Malabar Muslims
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Malabar Muslims or Muslim Mappilas are members of the Muslim community found predominantly in Kerala state and the Lakshadweep islands in Southern India. The term Mappila is used to describe Malabar M
Cheraman Juma Masjid, the first mosque built by Malabar Muslims
Quilon Syrian Copper Plate (c. 883 AD)
Early Arab settlements in Kerala up to 1496
Kannur (Cannanore) in northern Kerala in the 16th century. Whenever a formal war was broke out between the Portuguese and the native rulers, the Portuguese attacked and plundered, as the opportunity offered, the Muslim ports in Kerala.
Malayalis
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The Malayali people are a Dravidian ethnic group native to the southern Indian state of Kerala, and the union territory of Lakshadweep. They are predominantly native speakers of the Malayalam language
Malayali men performing the Kerala native martial art, Kalaripayattu
Kerala Samajam, Mysore
A typical Nalukettu structure.
The Kowdiar Palace, the palace of the Maharajah of Travancore, was built with a traditional Malayali architecture style with a slight influence of early modern European elements