Tuhfat al-Mujahidin
Subtitle: A Historical Epic of the Sixteenth Century
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9789839154801
Description: First written in Arabic in the late sixteenth century, Tuhfat al-Mujahidin is a pioneering historical work dealing with the struggles of the Malabar Muslims in southern India against the Portuguese colonisers' encroachment in India, and the rise of Malabar as a medieval naval force under the Zamorin of Calicut. Based on the author's own first hand information of events and what he could gather from reliable sources, it was written to motivate Muslims for the struggle against the invading Portuguese. Thus the republication of this anti-colonial manifesto could not have been more timely at a time when Muslims continue to be the only obstacle to the Western imperialistic ambitions. This translation of the Tuhfat is extensively annotated with more than 200 notes explaining local backgrounds and clearly identifying the names mentioned in the original Arabic work. The Tuhfat is compulsory reading for anybody trying to learn about post-Cordova episodes of Muslim history.
Table of contents: title: List of Photographs and Illustrations; title: Foreword; title: Short Biography of Shaykh Zainuddin; title: Translator’s Preface; title: Introduction; title: Section One:; title: A Treatise on the Necessity of Jihād and Instructions thereof; title: Section Two:; title: History of the Advent and Spread of Islam in Malabar; title: Section Three:; title: Certain Strange Customs of the Hindus in Malabar; title: Section Four:; title: Chapter One: The Arrival of the Portuguese in Malabar and a Brief Account of their Shameful Deeds; title: Chapter Two: Certain Shameful Deeds of the Portuguese; title: Chapter Three: The Zamorin-Portuguese Treaty and the Construction of the Portuguese Fort in Calicut; title: Chapter Four: The Rivalry between Zamorin and Portuguese, and the Capture of the Calicut Fort; title: Chapter Five: The Second Zamorin-Portuguese Treaty, and the Construction of the Portuguese Fort at Chaliyam; title: Chapter Six: The Third Zamorin-Portuguese Treaty; title: Chapter Seven: Conclusion of peace between Sultan Bahadur Shah and the Portuguese; and the Surrender of some of his Ports to the Portuguese; title: Chapter Eight: Sulaymān Bāshā’s Visit to Diu and the Neighbouring Places; title: Chapter Nine: The Fourth Zamorin-Portuguese Treaty; title: Chapter Ten: Hostility between the Zamorin and the Portuguese; title: Chapter Eleven: The Fifth Zamorin-Portuguese Treaty; title: Chapter Twelve: Cause of the Zamorin and Portuguese Rivalry, and the Beginning of the Portuguese Setback; title: Chapter Thirteen: The War that Ended in the Conquest of the Chaliyam Fort; title: Chapter Fourteen: The State of the Portuguese after the Loss of the Chaliyam Fort; title: End Notes; title: Index