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Andrott
Andrott Island, () also known as Androth, is a small inhabited island in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, a group of 36 coral islands scattered in the Arabian Sea off the western coast of India. It has a distance of west of the city of Kochi. History Andrott Island had been known as 'Divanduru' in the past, a name that is found in some old French maps. It belongs to the Laccadive Islands subgroup, which had been historically a part of the Arakkal Kingdom. It was the first island to embrace Islam. Geography Andrott Island is the nearest to the mainland from all the islands in the group and it is also the longest, as well as the biggest (area-wise) island. It is located approximately from Kannur, from Kozhikode, and from Kochi. The island has an area of and is the only island of the group to have a west–east orientation. It has a lagoon area of . Demographics Most of the inhabitants are Muslims with a presence of Hindu minority. The Saint Ubaidullah who is believed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Ubaidullah
Sheikh Ubaidullah (born c. 663 AD) was a Islam, Muslim Arab from Medina. Early life The name Ubaidullah is an indirect Quranic name that means "little servant of God in Islam, God". ''Ubaid'' is the diminutive form of the word ''Abd'' ("servant") and is formed from ''Ubaid'' ("little servant") and ''Allah'' ("God"), -u- being the case marking for the nominative (in Construct state#Arabic, construct state). Nothing is known about his early life except his lineage which is traced to Caliph Abu Bakr, the first Rashidun Caliph, to whom he is believed to be closely related. Career Tradition says that once while praying in the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, Prophet's mosque in Medina Ubaidullah fell asleep and saw a dream in which he saw Muhammad who told him to go to distant lands east of Jeddah to preach Islam to the people. He interpreted the dream as a divine vision from God for his salvation and the people of those distant lands, so he proceeded to Jeddah where he travelled across t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |