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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Sri Lankan Moors canonical	31
Sri Lankan Moor	4
Muslim Moors of Ceylon	1
Sri Lankan Moor communities	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 (38)

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

Trincomalee → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Jaffna → demographicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Colombo → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Sri Lanka → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Flag of Ceylon → symbolizes → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim Moors of Ceylon

Southern Province, Sri Lanka → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Eastern Province, Sri Lanka → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Sri Lankan Civil War → ethnicGroupInvolved → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Sri Lankan Moors → language → Sri Lankan Moors self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Moorish Tamil

Kandy → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Central Province of Sri Lanka → significantMinority → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Uva Province of Sri Lanka → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

subject surface form: Uva Province

Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

subject surface form: Sabaragamuwa Province

Mappila Muslims → relatedGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Vavuniya District (Tamil-speaking areas) → hasMinorityEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Colombo Tamil → influencedBy → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Moor communities

Muslim Moors → alsoKnownAs → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Sri Lankan Canadian → ethnicOrigin → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Moor

Sri Lankan British → ethnicOriginIncludes → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Moor

Sri Lankan diaspora → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Sri Lankan Australian → ethnicOrigin → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Moor

Dutch Burgher → relatedGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka → ethnicGroupInCountry → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka → distinctFrom → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Malays in Sri Lanka → relatedEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Matale → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Badulla → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Ampara District → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Indian Moors → historicallyLinkedTo → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Kataragama → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Sri Lankan Tamils → relatedEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Gampaha District → containsEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Mannar region → ethnicCommunities → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Nainatheevu → ethnicCommunities → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Beruwala → hasEthnicCommunity → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Mannar District → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

Vavuniya District → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Moor

Donoughmore Constitution → appliesToEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ