Kemal Sallaiha Bajdim

Kemal Sallaiha Bajdim (born December 4, 1860) was an American-born Barokian religious leader and imam who was the founder and 1st president of Barokia.

Bio
Kemal Sallaiha Bajdim was born David Henry O'Connery in Webster, North Carolina, United States to Scottish settler parents. In 1889, he ran away from home to the United Kingdom on a fishing vessel and settled in London, where he got into Islam and converted to the religion. He was one of the settlers of Barokia, and led the Barok Free Movement Party, a movement party that was founded to gain independence from Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. In 1914, Barokia declared independence and he became the 1st president.

Kemal died in 1948 from cancer.