TY - JOUR AU - Panakkal, Abbas PY - 2018/12/21 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Chronicle of Waqf and Inception of Mosques in Malabar: A Study Based on Qissat Manuscript JF - Intellectual Discourse JA - Intellectual Discourse VL - 26 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.31436/id.v26i2.1262 UR - https://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/id/article/view/1262 SP - 1167–1189 AB - <p>The first mosque of South and South East Asia was established in<br>Malabar and it was built with generous Waqf property. This paper will discuss<br>the history of early Waqf lands and nature of the Mosques, relying on the<br>manuscript preserved in the British library titled Qissat Shakarwati Farmad<br>,which provides a detailed note on the first ten mosques, established in various<br>port towns of Malabar and the exact measurement of land assigned and<br>contributed (waqf) to these mosques. The rulers had provided all the facilities<br>to the religious group that came from Arabia to propagate Islam as requested<br>by King Cheraman Perumal, who embraced Islam in Makkah. The exact days<br>and dates along with the specialty of the land selected for building mosques<br>in various towns were documented in the Qissat manuscript. The ten mosques<br>described in Qissat were, Kodungallure, Kollam, Ezhimala, Shri Khandapuram,<br>Dharmadam, Panthalayani, Chaliyam, Badkkal, Mangalapuram, Kasargode.<br>These historic sites were personally visited for research purpose and the position<br>of the land and structure of the existing mosques were rechecked. During this<br>research, two different copies of Qissat Shakarwati Farmad were identified and<br>critically analyzed; one from the personal library of Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi<br>and the other from the library of Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar, two renowned<br>Islamic scholars who lived in the last century and contributed much to<br>the intellectual realm of Malabar Muslims. The history of early waqf and the<br>first mosques are the history of advent of Islam in the region and its strategic<br>social involvement, including building bri</p> ER -