 In 1573 AD, when Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al-Azam became Sultan after the defeat of the Portuguese occupants, he gave Arabized the official name to " Al Daulat min al-Mahaldibiyat " . In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Maldives were called "Maldiva Islands " in many English records, but by the beginning of the 20th century, Maldives or Maldive Islands '' had become the commonly used name.
<fluency>  In 1573 AD, when Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al-Azam became Sultan after the defeat of the Portuguese occupants, he gave Arabized the official name to " Al Daulat min al-Mahaldibiyat " . In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Maldives were called "Maldiva Islands " in many English records, but by the beginning of the 20th century, Maldives or Maldive Islands '' had become the commonly used name.
 In 1573 AD, when Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al-Azam became Sultan after the defeat of the Portuguese occupants, he gave Arabized the official name to " Al Daulat min al-Mahaldibiyat . In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Maldives were called "Maldiva Islands " in many English records, but by the beginning of the 20th century, Maldives or Maldive Islands '' had become the commonly used name.