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''Labbay'' means "Here I am", and is used as a title for [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-speaking Muslims who convert to [[Islam]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Pandian|first=Jacob|title=Caste, Nationalism and Ethnicity: An Interpretation of Tamil Cultural History and Social Order|publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=1987|pages=129-132}}</ref> | ''Labbay'' means "Here I am", and is used as a title for [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-speaking Muslims who convert to [[Islam]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Pandian|first=Jacob|title=Caste, Nationalism and Ethnicity: An Interpretation of Tamil Cultural History and Social Order|publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=1987|pages=129-132}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Before the arrival of the Dutch in the region, the Muslim traders and Muslim boat-makers were part of the same community. They both claimed to descend from Arabs and intermarriage with Hindus converts to Islam. The traders, who now called Lababeen, used their title to claim that they "rediscovered" their Arab ancestry | Before the arrival of the Dutch in the region, the Muslim traders and Muslim boat-makers were part of the same community. They both claimed to descend from Arabs and intermarriage with Hindus converts to Islam. The traders, who now called Lababeen, used their title to claim that they "rediscovered" their Arab ancestry. The Labbabeen traders are considered among the best in the social and religious superiority. | ||
Since the Labbay traders were the only literate [[Muslims]] in the region, they became priests, registrars, and commentators of the [[Quran]]. Their role as priests gave them high-status in the Muslim community, and great wealth in their role as traders. They spoke Tamil, but wrote it in [[Arabic script]]. | Since the Labbay traders were the only literate [[Muslims]] in the region, they became priests, registrars, and commentators of the [[Quran]]. Their role as priests gave them high-status in the Muslim community, and great wealth in their role as traders. They spoke Tamil, but wrote it in [[Arabic script]]. | ||
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== See also. == | == See also. == | ||
*[[Tamil Muslim]] | *[[Tamil Muslim]] | ||
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Labbay (Labbai, Labba, Labbabeen, Lebbay, Lebbai), is an Muslim trading community[1] in southern India found throughout the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
Etymology
Labbay means "Here I am", and is used as a title for Tamil-speaking Muslims who convert to Islam.[2]
History
Before the arrival of the Dutch in the region, the Muslim traders and Muslim boat-makers were part of the same community. They both claimed to descend from Arabs and intermarriage with Hindus converts to Islam. The traders, who now called Lababeen, used their title to claim that they "rediscovered" their Arab ancestry. The Labbabeen traders are considered among the best in the social and religious superiority.
Since the Labbay traders were the only literate Muslims in the region, they became priests, registrars, and commentators of the Quran. Their role as priests gave them high-status in the Muslim community, and great wealth in their role as traders. They spoke Tamil, but wrote it in Arabic script.
- ↑ Parthasarathi, Prasannan (2001). The Transition to a Colonial Economy: Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720-1800. 0 521 57042 5: Cambridge University Press. p. 150.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ↑ Pandian, Jacob (1987). Caste, Nationalism and Ethnicity: An Interpretation of Tamil Cultural History and Social Order. Popular Prakashan. pp. 129–132.