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Map of Indian subcontinent in 1525. Sultanates of Gujarat, Malwa, Bengal, Kashmir and Delhi as well as Deccan sultanates can be seen in the south. Malwa Sultanate. The Malwa Sultanate was another Muslim kingdom in the Malwa region, covering the present day Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and south-eastern Rajasthan from 1392 to 1562.
The Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi produced his medieval atlas, Tabula Rogeriana or The Recreation for Him Who Wishes to Travel Through the Countries, in 1154.He incorporated the knowledge of Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Far East gathered by Arab merchants and explorers with the information inherited from the classical geographers to create the most accurate map of the world in pre ...
Islam in South Asia. Islam is the second-largest religion in South Asia, with more than 650 million Muslims living there, forming about one-third of the region's population. Islam first spread along the coastal regions of the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka, almost as soon as it started in the Arabian Peninsula, as the Arab traders brought it ...
India is home to many eminent Muslims who have made their mark in numerous fields and have played a constructive role in India's economic rise and cultural influence across the world. Out of the 12 Presidents of the Republic of India, three were Muslims – Zakir Husain, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmedand A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
Cartography of India as a part of the greater continent of Asia developed in Classical Antiquity . In Greek cartography, India appears as a remote land on the eastern fringe of Asia in the 5th century BCE ( Hecataeus of Miletus ). More detailed knowledge becomes available after the conquests of Alexander the Great, and the 3rd-century BCE ...
The Carnatic region shown on an 1897 map of India. The Carnatic region is the peninsular South Indian region between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal, in the erstwhile Madras Presidency and in the modern Indian states of Tamil Nadu and southern coastal Andhra Pradesh. During the British era, demarcation was different and the region ...
Indian Ocean Region. Maldives. Sultanate of Maldives (1153–1968) Theemuge dynasty (1161–1338) Hilaalee dynasty (1388–1558) Utheemu dynasty (1632–1692) Hamavi dynasty (1692) Devadhu dynasty (1692–1701) Isdhoo dynasty (1701–1704) Dhiyamigili dynasty (1704–1759, 1766–1773) Huraa dynasty (1759–1766, 1774–1968) Mayotte
The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs, politics, and laws of Islam [1] or to societies in which Islam is practiced. [2] [3] In a modern geopolitical sense, these terms refer to countries in which Islam is ...