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- Title
The Chronicle of Waqf and Inception of Mosques in Malabar: A Study Based on Qissat Manuscript.
- Authors
Panakkal, Abbas
- Abstract
The first mosque of South and South East Asia was established in Malabar and it was built with generous Waqf property. This paper will discuss the history of early Waqf lands and nature of the Mosques, relying on the manuscript preserved in the British library titled Qissat Shakarwati Farmad ,which provides a detailed note on the first ten mosques, established in various port towns of Malabar and the exact measurement of land assigned and contributed (waqf) to these mosques. The rulers had provided all the facilities to the religious group that came from Arabia to propagate Islam as requested by King Cheraman Perumal, who embraced Islam in Makkah. The exact days and dates along with the specialty of the land selected for building mosques in various towns were documented in the Qissat manuscript. The ten mosques described in Qissat were, Kodungallure, Kollam, Ezhimala, Shri Khandapuram, Dharmadam, Panthalayani, Chaliyam, Badkkal, Mangalapuram, Kasargode. These historic sites were personally visited for research purpose and the position of the land and structure of the existing mosques were rechecked. During this research, two different copies of Qissat Shakarwati Farmad were identified and critically analyzed; one from the personal library of Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi and the other from the library of Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar, two renowned Islamic scholars who lived in the last century and contributed much to the intellectual realm of Malabar Muslims. The history of early waqf and the first mosques are the history of advent of Islam in the region and its strategic social involvement, including building bridges with other communities. These aspects will be highlighted in the paper.
- Subjects
MALABAR (India); WAQF; MOSQUES; MANUSCRIPT collections; BRITISH Library
- Publication
Intellectual Discourse, 2018, Vol 26, p1167
- ISSN
0128-4878
- Publication type
Article