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The account of conversion of Islam by the then Cheraman Perumal is generally considered apocryphal by mainstream scholars. [45] First mosques of Malabar according to the Qissat Shakarwati Farmad [46] According to the Qissat, the first mosque was built by Malik ibn Dinar in Kodungallur, while the rest of the mosques were founded by Malik ibn ...
Arab traders had arrived at a busy Malabar port, which was known as a hub of global commerce, and they wanted to meet the King to obtain his permission to travel to Eelam. During their conversation, the merchants informed the King about Muhammad , and as a result, he appointed his son as the regent of his kingdom and accompanied the Arab ...
According to popular tradition, Islam was brought to Lakshadweep islands, situated just to the west of Malabar Coast, by Ubaidullah in 661 CE. His grave is believed to be located on the island of Andrott. [24] The Arabic inscription on a copper slab within the Madayi Mosque in Kannur records its foundation year as 1124 CE. [25]
S. N. Sadasivan, in his book A Social History of India, argues that it was the king of Maldives, Kalimanja, who converted to Islam. Mali, which was known to seafarers then, might have been misunderstood as Malabar (Kerala) and this might have given rise to the tale of Tajuddeen in the Cochin Gazetteer. [42]
Malabar is reminiscent of the word Malanad which means the land of hills. [3] According to William Logan, the word Malabar comes from a combination of the Dravidian word Mala (hill) and the Persian/Arabic word Barr (country/continent). [3] The Kodungallur Mosque, has a granite foundation exhibiting 11th–12th century architectural style. [40]
Malabar Coast Qissat Shakarwati Farmad (alternatively Qissat Shakruti Firmad , literally "Tale of the Great Chera Ruler" ) is an Arabic manuscript of anonymous authorship. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is argued that the qissat is the oldest, most detailed, and comprehensive recorded version of the Cheraman Perumal legend (of south India).
Tuhfat al-Mujahidin fi ba‘d Akhbar al-Burtughaliyin (Arabic:تحفة المجاهدين في بعض اخبار البرتغاليين, often shortened as Tuhfat al-Mujahidin) is a historical work by Zainuddin Makhdoom II on the struggle between the Mappila Muslims of Malabar and South Canara and Portuguese colonial forces in the 16th century.
The history of Islam is believed by most historians [4] to have originated with Muhammad's mission in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE, [5] [6] although Muslims regard this time as a return to the original faith passed down by the Abrahamic prophets, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus, with the ...