Muslim Moors

E212646

Muslim Moors are a Muslim ethnic community of Arab and local descent primarily found in Sri Lanka, historically known for their role in trade and cultural exchange.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Muslim Moors canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
associatedWith Indian Ocean trade routes ⓘ
spice trade ⓘ
citizenship Sri Lankan ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalInfluence Arab culture ⓘ
Sri Lankan culture ⓘ
Tamil culture ⓘ
culturalPractice Islamic festivals ⓘ
distinct Muslim Tamil dialect ⓘ
mosque-centered community life ⓘ
demographics minority community in Sri Lanka ⓘ
diaspora Europe ⓘ
Persian Gulf states ⓘ
surface form: Gulf countries

North America ⓘ
ethnicComposition Arab descent ⓘ
South Asian descent ⓘ
historicalOrigin Arab traders settling in Sri Lanka ⓘ
intermarriage with local populations in Sri Lanka ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfEmergence medieval period ⓘ
historicalRole cultural exchange between Arab and South Asian societies ⓘ
maritime trade in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
legalStatusInSriLanka recognized ethnic category in national census ⓘ
majorReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
notableFor preservation of Arab-influenced customs ⓘ
use of Arabic-derived personal names ⓘ
primaryLanguage Tamil ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the main ethnic groups in Sri Lanka ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
relatedGroup Indian Moors ⓘ
Malabar Muslims ⓘ
Sinhalese ⓘ
Malays in Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Malays

Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousInstitution mosque ⓘ
religiousLawInfluence Islamic law in personal matters ⓘ
secondaryLanguage English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Central Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Central Province, Sri Lanka

Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
traditionalOccupation commerce ⓘ
gem trade ⓘ
trading ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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