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Landmarks In The History Of The Muslims Of Sri Lanka

437 BC – King Pandukabhaya ascends the throne. Sets up a separate quarter for the residence of the Yonas, probably Arabs, in Anuradhapura 712 AC – The Arab invasion of Sind prompted by the capture of some Arab women, daughters of merchants who had died in Sri Lanka whom the Sri Lankan sovereign was sending to Iraq 1214 – Magha, …

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