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Muhammad Thakurufaanu al-Auzam
Summary
As-Sulṭaan al-Ghaazee Muhammad Thakurufaanu al-A'uẓam (އައްސުލްޠާން އަލްޣާޒީ މުޙައްމަދު ތަކުރުފާނު އަލްއަޢުޡަމް) (death 26 August 1535) or As-Sultan Ghazi Muhammad Bodu Thakurufaanu ruled over the Maldive Islands from 1573 to 1585. He is known for fighting the Portuguese who ruled over the Maldives from 1558–1573 after killing Sultan Ali VI in Malé. His victory is commemorated in the Maldives as Qaumee Dhuvas or National Day. He was also the first Maldivian King to form the (a unified military body).
Muhammad Thakurufaanu was the son of Katheebu Hussain of Utheemu in Thiladhummathi Atoll and Lady Aiminaa Dhiyoa of Ihavandhoo. Muhammad Thakurufan learned (Martial Arts).
After killing Sultan Ali IV, the Maldives was ruled by and the Portuguese. was a regent of the (Sultan Hassan IX) who was the first Maldivian and the only member of its royalty to renounce Islam and convert to Christianity, later upon his deposition he took refuge in Goa, India.
After the invasion, the Portuguese ruled over the Maldives in a period which the history describes as
A time when intolerable enormities were committed by the invading infidels, a time when the sea grew red with Maldivian blood, a time when people were sunk in despair
To bring an end to this, Muhammad Thakurufaanu, left the Maldives with his brothers Ali and Hasan to Minicoy off the coast of India in the Laccadive Archipelago. The three Utheemu brothers built the ship . It is said that Muhammad Thakurufaanu received a help from the Maroshi (toddy-tapper) who mended and maintained the sail of the - the ship used in the battle and supply water to the vessel every time it docked at Maroshi. The island has the tree that grew from the (a raw wooden post) used to make the sail of . It is also the largest tree of its kind in the country.
Kalhuoffumi is currently dismantled, and turned into a mosqué in Kolhufushi
The brothers landed on a different island every night, fought the Portuguese and set sail into the ocean before daybreak.
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