Another interesting work on Mappila history

Fateh Al Mubeen is a collection of poems penned during 16th century by a contemporary of Sheikh Makhdum. This was written on the backdrop of liberation of CHALIYAM FORT from the Portuguese invaders by Kunhali Marakkar's naval fleet and Nayar Army...

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Dr. Hussain Randathani writes on Mappila History this time.

TUHFAT AL MUJAHIDIN and other stories

It is a wonder that many are very much eager to read more on the history of Kerala. Two recent queries were from US and Malaysia. It would be very interesting to know that Tuhat al Mujahidin was written prior to the development of present day malayalam script.

I think getting arabi-malayalam books translated to English will provide a rich source of information on the history of Kerala state, south India.

Tuhfat al Mujahidin

Shaykh Zainuddin Makhdum’s “Tuhfat al-Mujahidin” is a pioneering historical work dealing with the struggles of the Malabar Muslims against the Portuguese incursion in India. This work was first written in Arabic in the late 16th century based on the author’s first-hand information of events and what he could gather from reliable sources.

This work could be called as one of the earliest anti-colonial manifesto and was translated into many European languages. To our knowledge English translation of this book is now extinct. This is called by many as a source book of European colonial history.
This translation of Tufat is extensively annotated with more than 200 notes and 15 photographs explaining local backgrounds and people mentioned in the original work. Tufat is a compulsory reading for anyone who is interested in the history of colonialism.

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Hi

No much idea, but starting off...Interested in maritime history of western cost of south India... working on some books presently....