and Sinama.
The National Historical Commission placed this marker in recognition of Maas Hadji Abdullah Nuno, the respected old man’s vision to establish the first mosque in the Zamboanga Peninsula. Together with his nephew Hadji Abdullah Nuno, (father of the highly esteemed Hadji Jainuddin Nuno),they made Taluksangay a peaceful Muslim community.
Photo courtesy of Amin Abdulla Kibad.
