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The Malabar Muslims have also been nicknamed such due to their presence in Malabar region. Mappila Muslims is a diverse group of people, including descendants of Arab traders and local converts to Islam.
Muslim population was higher in South Malabar compared to its northern counterparts. Muslims formed nearly 100% of population in Laccadive Islands, and more than 50% in Eranad Taluk, according to 1881 Census. [108] Muslim population was much higher than the district average in the Taluks of Valluvanad and Ponnani too in 1881. [108]
[20] [21] Muslim tombstones with ancient dates, short inscriptions in medieval mosques, and rare Arab coin collections are the major sources of early Muslim presence on the Malabar Coast. [9] Islam arrived in Kerala, a part of the larger Indian Ocean rim, via spice and silk traders from the Middle East.
The tenants and the Nair army men who could not escape were converted into Islam, as described in William Logan's Malabar Manual. [25] Thus, Tipu Sultan's Kingdom of Mysore, having driven the Jenmi out of Malabar, reached accord with the Muslim Kanakkars. A new system of land revenue was introduced for the first time in the region's history ...
As the only Muslim rulers in Malabar, they saw the rise of Hyder Ali, de facto ruler of the Mysore Sultanate as the opportunity to increase their own power at the expense of Chirakkal, and invited him to invade Kerala. Ali Raja Arakkal Sultan Afsal Ashraf living in Konni Panchayat of Pathanamthitta district is the living heir of the Arakkal ...
Koya is a Muslim community, predominantly found in the city of Calicut in southern India. Scholars [who?] speculate Omani origin to the community and assume that the name is a corruption of the title "Khawaja". The powerful Koyas held administrative positions in the medieval Calicut court . [1]
Sanulla Makti Thangal (Arabic: سيّد سناء الله مكتي) was the renaissance leader of Muslim society in Malabar of British India and the advocate of western education in Mappila. He was a reformer in Kerala Muslim Society.
The Malabar Coast is the southwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. It generally refers to the western coastline of India stretching from Konkan to Kanyakumari . Geographically, it comprises one of the wettest regions of the subcontinent, which includes the Kanara region of Karnataka , all of Kerala and Kanyakumari region of Tamil Nadu .