[5] Around 1819, at the invitation of Syekh Salim bin Abdullah Sumayr,[4] and shortly after Singapore had been designated as a British settlement, Habib Noh relocated to Tanjong Pagar.
[5] Habib Noh would remain in Singapore for the rest of his life,[3] although he seldom ventured beyond his house and the Arab Street-based Sultan Mosque.
[4] When the Japanese attacked Singapore in World War II, Habib Noh's tomb "was untouched by bombs or shells that fell about the harbour".
[8] Similarly, efforts to redevelop his resting place have allegedly been foiled by the spirit of Habib Noh himself, with extraordinary incidents such as "exploding bulldozers" being reported.
[9] In November 2022, teenage student Muhammad Irfan Danyal Mohamad Nor was arrested for, among other things, planning to blow up Habib Noh's tomb because he believed that it was "un-Islamic".