Zainuddin Makhdoom I

Sheikh Zainuddin Makhdoom bin Sheikh Al Qazi Ali (Arabic: شيخ زين الدين المخدوم بن الشيخ عبد العزيز المليباري; Zayn al-Dīn ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Malībārī), was an Islamic scholar and grandfather of Zainuddin Makhdoom II, the famous author of Fat'h Ul Mueen (the Arabic text book on Shafi'i school of Fiqh or Islamic jurisprudence) and Thuhfathul Mujahidin (the Arabic text book on History of Kerala before and during the Portuguese period). He is the builder of Ponnani Juma Masjid.