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A Community’s Integration Within Regional Folk Tradition: The Mappilās in the Mālābārī Society, 7th-17th Centuries

By: Anwit Shahi
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Islam in South Asia
...Islamic History
Topics: South Asia
Type: Analysis/Commentary, Short Essays

Anwit Shahi examines the folklore of the Mappilā Muslims to explain how the community fit into the ‘beehive structure’ of Mālābār’s society.[...]