In the 1600s under colonial rule, the first Muslim community in South Africa was founded here by Sheikh Yusuf of Indonesia, who named the area after his home in Indonesia – the original Khoi name for the area was not recorded.
Sheikh | Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed | sheikh | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Sheikh Hasina | Yusuf al-Qaradawi | Sheikh Abdullah | Sharm el-Sheikh | Javed Sheikh | Aamina Sheikh | Tasneem Sheikh | Zahid Al-Sheikh | Yusuf ibn Tashfin | Yusuf Adil Shah | Sheikh Imam | Shahnaz Sheikh | Mohammed ash-Sheikh | Amrus ibn Yusuf | Yusuf Salman Yusuf | Yusuf Estes | Yusuf | Sheikh Zayed Book Award | Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden | Sami Yusuf | Munir Sheikh | Hamza Yusuf | Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed | Abdul Hafeez Sheikh | Yusuf Şimşek |