ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ:
"I wrote about Rakhaing Kaman Muslims, the descendants of Shah Shujah?s followers in a previous
article entitled "Shah Shujah in Arakan" which was published in this
magazine Vol VI, No. 9 for the
month of September 1959. Now I take great pleasure in writing about the Muslims who stepped into
the soil of Arakan and settled in the country before Shah Shujah took refuge with the Arakanese king
Sandathudamma (1652-1684) in 1660.
History says that the early Muslims had entered Arakan firstly through its coastal parts and secondly
through its mountain passes. They were all military races of Arabia and India. They came to Arakan
as traders, missionaries, warriors and refugees. They were welcomed and well treated by their
honesty, loyalty, bravery and the good services rendered by them.
While the Arabs were masters of both Western and Eastern Waters they had found Arakan a suitable
land for many purposes. Arakan, as history says it, became a developed and economical country
establishing active commercial relations with Arab traders. Many historical edifices known as
Badermakans are still found in Arakan.
From the 8th to the 16th century Muslim influence was very strong and they
controlled the maritime
trade between the Persian Gulf and Indonesia, including Arakan. Ibn Khurdad Zabeh (844-8480, one
of the Arab geographers, mentions Lower Burma under the name of Rahmanyadesa. The Arab
missionaries and historians, Sulaiman (851 A.D.), Ibn Faquih (902 A.D.) named Arakan as Rahma
while Ibn Batuta called it as Arcan which was corrupted from the Arabic original word "Al-recon",
meaning discipline. Under the British Rule people wrote it as Arakan..."
ရင်းမြစ်:
The Guardian, Vol VII., No. 5 via Network Myanmar
Date of Publication:
1960-05-00
Date of entry:
2015-10-28
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
အကြောင်းအရာ/အမျိုးအစား:
Language:
English