About “Tuhfat Ul Mujahideen”
Tuhfat al-Mujahidin fi ba‘d Akhbar al-Burtughaliyin is a historical work by Zainuddin Makhdoom II that details the conflict between the Mappila Muslims of Malabar and South Canara and the Portuguese colonial forces in the 16th century. The book focuses on the resistance led by the navy of Kunjali Marakkar and the Zamorin of Calicut from 1498 to 1583 against Portuguese efforts to control the Malabar coast. It includes a chronological account of events, analysis of the conflict, and descriptions of the lifestyle, customs, and family structure of the people during that time. The work was written by Zayn al-Dīn al-Malībarī. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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