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MOPLAH (Malayalam mappila)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 813 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOPLAH (See also:Malayalam mappila) , a fanatical See also:Mahommedan See also:sect found in See also:Malabar. The Moplahs, who number upwards of a million, are believed to be descended from Arab immigrants, who landed on the western See also:coast of See also:India in the 3rd See also:century after the Hegira. They are remarkable for the fanaticism displayed in successive attacks upon the See also:Hindus, and they have several times resisted See also:British troops. A See also:regiment of the See also:Indian See also:army was recruited among them, but the experiment proved a failure, and the Moplah Rifles were disbanded in See also:April 1907.

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