Koyilandy Jumu'ah Mosque

Koyilandy Jumu'ah Mosque
Koyilandy Jumu'ah Mosque
Koyilandy Jumu'ah Masjid
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Koyilandy, Kozhikode district
	Interactive map of Koyilandy Jumu'ah Mosque
Coordinates	11°26′16″N 75°41′38″E / 11.4378596°N 75.693875°E

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Koyilandy Jumu'ah Mosque is a mosque at Koyilandy, Kozhikode district, Kerala.^[1]

The mosque contains the below inscription (on granite blocks built into the steps of the ablution tank of the mosque).^[1] The epigraph is a rare surviving document recording patronage by a Hindu king (Bhaskara Ravi) to the Muslims of Kerala.^[1]

Language: Malayalam
Script: Vatteluttu (with Grantha)
Date: 10th century AD
King's name: Bhaskara Ravi (regnal year 2 + [...])
Terms
- Pakkaran Iravi (Malayalam) = Bhaskara Ravi (Sanskrit)
- Pantalayani = old name of Koyilandy
- Valenciyar = prominent merchant guild
- Nagara = medieval trading city
- Koyil Adhikarikal = king's representative for management and due collection

Kollam **Jumu'ah Mosque inscription of king Bhaskara Ravi** (A. R. No. 3, 1901)
English transliteration
First block (19 lines) [...Pa]kkaran Iravikku ccellaninraya[n]tu irantam antaik[ketir]...Pantalayani...tum...tarkku...nnattu...rilamai...ttume[m]mpal...koyil...mpa... Second block (5 lines) [...]ciyum ninkuti ceyyakaratiluma...nnalarini...yatturi... Third block (17 lines) [...]nu kotatoliyi...tiracuvanata...Valenci[yar]...lantukku...tum...Koyil Atikarikal attikkututt(u) aruliyitu...nakarattil ullor arakilum parangace...tukuti iruk...pannu...Ince...yaraiyar..catal..m tacca...eraiyirakkum...kututt..

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Aiyer, K. V. Subrahmanya (ed.), South Indian Inscriptions. VIII, no. 162, Madras: Govt of India, Central Publication Branch, Calcutta, 1932. p. 69.

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[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Aiyer, K. V. Subrahmanya (ed.), South Indian Inscriptions. VIII, no. 162, Madras: Govt of India, Central Publication Branch, Calcutta, 1932. p. 69.

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