Talk:Mappila Muslims

'Ma Fella'
From 'Andaman and Nicobar Islands by Kumar Suresh Singh, Anthropological Survey of India' "MOPLAH The Moplah/Mopla are also known as 'Mappila'. According to Zachariah (1971), the word Moplah is derived from the Arabic word 'ma fella', meaning non-cultivators."

From 'Readings on Islam in Southeast Asia by Ahmad Ibrahim, Sharon Siddique, Yasmin Hussain (1985)' "The Moplahs claim to descend from Muslim immigrants from Iraq who has fled to India from the cruelty of Al-Hajjaj toward the end of 7th century."

Thulukkar,tamil muslims of travancore
Thulukkar's are tamil/tamil-malayalam speaking muslims who were migrated from chola and pandiya kingdom (tamilnadu)settled in travancore turukkar, tulukkar, the Turks, the Muhammadans the world 'turukkar' or 'tulukkar', derived from original 'turk' or 'turki', came into use in the tamil country to refer to the muslims. though, the tamil muslims had nothing to do with the turks, they too were reffered to as 'tulukkars'. in thamil literature and temple inscriptions too, the word 'thu;ukkar' or 'turukkar' was used extensively from this period on wards. At present time thulukkars are comparatively less in number they were settled in trivandrum pathanamthitta and kottayam district of kerala state. There is story behind the thulukkar which was related to lord vishnu. In the temple in Srirangam Vishnu is manifested as Ranganatha Swami. There is a painting of one "Tulukka Nachiar" in a small shrine near the garbha-griha. Worship services are performed everyday in reverence to her in which the Lord Ranganatha is offered wheat bread, ghee and dhal for breakfast. (Tulukkar in Tamil means a Muslim and Nachiyar is a term used in Tamil Vaishnava theology for the divine consort of the presiding deity).story says she was the daughter of Allaudhin Khilji she loves the idol of Ranganatha. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.92.18.51 (talk) 10:15, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Keyi Family
I have removed the part aboutt Keyi family since its not related to the main subject.

Travancore Mappilas
I'm not so sure of my history, but werent there Christian Mappilas in Travancore? Could someone with knowledge on the matter please add a line (or create an article) about them? Thanks! -- thunderboltza.k.a.D e epu Joseph 14:08, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, There were three types of mappilas in kerala: Juda(jewish-they left kerala a long ago and are not present these days) Christian mappila(nasrani;of syrian origins and native converts pf kerala) Muslims(jonaka mappila;native converts;with arab mixing) Mappilas were actually present all over kerala. Muslims and christians of Kerala were called nasrani and jonaka mappila in ancient kerala(even if they werre from travancore) by the kerala kings/So in that sense, Christians and Muslims of Travancore are Mappilas. But the Britishers/pre - independance period identifies only christianss and muslims of malabar as mappilas. But as i said by History, All muslims or christians of kerala can be mappilas- but of slightly different origins.

Travancore in this talk means districts of Kollam,Alappuzha,kochi and port areas of trivandrum.(only areas of travancore with more muslim and christian population)

Thangals
Thangals are considered with high esteem by only a part of the community and its not there in practice as before

==Mappila==

In Kollavarsham 149 (AD1051) the Chera king Vallabhan kotha of Mampally Sasanam had given a Chepped to the Chengannoor Church conferring the title Mappila to all the Syrian Chrstians. The Syrian churches existing at that time were known as Mother Churches. After this Chepped was given, members of those churches were given the title ‘Mappila’ or children of Mother Churches and they suffixed Mappila with their names as a title of honour.

The title "Mappila"used by the Muslims in Malabar belongs to the Christians. Names among them, Ummer (Oommen) ,Choyi (Kochoyi), etc are of Syrian Christian origin. During the attack by Tippu the Kozhikode Zmuthiri (Zamorin), Manorama Thampuratti accompanied by many Syrian Christians came for shelter under Travencore State ruled by Karthikathirunal. Such Christians were settled in places like Ennakadu, Cheppadu, Kannankode, Mavelikara, etc where there were already Christians. During the time of Ramayan Delava a census of such Christians were taken. Inorder to identify them their houses were named after the tree closest to their houses. Thus names like Plamood, Mammootil, Pulimootil, Alumootil etc were given which exist till today. The earlier Christians in those places had "Thalackal", "Oor", "kode"etc added to their house name; examples are Poovathoor, Thalakode, Kizhakethalackal etc. They were Christians settled down there from St.Thomas time

Ref==The Cochin State Manual by Mr. C. Achutha Menon ,Government of Kerala,1995 The Christian Churches in Kerala by Mr. K.U.John, November1995

I have made chnages to the artilce to add this side Thennattu 02:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

mappila in Lakshadweep ?
In mappila article its included that Muslims of Lakshadweep are called. However, as per my knowldge, they are known as malecherrys.(i assume this might have derived from from malayalam words mala and cherry, may be referring to kerala itself. Its also noted that they were from kerala(i know at that time name kerala not applicable). Also in north kerala, i assume not all muslims were mappilas. and known as palaysars or something. please provide some light on this subject, if possible. we can make this article better. Daya anjali 16:29, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Nasrani Mappilla?
Doesn't Mappilla exclusively refer to the followers of Islam? Not sure abt this. Can someone describe the differences? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jillpaans (talk • contribs) 21:40, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

No.In Travancore/Cochin Part ,Mappila Means Nasrani Christians.while in Malabar it is for Malayalee Muslims. 59.93.32.185 (talk) 21:20, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

I suggest to add a disambiguation page stating something like "this article refers to Mappila Muslims, if you are looking for Syrian Nasrani Mappila's refer ...." The two together in one article doesn't make a proper combination.NMKuttiady (talk) 10:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

I've added Mappila_(disambiguation). I suggest making the Muslim_mappila page separate, and link the mappila page to the disambiguation page. Since Syrian Nasrani Mappila has a reasonably good article separately, I don't think it needs a mention here, especially since the page Muslim_mappila also refers here.Nothing communal in here.Just trying to organize the article better.NMKuttiady (talk) 13:14, 24 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, that would be a better option. There should be a seperate page named 'Muslim Mappila' just as there is already a page for Nasrani Mappila.PalakkappillyAchayan (talk)05:59, 25 February 2013 (UTC)


 * It would be better if this page is moved to Muslim Mappila. Br Ibrahim john (talk) 04:15, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Cheraman Perumal?
Why is there hardly any coverage of the story of the last Chera King? I agree that there is no historical evidence. however, Keralopathi describes the event, and I have read that there is a "tomb of the indian king" in Oman. Maybe it is a good idea to provide both the arguments in favour of and against the legend of Cheraman Perumal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.225.159 (talk) 08:07, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Physical Anthropology?
What the heck? Isn't this like early 1900's / late 1800's debunked junk science? Why is a Wikipedia article talking about head volume and nasal structure from some European racist? I don't see it as being productive to the subject matter —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.15.3.164 (talk) 01:15, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

muslims of ernakulam district
are the muslims of eranakulam district mappilas? I asked this because, there are dakhnis,thulukkar,kuchi memons and pathans are part of the muslims of eranakulam? main muslim centre are around aluva town. most of the muslims are in muvattupuzha,perumbavoor,paravoor,kothamangalam and aluva area. in kochi area, mattanchery-aroor-chandiroor area is the main centre. unlike malawaris, muslims in kochi-travancore stays with other communities without building ghettos(pettah). there are ahmedis in many places. ahmedi centres are outside major towns. no shia muslims am aware of. would like to know more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.4.225 (talk) 08:48, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Origin of the word Mappila
There was a custom to call men in southern part of Kerala and Tamil Nadu as Pillai which later became a caste name. The word meant son. When Christians were arrived in South Kerala the local people called them Ma Pillai (Ma as in Ma nishada means negative, "not" etc.) meaning 'not son' to clarify that they are not born here. Even after they settled here and after many generation they are still being called by the same name. The same logic applies to Muslims of northern Kerala. In TN, the same usage is used for son-in-laws with a similar logic. (I quoted this from a secular, well-experienced professor in history) I therefore have edited the etymology which someone reverted. So let us first discuss it in here.117.211.32.33 (talk) 12:23, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Clean-up: feedback please
I have almost done a tedious clean-up process of this article which had many POV issues along with a lot of factual inaccuracies. However, I'll wait to get a proper feedback before removing the "exper attention needed" template. Welcome your views!  AshLey  Msg 08:45, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Name and move
I moved the page back to its former title as the previous move was undiscussed and created a mess with incoming links. A cursory look suggests that this is the primary use of the term "Mappila"; other communities are further distinguished in English sources, for instance the Nasrani Mappilas. Moving it again should require a requested move.--Cúchullain t/ c 20:17, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Modern Theological Mappila sects of Kerala
Why does the section on theological sects conclude with a personal opinion of "not getting beyond theological debates"? This is derogatory and must be either removed or moved to a separate section with the appropriate title.Nidhishunnikrishnan (talk) 07:24, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Descendants of Arab traders
"The Mappilas are the descendants of communities of Arab traders who had come to Kerala. These Arabs were primarily from the Hadramawt valley of Yemen.[13]"

Is this really true? If so are they not of Indian ethnicity? Instead Yemenis/Arab ethnicity? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.201.92.242 (talk) 12:19, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

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Recent removals
Please read my edit summaries before reinstating my recent removals. This article concerns the Mappilas and much of what it contained prior to my edits was about Muslims generally in Kerala - that is a usurpation of the article and sometimes a misrepresentation of the sources. I left a note at Talk:Islam in Kerala also. - Sitush (talk) 05:38, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Please do not remove such large portions of the article without any consensus. Discuss the details in the Mappila article talk page, reach editor consensus and then remove the parts of the article.

AbuBer (talk) 05:40, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Will you please stop repeating your words across umpteen pages and actually address the issue. Why do you object to removal of this, for example? - Sitush (talk) 05:44, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Please reach a editor consensus and then remove the parts of the article. Your recent editing history at Mappila shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

AbuBer (talk) 05:55, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


 * You are repeating yourself across umpteen pages and it is becoming tiresome. I will give you an hour to answer my question above. - Sitush (talk)

You are welcome to engange in Mappila talk page discussions, but please do not remove other comments. AbuBer (talk) 06:57, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Stop stalling. Being polite is not enough - you need to respond properly otherwise I will treat this as WP:OWN. - Sitush (talk) 07:04, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to the discussion.

AbuBer (talk) 07:12, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Still stalling and you should take your own advice. I am not ignoring your "positions and conclusions" - you have not given any except it needs consensus, which is not a valid position in this circumstance because consensus needs discussion and you are not discussing. Which leads me to the other part of that advice - where are your "coherent and concise arguments"? You seem not to have any. I will treat this as WP:OWN unless you start co-operating. - Sitush (talk)
 * Please start the discussion. To which portion of the article you seem to have problem, sir?. Please explain. We will verfiy that bit.

AbuBer (talk) 09:42, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I have already explained what the problems are. It is for you to explain why you object to the removals etc. - Sitush (talk) 10:07, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Please explain the problems again. We will verfiy that bit.

AbuBer (talk) 12:55, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Read my edit summaries. Tell me which ones you object to. And please remove the section you have just added below - you keep adding/repeating stuff all over the place: it will confuse people and it is not necessary. - Sitush (talk) 13:03, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * So now it seems you have reverted me without understanding my rationale, and you have started yet another section here? This is becoming quite bizarre. Do you understand that this article is not about Islam in Kerala - we have an article for that. Thus, general statements about Muslims in Kerala, their overall population etc are irrelevant to the article. If we knew the Mappila population then, sure, that would be useful information for the reader but if they want to know the total figure then we've already linked to where they are most likely to find it. It is all about having the article focus on the subject it is supposed to be covering. - Sitush (talk) 13:18, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * So this is irrelevant, and is what I removed here and all the rest of the similar stuff. - Sitush (talk) 13:21, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


 * I have blocked AbuBer for this persistent obstructive behaviour while failing to partake in any constructive dialogue. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:25, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Proposal for moving the page to Muslim Mappila
Mappila is a name by which a number of religious or caste communities are/were known in Kerala. Actually this title is not exclusive for Muslim Mappila. Therefore it would be better to move this article to Muslim Mappila. Let Mappila remain a disambiguation page. Br Ibrahim john (talk) 04:18, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Mappila Muslim is a subdivision among Mappila.
Mappila is a term that is used to refer to different Malayalee religious communities with non-Indian origin. This term historically encompasses Christians, Jews and Muslims. So the term Mappila should be used for disambiguation. Br Ibrahim john (talk) 02:21, 7 July 2021 (UTC)