History

      People began to settle on the Maldives about 5000 years ago and in the year 1 or about 542 BC. There is a story that when Prince Wichai which is the Sinhalese king has emigrated from India to Sri Lanka one ship broke So people go ashore The Maldives and inhabitants use the Dhivehi language, which is similar to the Sinhalese language.

      Around the year 200 B.C. or about 300 BC. Dravidians from Kerala, presumed to be fishermen, came to live at KaafuAtoll and form a community called Giraavaru, the former ruling chief of the Maldives, is Hindu and some of them practice rituals. Worshiping the sun, the leaders descended from the chiefs. The tribe is called the Sun Family (Aadeetta Dynasty).

      Around the year 500 BC Buddhism spread to the Maldives, the king of Maldives promoted Buddhism. Theravada Buddhism people In the southern islands of the Maldives there is also the remains of a round pagoda. similar to that of Sri Lanka There used to be ancient Buddha images kept at the museum in Gumale, but unfortunately all of them were destroyed by intruders.

      Around the year 1543 (AD 1000) King Jola of India had him invaded and captured. northern maldives islands The ruler of the Sun family is powerless.

      Around 1743, Prince Koimala and his wife, daughter of King Lanka, arrived at Rasgetheemu (King's City) island at Raa Atoll and were invited to come. As a ruler, with the consent of the Giraavaru people, the capital was established at Male, where Raa Atoll, Prince Koimala, established the Maanaabarana king, the ancestor of the Homa Dynasty, the people of the Sun and Moon families. having a marriage later kings is therefore the son of the moon and the sun

      Around the year 1696 (1153) the Maldives converted to Islam, but the conversion was still The matter was debated, as one side claimed that a plaque in the Juma Mosque in Malé wrote Abu Yusuf Barakaat from the city of Tabriz. On the other hand, Mohamed Ibn Batuta, a Moroccan, who traveled to the Maldives in the 14th century Bnatkee. Chavat Abu Yusuf Barakaat from Berbera, the Somali capital, traveled to the Maldives in search of gold. During the time that the islanders have a fear A strange sea creature known as Rannamaari, who comes out of the water once a month and destroys everything, the King arranges a sacrificial ceremony to protect Kanus. The villain, by taking the young woman to an ashram near the sea, every half-moon night, the young woman is raped and killed in the morning, daughter. The house where Abu Barakaat resided was chosen to be sacrificed, so he tried to help. the rest, disguised as a deputy The woman went to live in the ashram. and sit and recite the Quran The next morning, people went to see the Hermitage and saw that he was still alive and was probably still a scripture. The King saw that the demon Defeated by the power of the Quran, he accepted Islam and ordered it. Citizens believe in Islam And there is another legend that Abu Yusuf Barakaat proposed to the King that Instead of a young woman, he will go to live in the ashram, reciting the Quran. which strange beasts can hear when they get out of the water He was frightened and fled. The king said that if he could get rid of the beasts Strange, it will announce to the people of the Maldives. islam

      Another legend states that Abu Barakaat traveled to the Maldives during the reign of King Theemuge Mahakalaminjac]t. and taught the Asilaam religion to the King And the King ordered the citizens to practice Islam, and the King changed his name to Mohamed bin Abdullah.

      Arab influence inserted into language and culture alphabets of the Jungi language It is similar to the Arabic language and is read from right to left. And the Maliki law, which was used throughout northern Africa, was in effect until 1700.