Sri Lankan Moors

E67344
Muslim community ethnic group

The Sri Lankan Moors are a predominantly Muslim ethnic group in Sri Lanka, historically engaged in trade and distinguished by a unique blend of Arab, South Indian, and local cultural influences.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Muslim Moors of Ceylon 1
Sri Lankan Moorish Tamil 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestry Arab traders ⓘ
South Indian Muslims ⓘ
indigenous Sri Lankans ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalInfluence Arab culture ⓘ
South Indian culture ⓘ
Sri Lankan culture ⓘ
demographicFeature predominantly urban and semi-urban population ⓘ
ethnicReligion Islam ⓘ
ethnicStatusInSriLanka one of the major ethnic groups in Sri Lanka ⓘ
historicalOccupation gem trade ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
retail commerce ⓘ
spice trade ⓘ
historicalPresence British Ceylon ⓘ
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Ceylon

Portuguese Ceylon ⓘ
pre-colonial Sri Lanka ⓘ
language Arabic (liturgical) ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Moorish Tamil

Tamil ⓘ
mainFestivals Eid al-Adha ⓘ
Eid al-Fitr ⓘ
Mawlid ⓘ
majorReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
notableEconomicRole rural retail trade in Sri Lanka ⓘ
urban commerce in Sri Lanka ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityBy Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
region Central Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Central Province, Sri Lanka

Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
relatedGroup Indian Moors ⓘ
Memons ⓘ
Malays in Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Malays

Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousInstitution mosque ⓘ
religiousLawInfluence Islamic law in personal matters ⓘ
scriptUsedHistorically Ajami script ⓘ
surface form: Arwi (Arabic Tamil script)
selfDesignation Muslim (in everyday usage in Sri Lanka) ⓘ
traditionalDress abaya ⓘ
hijab ⓘ
sarong ⓘ
taqiyah (cap) ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jaffna → demographicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Colombo → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Kandy → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Sri Lanka → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Sri Lankan Civil War → ethnicGroupInvolved → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Trincomalee → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors → language → Sri Lankan Moors self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Moorish Tamil
Flag of Ceylon → symbolizes → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muslim Moors of Ceylon