 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.