Shaykh Zainuddin Makhdums
First written in Arabic in the late sixteenth century, Tufat al-Muhajhidin is pioneering historical work dealing with the struggles of the Malabar Muslims against the Portuguese colonizer’s encroachment in India, an the rise of Malabar as a medieval naval force under the Zamorin of Calicut. Based on the author’s own first hand information of event and what he could gather from reliable sources, it was written to motivate Muslims for the struggle against the invading Portuguese.
(9789839154801/3467)
First written in Arabic in the late sixteenth century, Tufat al-Muhajhidin is pioneering historical work dealing with the struggles of the Malabar Muslims against the Portuguese colonizer’s encroachment in India, an the rise of Malabar as a medieval naval force under the Zamorin of Calicut. Based on the author’s own first hand information of event and what he could gather from reliable sources, it was written to motivate Muslims for the struggle against the invading Portuguese.
(9789839154801/3467)