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Muchundi Mosque

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Location
  
Kuttichira, Kozhikode

Completed
  
13th century AD

Affiliation
  
Islam

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Muchundi Mosque (Malayalam: Muccundippalli) is a mosque located at Kuttichira, Kozhikode (formerly Calicut) in the Indian state of Kerala.

Built in the 13th century AD with its unique architectural style, it is one of the oldest mosques in present-day Kerala. Muchundi Mosque holds a bilingual stone inscription known as the Muchundi Inscription dating back to the 13th century. It is written in Arabic and an older form of Malayalam language. Scholars have translated it to read that one Shihabuddin Raihan, a freed slave built this mosque out of his own money on the land donated by the local ruler.

The mosque is associated with Shaikh Zainuddin Makhdoom II, the famous author of Tuhafat-ul-Mujahidin. It was in the mosque where Shaikh Zainuddin Makhdoom II used to teach young students and probably this is where he wrote his famous book which chronicles the history of Islam in Malabar.

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Muchundi Mosque Wikipedia


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