Ahmet Rumjahn, JP (c.1861 – 30 November 1925) was a Hong Kong Indian was a broker and estate agent conveying on business on Hong Kong Island.

Rumjahn was born in Hong Kong and was educated at the Queen's College. He entered into business when he was young and became the proprietor of the H. Price & Co., later Gand Price and Co..

Ahmet Rumjahn

Closely involved with community affairs, he was made Justice of the Peace as an honour appreciated by the Indian community in Hong Kong. He became unofficial member of the Sanitary Board in 1903 election, in which he retired after serving for one term.

Ahmet Rumjahn

He moved to Shanghai in 1912 to commence his business there.

Ahmet Rumjahn

Rumjahn was an Indian Muslim. He was the proprietor of the No. 23 Coombe Road from 1903 to 1910. He died on 30 November 1925 at his residence in Shanghai at the age of 64. He had six sons: Sirdar Rumjahn worked for the Omar, A.L., M. Rumjahn in Tientsin, R. Rumjahn in Canton, and N. Rumjahn in Shanghai with his father.

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1861 births

1925 deaths

Hong Kong businesspeople

Hong Kong Muslims

Hong Kong people of Indian descent

Members of the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong

Alumni of Queen's College, Hong Kong

People from British Hong Kong