May 29, 1973. The day Malaysia’s soul dimmed. P. Ramlee took his final breath in an ambulance rushing him to the hospital, after collapsing at his home on Jalan Dedap, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur at 4:30 in the morning.
By 1978, five years had passed since our Seniman Agung departed for the eternal realm. He left behind a grieving wife, a young son, and a nation in mourning.
To his beloved Saloma, P. Ramlee often whispered that he wished to live a thousand more years. Perhaps God had other plans.
Five years without him, yet no one has come close to filling his shoes. No one ever will. The late Tun Razak spoke the truth when he said that losing P. Ramlee meant losing an irreplaceable artistic giant.
The arts world feels hollow. But for his family, especially Saloma, the emptiness is unbearable. She remains alone, with no thought of replacing the irreplaceable.
“I’m afraid,” Saloma once said, her voice trembling with emotion, “there is no other man in this world who can give love and affection like P. Ramlee. His love was always warm, never boring.”
Always Fresh in Memory
Saloma’s voice breaks as she speaks. “It feels like P. Ramlee just passed away. It doesn’t feel like years have gone by. Maybe it’s because I think of him constantly.”
The memories of living beside P. Ramlee remain vivid in Saloma’s heart. Every moment, every hour, his name flows from her lips—regardless of who she’s talking to, or where she is.
When friends suggest she remarry, Saloma worries. How could she give happiness to another man when her heart still calls out to P. Ramlee every single moment? What man could bear a wife who constantly speaks another man’s name?
Saloma married P. Ramlee on October 31, 1961. They were together for twelve years—her longest marriage, and his. Death was the only thing that could part them.
P. Ramlee never married a young unmarried woman. All three of his wives were widows. His first marriage to Junaidah lasted only four years, from 1949 to 1953.
In 1954, P. Ramlee married Noorizan, the widow of the late Sultan of Perak. The marriage shocked society. But by 1961, that too had ended in divorce.
Also in 1961, P. Ramlee married Saloma, whose star was rising, whose name was on everyone’s lips.
Saloma admits she admired P. Ramlee since her school days. “Our marriage was bound by promise and oath—we would never part except by death!” And indeed, only death separated them.
Even after his passing, Saloma’s admiration never wavered. To her, P. Ramlee was one of a kind. “Until I die, I will never meet a husband like him,” she says, her eyes clouded with loneliness.
Noorizan: The Royal Who Fell for a Star
Noorizan, P. Ramlee’s second wife, now lives happily with her current husband. She remains the only woman who shocked society—a royal consort who fell in love at first sight with P. Ramlee.
“All the happy and sad moments I experienced with P. Ramlee remain memories. Even now, sometimes I remember them as if they just happened,” Noorizan sighs.
She recalls their marriage as deeply happy. “We lived in harmony and peace. Just like Saloma always says, P. Ramlee was so loving! He loved to spoil his wife, and he wanted to be spoiled too.”
Noorizan pauses, searching her memory for when things began to crack.
“I think it was the loneliness. Being left alone at home made me jealous. I was jealous seeing him always close to the heroines he acted with in films.”
She laughs sadly. “Only now do I realize! When you marry someone in films, you must be patient, even if sometimes you have to ‘eat your heart out.’”
The turbulence began during the making of “Ibu Mertua Ku” (My Mother-in-Law). Their home life swung between peace and chaos. It was during this time that P. Ramlee created three immortal songs: “Jeritan Bathinku” (Cry of My Heart), “Jangan Tinggal Daku” (Don’t Leave Me), and “Di Manakan Ku Cari Ganti” (Where Can I Find a Replacement).
“Our broken home inspired his songs. Those three songs described our situation, as if we both foresaw our separation. We were afraid to part, but in the end, we had to,” Noorizan says with regret.
While composing, P. Ramlee told her, “If I’m not around anymore, let these songs be my replacement and your memory of me.”
Even after divorce, when both had moved to Kuala Lumpur, they would occasionally meet by chance at Merdeka Film Studio in Hulu Kelang. Their relationship remained respectful, cordial.
When director S. Kadarisman cast Noorizan in “Tunggal,” it was P. Ramlee who taught her acting. “If you learn to act, it’ll be easier to earn money,” he told his ex-wife.
“Strange!” Noorizan thought. “When I was his wife, he wouldn’t allow me to act—he was jealous! Now he’s teaching me.”
When P. Ramlee directed his final film at Merdeka Studio, “Laxmana Do Re Mi,” he offered Noorizan a role as the Queen.
He told her, laughing, “Before, I took you as a Queen! Now I want to return you as a Queen in Laxmana Do Re Mi.”
“That P. Ramlee—always joking,” Noorizan smiles, the memory still fresh.
Noorizan says P. Ramlee was the first man she ever loved. “That’s why, when I divorced him, my heart said: Let me be bad because of P. Ramlee. Let my life be ruined because of P. Ramlee.”
Junaidah: The First Love
On the dawn when P. Ramlee suffered the fatal heart attack, his first wife Junaidah in Jakarta felt restless. Her heart was uneasy. She couldn’t sleep the entire night.
After Subuh prayers, Junaidah heard the news on Radio Republik Indonesia. P. Ramlee was gone.
She nearly collapsed. Her body went weak, her chest tightened, breathing became difficult. “No wonder I couldn’t sleep last night,” she thought.
Only now, with P. Ramlee gone from this world, did Junaidah’s heart—sometimes annoyed remembering her ex-husband’s actions—suddenly turn to love.
“After every prayer, I always pray for him, asking God to bless his soul,” Junaidah said when I visited her home in Jakarta in mid-April.
She expressed her hope to visit Kuala Lumpur someday. “I will go straight to P. Ramlee’s grave to recite Al-Fatihah.” She hopes Saloma visits often, so the grave won’t be neglected and overgrown with weeds.
Though they had been separated for over 25 years, each going their own way, Junaidah’s connection with P. Ramlee remained strong. Their son, Nasir, was an unbreakable bond.
Junaidah can’t forget how beautiful their love was. “We were both young, loving each other deeply. It felt like we never wanted to part until death.”
P. Ramlee loved to spoil his wife with excessive affection. “If he came home late, he would bring my favorite food—Hong Kong mee,” Junaidah recalls, describing what she loved eating in Singapore.
“But when inspiration struck to create a song, he would wake me from deep sleep, asking me to wait while he composed.”
Junaidah still remembers their last meeting, about two months before P. Ramlee’s death.
“He asked my husband Harris’s permission to take me out. He held my hand, and we walked like young lovers, up and down bridges, shopping. P. Ramlee asked me to choose ‘siput gundil’ (a type of shellfish) for his wife, Saloma.”
With regret, Junaidah recalls how P. Ramlee invited her to Kuala Lumpur to act with him. “So that if I die, our child can see both mother and father in films. We must act together!” he said.
But Junaidah didn’t take him seriously. “I thought he was joking—he loved to joke. So I answered: ‘Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind? Don’t tell me you’re going to die?’”
“Now I regret saying that. My words were harsh. I must have hurt his feelings,” Junaidah says, full of remorse.
She never imagined P. Ramlee would leave so soon.
The Aftermath
Noorizan wept when she heard of his death.
Saloma was so stunned she couldn’t cry.
For Saloma, P. Ramlee lives on in her heart because his words still echo in her ears: “I want to live a thousand years!”
Facts
The three songs—“Jangan Tinggal Daku,” “Jeritan Bathinku,” and “Di Manakan Ku Cari Ganti”—were created by P. Ramlee during his turbulent marriage with Noorizan. Strangely, these songs from the film “Ibu Mertua Ku” became hits and remain popular to this day.
P. Ramlee passed away in Kuala Lumpur on May 29, 1973. Noorizan followed on May 16, 1992, and Saloma on April 18, 1983. Junaidah is understood to have passed away in Jakarta, but her exact date of death has not been traced.
Noorizan and Saloma are buried side by side with P. Ramlee at the Jalan Ampang Islamic Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur. But not Junaidah—her grave’s location remains unknown.
Interestingly, Junaidah, Noorizan, and Saloma all acted in films with P. Ramlee. Junaidah (including “Nasib” and “Nilam”), Noorizan (“Bukan Salah Ibu Mengandong” and “Laxmana Do Re Mi”), and Saloma (“Sabarudin Tukang Kasut” and “Ahmad Albab”).
This article by Bahyah Mahmood was published in URTV on June 1, 1978. That means it was 35 years old on June 1, 2013, and marked 40 years since P. Ramlee’s passing on May 29, 2013. How time flies.
It was the turmoil in his marriage with Noorizan that led P. Ramlee to win the Most Versatile Talent award at the 10th Asia-Pacific Film Festival in Tokyo in 1963 for his film “Ibu Mertua Ku.”
About Mustafar A.R.
Mustafar A.R. is a veteran journalist and film historian who dedicated over three decades to chronicling Malaysia’s stories at Utusan Malaysia. Since retiring in 1998, he has devoted his life to preserving the legacy of Malaysian cinema, with particular focus on the legendary P. Ramlee.
Together with the late Aziz Sattar, Mustafar conducted meticulous research on P. Ramlee’s filmography, resulting in the comprehensive book “Filem-Filem P. Ramlee” published in 2008. His second book, “50 Tahun Filem Malaysia & Singapura,” was launched in 2019. Based in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Mustafar continues to share his passion through his blogs—Merdeka Film Studio, Malay Film Productions, Filem Klasik Malaysia, and Cathay Keris Film—keeping the golden age of Malay cinema alive for future generations.
Five places where this archive differs
None of these are the fault of the piece. It was filed five years after his death, working from memory, grief and whatever paperwork a magazine could chase down in 1978—and for two of the women in it, the record was not even finished being written yet.
1 · Junaidah’s marriage. This piece gives 1949 to 1953. This archive’s own chronology gives 1950 to 1954. See Three Marriages.
2 · Noorizan’s marriage. This piece gives 1954. This archive gives 1955—specifically 6 February 1955. See The Woman Who Traded a Crown.
3 · Noorizan’s death. This piece’s facts section gives 16 May 1992. This archive gives 15 May 1992, a Friday evening, at eight o’clock.
4 · Saloma’s death. This piece’s facts section gives 18 April 1983. This archive gives 25 April 1983.
5 · Junaidah’s death, now recorded. Written in 1978, this piece naturally has her alive, and its own facts section—added later—still describes her death as undated, “understood” to have happened in Jakarta. This archive’s own record once read 9 April 1998, in Singapore; that entry was wrong, and has since been corrected. She died in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 1 April 1998—the city this piece guessed right, and the date it never had.
A magazine piece has a filing deadline; this one also had grief still fresh enough that some of what it reports had not finished happening yet. An archive has neither excuse, and prints its own dates here rather than pretending the two accounts already agree.
29 Mei 1973. Hari apabila jiwa Malaysia redup. P. Ramlee menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya di dalam ambulans yang membawanya ke hospital, selepas rebah di rumahnya di Jalan Dedap, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur pada pukul 4.30 pagi.
Menjelang 1978, lima tahun telah berlalu sejak Seniman Agung kita pergi ke alam baqa. Ditinggalkan isteri yang berduka, anak yang masih kecil, dan negara yang berkabung.
Kepada Saloma yang dicintainya, P. Ramlee sering berbisik bahawa dia ingin hidup seribu tahun lagi. Mungkin Tuhan mempunyai rancangan lain.
Lima tahun tanpanya, namun tiada siapa yang hampir mengisi tempatnya. Tiada siapa yang akan. Allahyarham Tun Razak bercakap benar apabila berkata kehilangan P. Ramlee bermaksud kehilangan gergasi seni yang tidak dapat diganti.
Dunia seni terasa kosong. Tetapi bagi keluarganya, terutama Saloma, kekosongan itu tidak tertanggung. Dia tetap bersendirian, tanpa terlintas mencari pengganti yang tidak boleh diganti.
“Saya bimbang,” kata Saloma suatu ketika, suaranya terharu, “tiada lelaki lain di dunia ini yang boleh memberikan cinta dan kasih sayang seperti P. Ramlee. Cintanya sentiasa hangat, tidak pernah membosankan.”
Sentiasa Segar Dalam Ingatan
Suara Saloma sebak apabila berbicara. “Rasa macam P. Ramlee baru saja meninggal. Tak rasa macam dah bertahun-tahun. Mungkin sebab saya sentiasa mengenanginya.”
Kenangan hidup di sisi P. Ramlee tetap segar dalam hati Saloma. Setiap detik, setiap ketika, namanya mengalir dari bibirnya—tidak kira siapa yang diajak bicara, atau di mana dia berada.
Apabila kawan-kawan mencadangkan dia berkahwin lagi, Saloma bimbang. Bagaimana dia boleh memberikan kebahagiaan kepada lelaki lain apabila hatinya masih memanggil nama P. Ramlee setiap ketika? Lelaki mana yang sanggup mempunyai isteri yang sentiasa menyebut nama lelaki lain?
Saloma berkahwin dengan P. Ramlee pada 31 Oktober 1961. Mereka bersama selama dua belas tahun—perkahwinan terlama Saloma, dan juga P. Ramlee. Kematian saja yang memisahkan mereka.
P. Ramlee tidak pernah mengahwini gadis dara. Ketiga-tiga isterinya adalah janda. Perkahwinan pertamanya dengan Junaidah hanya bertahan empat tahun, dari 1949 hingga 1953.
Pada 1954, P. Ramlee berkahwin dengan Noorizan, janda Almarhum Sultan Perak. Perkahwinan itu menggemparkan masyarakat. Tetapi menjelang 1961, ia juga berakhir dengan perceraian.
Juga pada 1961, P. Ramlee berkahwin dengan Saloma, yang ketika itu namanya sedang memuncak, sedang mengharum.
Saloma mengakui dia mengagumi P. Ramlee sejak zaman sekolah. “Perkahwinan kami diikat dengan janji dan sumpah—kami tidak akan berpisah kecuali dengan kematian!” Dan memang, hanya kematian yang memisahkan mereka.
Walaupun selepas dia pergi, kekaguman Saloma tidak pernah pudar. Baginya, P. Ramlee tiada tandingan. “Sampai mati pun saya takkan bertemu suami seperti dia,” katanya, matanya sayu ditinggalkan kesepian.
Noorizan: Diraja Yang Jatuh Cinta Pada Bintang
Noorizan, isteri kedua P. Ramlee, kini hidup bahagia dengan suaminya sekarang. Dia tetap satu-satunya wanita yang menggemparkan masyarakat—seorang Permaisuri yang jatuh cinta pandang pertama dengan P. Ramlee.
“Segala peristiwa suka duka yang saya alami bersama P. Ramlee tetap menjadi kenangan. Sampai sekarang, kadangkala saya teringat-ingat seolah-olah semuanya baru saja berlaku,” Noorizan menghela nafas.
Dia mengingati perkahwinan mereka sangat bahagia. “Hidup kami rukun dan damai. Macam yang Saloma selalu cerita, P. Ramlee terlalu penyayang! Dia suka memanjakan isteri, dan dia pun mahu dimanjakan.”
Noorizan terdiam, mencari dalam ingatan bila hubungan mereka mula retak.
“Saya rasa sebab kesepian. Ditinggalkan seorang diri di rumah membuatkan saya cemburu. Saya cemburu melihat dia selalu dekat dengan heroin-heroin yang berlakon dengannya.”
Dia ketawa sedih. “Sekarang baru saya sedar! Bila kahwin dengan orang filem, kena sabar, walaupun kadangkala terpaksa ‘makan hati berulam jantung.’”
Kegoncangan bermula semasa pembikinan “Ibu Mertua Ku”. Rumah tangga mereka ayun antara tenang dan huru-hara. Ketika inilah P. Ramlee mencipta tiga lagu abadi: “Jeritan Bathinku,” “Jangan Tinggal Daku,” dan “Di Manakan Ku Cari Ganti.”
“Rumah tangga yang huru-hara ini mencetuskan ilhamnya mencipta lagu. Ketiga-tiga lagu ini menggambarkan keadaan kami, seolah-olah kami berdua sudah membayangkan ‘perpisahan.’ Kami takut berpisah, tapi akhirnya terpaksa juga,” kata Noorizan menyesal.
Semasa menyusun lagu, P. Ramlee berkata padanya, “Kalau aku tak ada nanti, lagu-lagu inilah sebagai pengganti dan kenangan dalam hidupmu.”
Walaupun selepas bercerai, apabila kedua-duanya telah berpindah ke Kuala Lumpur, mereka kadangkala bertemu secara kebetulan di Studio Merdeka Film di Hulu Kelang. Hubungan mereka tetap hormat, baik.
Apabila pengarah S. Kadarisman mengambil Noorizan berlakon dalam “Tunggal,” P. Ramleelah yang mengajarnya berlakon. “Kalau dah pandai berlakon, nanti senang nak cari duit,” katanya kepada bekas isterinya.
“Pelik!” fikir Noorizan. “Masa jadi isterinya dulu dia tak izinkan saya berlakon—cemburu! Sekarang dia yang mengajar saya.”
Apabila P. Ramlee mengarahkan filem terakhirnya di Studio Merdeka, “Laxmana Do Re Mi,” dia menawarkan Noorizan watak sebagai Permaisuri.
Katanya sambil ketawa, “Dulu I ambil You sebagai Permaisuri! Sekarang I nak kembalikan You sebagai Permaisuri dalam Laxmana Do Re Mi.”
“P. Ramlee ni—suka bergurau,” Noorizan tersenyum, kenangan itu masih segar.
Noorizan berkata P. Ramlee ialah lelaki pertama yang dicintainya. “Itulah sebabnya bila saya bercerai dengannya, hati saya berkata: Biarlah aku jadi jahat kerana P. Ramlee. Biarlah hidupku hancur kerana P. Ramlee.”
Junaidah: Cinta Pertama
Pada subuh apabila P. Ramlee diserang sakit jantung yang membawa maut, isteri pertamanya Junaidah di Jakarta gelisah. Hatinya tidak tenteram. Dia tidak dapat tidur sepanjang malam.
Selepas sembahyang Subuh, Junaidah mendengar berita di Radio Republik Indonesia. P. Ramlee telah pergi.
Dia hampir rebah! Badannya lemah longlai, dadanya sebak, susah hendak bernafas. “Patutlah malam tadi aku tak boleh tidur!” katanya dalam hati.
Sekarang, dengan P. Ramlee sudah tiada di dunia ini, hati Junaidah yang kadangkala ‘geram’ mengingati perbuatan bekas suaminya, tiba-tiba bertukar menjadi sayang.
“Selepas setiap sembahyang, saya sentiasa mendoakannya, memohon Tuhan mencucuri rahmat ke atas rohnya,” kata Junaidah apabila saya menemuinya di rumahnya di Jakarta pada pertengahan April.
Dia menyatakan harapannya untuk melawat Kuala Lumpur suatu hari nanti. “Saya akan terus ke pusara abang P. Ramlee nak sedekahkan Fatihah.” Dia berharap Saloma sering menziarahi pusara Allahyarham supaya tidak terbiar dan ditumbuhi lalang.
Walaupun lebih 25 tahun mereka berpisah, masing-masing membawa haluan, hubungan Junaidah dengan P. Ramlee tetap kuat. Anak mereka, Nasir, ialah ikatan yang tidak boleh dilepaskan.
Junaidah tidak dapat melupakan betapa indahnya cinta mereka. “Kami sama-sama muda, saling kasih mengasihi. Rasa macam tak mahu bercerai sampai ke mati.”
P. Ramlee suka memanjakan isterinya dengan kasih sayang yang berlebihan. “Kalau dia pulang jauh malam, dia akan bawa makanan kegemaran saya—mee Hong Kong,” Junaidah mengingati, menceritakan apa yang dia gemari semasa di Singapura.
“Tapi bila dapat ilham mencipta lagu, dia akan mengejutkan saya dari tidur nyenyak, suruh saya tunggu sambil dia buat lagu.”
Junaidah masih teringat-ingat pertemuan terakhir mereka, kira-kira dua bulan sebelum P. Ramlee meninggal.
“Dia minta izin suami saya, Harris, untuk bawa saya keluar. Dia pimpin tangan saya, dan kami berjalan seperti orang muda-muda, naik jambatan turun jambatan sambil membeli-belah. P. Ramlee minta saya pilihkan ‘siput gundil’ untuk isterinya, Saloma.”
Dengan penuh penyesalan, Junaidah mengingati bagaimana P. Ramlee mengajaknya ke Kuala Lumpur untuk berlakon bersamanya. “Supaya kalau abang mati nanti, dapat juga anak kita melihat ibu dan ayahnya dalam filem. Kita mesti berlakon berdua!” katanya.
Tetapi Junaidah tidak mengambil serius kata-kata P. Ramlee. “Saya ingat dia bergurau—dia suka bergurau. Jadi saya jawab: ‘Abang dah gila ke? Dah buang tabiat! Jangan-jangan abang nak mati tak?’”
“Sekarang menyesal kenapa saya berkata begitu. Kata-kata saya kasar. Mestilah tersinggung hatinya,” ujar Junaidah penuh penyesalan.
Dia tidak menyangka P. Ramlee akan pergi begitu cepat.
Selepas Pemergian
Noorizan menangis apabila mendengar kematiannya.
Saloma tergamam sehingga tidak dapat menangis.
Bagi Saloma, P. Ramlee tetap hidup dalam hatinya kerana kata-katanya masih terngiang-ngiang di telinganya: “Saya ingin hidup seribu tahun!”
Fakta
Tiga lagu—“Jangan Tinggal Daku,” “Jeritan Bathinku,” dan “Di Manakan Ku Cari Ganti”—dicipta oleh P. Ramlee semasa rumahtangganya huru-hara dengan Noorizan. Anehnya, lagu-lagu tersebut dari filem “Ibu Mertua Ku” telah menjadi hits dan begitu popular sehingga kini.
P. Ramlee meninggal dunia di Kuala Lumpur pada 29 Mei 1973. Noorizan menyusul pada 16 Mei 1992, dan Saloma pada 18 April 1983. Junaidah difahamkan meninggal dunia di Jakarta, tetapi tarikh sebenar kematiannya tidak dapat dikesan.
Noorizan dan Saloma disemadikan sebelah-menyebelah di samping P. Ramlee di Tanah Perkuburan Islam Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. Tetapi tidak Junaidah—lokasi pusaranya sehingga kini tidak diketahui.
Menariknya, Junaidah, Noorizan dan Saloma pernah berlakon filem bersama P. Ramlee. Junaidah (antaranya “Nasib” dan “Nilam”), Noorizan (“Bukan Salah Ibu Mengandong” dan “Laxmana Do Re Mi”), dan Saloma (“Sabarudin Tukang Kasut” dan “Ahmad Albab”).
Artikel Bahyah Mahmood ini disiarkan dalam URTV pada 1 Jun 1978. Ini bermakna umurnya genap 35 tahun pada 1 Jun 2013, dan genap pula 40 tahun pemergian P. Ramlee pada 29 Mei 2013. Begitulah cepatnya peredaran masa.
Kerana keberantakan rumahtangganya dengan Noorizan itulah, P. Ramlee memenangi anugerah Bakat Serba Boleh (Most Versatile Talent) di Festival Filem Asia-Pasifik Ke-10 di Tokyo pada tahun 1963 untuk filemnya, “Ibu Mertua Ku.”
Tentang Mustafar A.R.
Mustafar A.R. ialah wartawan veteran dan sejarawan filem yang mengabdikan lebih tiga dekad untuk mencatatkan kisah-kisah Malaysia di Utusan Malaysia. Sejak bersara pada 1998, beliau menumpukan hidupnya untuk memelihara warisan pawagam Malaysia, dengan fokus khusus terhadap legenda P. Ramlee.
Bersama mendiang Aziz Sattar, Mustafar menjalankan kajian teliti terhadap filem-filem P. Ramlee, yang menghasilkan buku komprehensif “Filem-Filem P. Ramlee” yang diterbitkan pada 2008. Buku keduanya, “50 Tahun Filem Malaysia & Singapura,” dilancarkan pada 2019. Berpusat di Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Mustafar terus berkongsi passionnya melalui blog-blog—Merdeka Film Studio, Malay Film Productions, Filem Klasik Malaysia, dan Cathay Keris Film—memastikan zaman keemasan pawagam Melayu terus hidup untuk generasi akan datang.
Lima perkara yang berbeza dalam pustaka ini
Tiada satu pun daripada ini kesilapan tulisan asal. Ia ditulis lima tahun selepas kematiannya, berdasarkan ingatan, kesedihan dan apa sahaja rekod yang dapat dikesan sebuah majalah pada tahun 1978—dan bagi dua daripada wanita ini, rekod itu sendiri belum lagi selesai ditulis.
1 · Perkahwinan Junaidah. Tulisan ini memberikan 1949 hingga 1953. Kronologi pustaka ini sendiri memberikan 1950 hingga 1954. Lihat Tiga Perkahwinan.
2 · Perkahwinan Noorizan. Tulisan ini memberikan 1954. Pustaka ini memberikan 1955—khususnya 6 Februari 1955. Lihat Pengorbanan Sebuah Mahkota.
3 · Kematian Noorizan. Bahagian fakta tulisan ini memberikan 16 Mei 1992. Pustaka ini memberikan 15 Mei 1992, pada suatu petang Jumaat, jam lapan malam.
4 · Kematian Saloma. Bahagian fakta tulisan ini memberikan 18 April 1983. Pustaka ini memberikan 25 April 1983.
5 · Kematian Junaidah, kini direkodkan. Ditulis pada 1978, wajarlah tulisan ini menganggapnya masih hidup, dan bahagian faktanya sendiri—ditambah kemudian—masih menyatakan kematiannya tidak bertarikh, “difahamkan” berlaku di Jakarta. Rekod pustaka ini sendiri pernah menyatakan 9 April 1998, di Singapura; catatan itu silap, dan telah dibetulkan. Beliau meninggal dunia di Jakarta, Indonesia, pada 1 April 1998—bandar yang diteka betul oleh tulisan ini, dengan tarikh yang tidak pernah diketahuinya.
Sebuah tulisan majalah mempunyai tarikh akhir penyerahan; yang ini turut mempunyai kesedihan yang masih segar sehingga sebahagian daripada apa yang dilaporkannya belum lagi selesai berlaku. Pustaka ini tidak mempunyai alasan sedemikian, lalu mencetak tarikhnya sendiri di sini dan bukan berpura-pura kedua-dua catatan sudah sepakat.