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Malik Deenar ( , Malayalam : മാലിക് ദീനാര്) (died 748 CE) was Persian scholar and traveller.1 He was one of the first known Muslims to have come to India in order to propagate Islam in the Indian Subcontinent after the departure of King Cheraman Perumal . Even though historians do not agree on the exact place of his death, it is widely accepted that he died at Kasaragod and that his relics were buried at the Malik Dinar Mosque in Thalangara , Kasaragod . Belonging to the generation of the tabi'i , Malik is called a reliable traditionalist in Sunni sources, and is said to have transmitted from such authorities as Malik ibn Anas and Ibn Sirin . He was the son of a Persian slave from Kabul who became a disciple of Hasan al-Basri .2 He died just before the epidemic of plague which caused considerable ravages in Basra in 748-49 CE, with various traditions placing his death either at 744-45 or 747-48 CE. Al-Hujwiri, "Kashf al-Mahjoob", 89 Ibn Nadim, "Fihrist", 1037 "History" .
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Malik Deenar (died 648 CE) is the first follower of the Islamic prophet, Muhammed , to come to India in order to propagate Islam in the Indian Subcontinent . Al-Hujwiri, "Kashf al-Mahjoob", 89 Ibn Nadim, "Fihrist", 1037 "History" .
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Malik Dinar ( , Malayalam : മാലിക് ദീനാര്) (died 748 CE) was a Muslim scholar and traveller. He was one of the first known Muslims to have come to India in order to propagate Islam in the Indian Subcontinent after the departure of King Cheraman Perumal . Even though historians do not agree on the exact place of his death, it is widely accepted that he died at Kasaragod and that his relics were buried at the Malik Dinar Mosque in Thalangara , Kasaragod . Belonging to the generation of the tabi'i , Malik is called a reliable traditionalist in Sunni sources. He was the son of a slave from Kabul who became a disciple of Hasan al-Basri . He died just before the epidemic of plague which caused considerable ravages in Basra in 748-49 CE, with various traditions placing his death either at 744-45 or 747-48 CE. Al-Hujwiri, "Kashf al-Mahjoob", 89 Ibn Nadim, "Fihrist", 1037 "History" .
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Islamic missionary (d. 748) For the 14th century Delhi Sultanate general, see Malik Dinar (Khalji dynasty) .( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Malik Dinar ( Arabic : مالك دينار , romanized : Mālik b. Dīnār , Malayalam : മാലിക് ദീനാര്) (died 748 CE) was a Muslim scholar and traveller. He was one of the first known Muslims to have come to India in order to teach Islam in the Indian Subcontinent after the departure of King Cheraman Perumal. Even though historians do not agree on the exact place of his death, it is widely accepted that he died at Kasaragod and that his relics were buried at the Malik Dinar Mosque in Thalangara , Kasaragod . Belonging to the generation of the tabi'i , Malik is called a reliable traditionalist in Sunni sources. He was the son of a slave from Kabul who became a disciple of Hasan al-Basri . He died just before the epidemic of plague which caused considerable ravages in Basra in 748-49 CE, with various traditions placing his death either at 744-45 or 747-48 CE. Al-Hujwiri, "Kashf al-Mahjoob", 89 Ibn Nadim, "Fihrist", 1037 Pellat, Ch., “Mālik b.
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