page_title: Mappila
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Mappila / History
caption_attribution_description: മലയാളം: ചേരമാൻ ജൂമുഅ മസ്ജിദ്ന്റ്റെ പഴയ രൂപം. മാതൃക. പള്ളിയോടനുബന്ധിച്ചുള്ള കാഴ്ച. ചില്ലു കൂടിനു വെളിയിൽ നിന്ന് ട്യൂബ് ലൈറ്റിന്റെ വെളിച്ചത്തിൽ എടുത്തത്.
context_page_description: Mappila, also known as a Mappila Muslim, formerly anglicized as Moplah/Mopla and historically known as Jonaka/Chonaka Mappila or Moors Mopulars/Mouros da Terra and Mouros Malabares, in general, is a member of the Muslim community of the same name found predominantly in Kerala, southern India. Mappilas share the common language of Malayalam with the other communities of Kerala.
  According to some scholars, the Mappilas are the oldest settled native Muslim community in South Asia. In general, a Mappila is either a descendant of any native convert to Islam or a mixed descendant of any Middle Eastern — Arab or non Arab — individual. Mappilas are but one among the many communities that forms the Muslim population of Kerala. No Census Report where the Muslim communities were mentioned separately is also available. As per some scholars, the term "Mappila" denotes not a single community but a variety of Malayali Muslims from north Kerala of different origins. In south Kerala Malayali Muslims are not called Mappilas.
  The Mappila community originated primarily as a result of the West Asian contacts with Kerala, which was fundamentally based upon commerce.
caption: A model of the old structure of the Kodungallur Mosque. According to the Cheraman Perumal tradition, the first Indian mosque was built at Kodungallur.
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