The Chronicle of Waqf and Inception of Mosques in Malabar: A Study Based on Qissat Manuscript
The first mosque of South and South East Asia was established inMalabar and it was built with generous Waqf property. This paper will discussthe history of early Waqf lands and nature of the Mosques, relying on themanuscript preserved in the British library titled Qissat Shakarwati Farmad,which prov...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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Intellectual discourse
Year: 2018, Pages: 1167-1189 |
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| Summary: | The first mosque of South and South East Asia was established inMalabar and it was built with generous Waqf property. This paper will discussthe history of early Waqf lands and nature of the Mosques, relying on themanuscript preserved in the British library titled Qissat Shakarwati Farmad,which provides a detailed note on the first ten mosques, established in variousport towns of Malabar and the exact measurement of land assigned andcontributed (waqf) to these mosques. The rulers had provided all the facilitiesto the religious group that came from Arabia to propagate Islam as requestedby King Cheraman Perumal, who embraced Islam in Makkah. The exact daysand dates along with the specialty of the land selected for building mosquesin various towns were documented in the Qissat manuscript. The ten mosquesdescribed 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 positionof the land and structure of the existing mosques were rechecked. During thisresearch, two different copies of Qissat Shakarwati Farmad were identified andcritically analyzed; one from the personal library of Ahmed Koya Shaliyathiand the other from the library of Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar, two renownedIslamic scholars who lived in the last century and contributed much tothe intellectual realm of Malabar Muslims. The history of early waqf and thefirst mosques are the history of advent of Islam in the region and its strategicsocial involvement, including building bri |
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| ISSN: | 2289-5639 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Intellectual discourse
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