Abd al-Aziz of Mogadishu ( ar, عبد العزيز) was a 14th-century island chief or katheeb of
Kinolhas island of the
Maldives
Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...
. When Ibn Battuta visited the Maldives islands, the governor of the island of Utheemu at that time was Abd Aziz-al Makdashawi.
Descent or Ancestry
Purnima Mehta Bhatt a professor of history, anthropology, and interdisciplinary studies at Hood College, USA, wrote: the term makdashawi originates from Mogadishu in Somalia''
chief of the island, Abd al - Aziz al - Makdashawi ( i.e. of Mogadishu ), suggests a clear connection with the Somali capital"
His name indicates a connection with the Somali coast although not necessarily of African ethnic origin,
Biography
Abd al-Aziz was a
Somali governor of the island of Utheemu of Maldives.
After him is named the Abdul-Aziz Mosque in Mogadishu which has remained there for centuries.
In 1346, Abd al-Aziz welcomed
Ibn Battuta at his court and entertained him before giving him a
barque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts having the fore- and mainmasts rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftmost mast) rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the mizzen is only partly fore-and-aft rigged, b ...
to continue his journey.
See also
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Ibn Battuta
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Culture of Somalia
The culture of Somalia is an amalgamation of traditions in that were developed independently since the Proto-Somali era. The hypernym of the term ''Somali'' from a geopolitical sense is '' Horner'' and from an ethnic sense, it is '' Cushite''.
Ov ...
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Demographics of Somalia
The demographics of Somalis encompass the demographic features of Somalia's inhabitants, including ethnicity, language, population density, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Soma ...
References
External links
Maldivian Links with Eastern Africa
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Ethnic Somali people
Somali sultans
History of the Maldives
Mogadishu
14th-century Somalian people