History of Maldives

[Ali_Syed]

Re: History of Maldives

@ninja_hattori

About the middle of the twelfth century the people of Maldives converted from Buddhism to Islam when a pious Muslim from north Africa rid the land of a terrible demon. (The demon had demanded a young virgin each month - and the Muslim hero offered to take the place of the girl. Before the sacrifice, he recited the Koran throughout the night, and the demon could do nothing out of fear of the Sacred Word.) These islands rise only a few feet above the surface of the sea and stretch for about 475 miles like a white pearl necklace.

The Travels of Ibn Battuta

Interesting thanks for sharing, I think the locals could be closer to people of srilanka and South India