▁of ▁a ▁noble ▁family . ▁His ▁father , ▁S ale h ▁D atu ak ▁Male ka , ▁was ▁a ▁p eng h ulu ▁of ▁Kur ai ▁village , ▁and ▁his ▁mother ▁was ▁a ▁Sund an ese . ▁His ▁child hood ▁is ▁little ▁known , ▁however , ▁it ▁is ▁known ▁that ▁he ▁received ▁his ▁education ▁at ▁the ▁training ▁institution ▁for ▁teachers . ▁Later ▁he ▁was ▁taken ▁to ▁Me cca ▁by ▁his ▁father ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 2 2 ▁to ▁learn ▁Islam . ▁ ▁Me cca ▁years ▁When ▁in ▁Me cca , ▁Jam bek ▁studied ▁under ▁the ▁prominent ▁Min ang k ab au ▁Islam ic ▁scholar ▁A hm ad ▁K hat ib ▁al - Min ang k ab aw i . ▁He ▁was ▁initially ▁interested ▁in ▁learning ▁w itch craft , ▁but ▁al - Min ang k ab aw i ▁rep udi ated ▁the ▁subject . ▁He ▁learned ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁Islam ic ▁science ▁during ▁the ▁stay , ▁and ▁intens ively ▁studied ▁especially ▁about ▁the ▁science ▁of ▁the ▁t ari qa , ▁eventually ▁entering ▁the ▁se clusion ▁in ▁J ab al ▁Ab u ▁Q ub ais . ▁Later ▁he ▁obtained ▁the ▁di pl oma ▁of ▁t ari qa ▁from ▁the ▁K hal idi y ya - Na q sh band i ▁order . ▁He ▁also ▁built ▁expert ise ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁astronom y ▁and ▁gained ▁wide ▁recognition ▁in ▁Me cca ▁for ▁the ▁knowledge . ▁He ▁managed ▁to ▁teach ▁the ▁fellow ▁Min ang k ab aw i ▁sch ol ars ▁regarding ▁this ▁subject ▁while