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Koyilandy Jumu'ah Mosque

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Koyilandy Jumu'ah Mosque
Koyilandy Jumu'ah Masjid
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationKoyilandy, Kozhikode district
Geographic coordinates11°26′16″N 75°41′38″E / 11.4378596°N 75.693875°E / 11.4378596; 75.693875Coordinates: 11°26′16″N 75°41′38″E / 11.4378596°N 75.693875°E / 11.4378596; 75.693875
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Koyilandy Jumu'ah Mosque is a mosque at Koyilandy, Kozhikode district, Kerala.[1]

The mosque contains the below inscription (on granite blocks built into the steps of the ablution tank of the mosque).[1] The epigraph is a rare surviving document recording patronage by a Hindu king (Bhaskara Ravi) to the Muslims of Kerala.[1]

  • Language: Malayalam
  • Script: Vatteluttu (with Grantha)
  • Date: 10th century AD
  • King's name: Bhaskara Ravi (regnal year 2 + [...])
  • Terms
    • Pakkaran Iravi (Malayalam) = Bhaskara Ravi (Sanskrit)
    • Pantalayani = old name of Koyilandy
    • Valenciyar = prominent merchant guild
    • Nagara = medieval trading city
    • Koyil Adhikarikal = king's representative for management and due collection




Kollam Jumu'ah Mosque inscription of king Bhaskara Ravi (A. R. No. 3, 1901)
English transliteration
First block (19 lines)

[...Pa]kkaran Iravikku ccellaninraya[n]tu irantam antaik[ketir]...Pantalayani...tum...tarkku...nnattu...rilamai...ttume[m]mpal...koyil...mpa...


Second block (5 lines)

[...]ciyum ninkuti ceyyakaratiluma...nnalarini...yatturi...


Third block (17 lines)

[...]nu kotatoliyi...tiracuvanata...Valenci[yar]...lantukku...tum...Koyil Atikarikal attikkututt(u) aruliyitu...nakarattil ullor arakilum parangace...tukuti iruk...pannu...Ince...yaraiyar..catal..m tacca...eraiyirakkum...kututt..

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Aiyer, K. V. Subrahmanya (ed.), South Indian Inscriptions. VIII, no. 162, Madras: Govt of India, Central Publication Branch, Calcutta, 1932. p. 69.



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