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Murædhu Gan'duvaru Ali Manikfan (born 16 March 1938 in Maliku to Bodu Gan'duvaru Moosa Manikfan and Murædhugan'duvaru Fathima Manika) is a marine researcher, ecologist, shipbuilder, and a polyglot. But he does not hold any formal educational qualification.
Ali Manikfan devised a lunar calendar for the whole world. After discussing with astronomers he became convinced that Muslim shouldn’t use different sets of lunar calendars. He tries to find a way to make all Muslims accept a unified Hijree calendar.
Ali Manikfan found this new fish species while working with Dr. Jones, who impressed with Ali Manikfan’s capacity of observation and his deep and wide knowledge about marine life, gave this fish Manikfan’s name (Abudefduf manikfani) to perpetuate his memory.
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The change of Kingship from Muhammad Shamsuddeen (III) to Muhammad Imaduddeen (VI) and again back to Muhammad Shamsuddeen (III) and the political feud between Athireege and Kakaage Houses. The following is copied from Bell's Monograph.
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SULTAN MUHAMMAD IMADUDDEEN V
The death of Sultán Íbráhím Núr-ud-dín (on November 29, 1892) at once opened the flood gates of bitter partisanship and chicanery at Mále.
He had left (besides five daughters) four sons, all minors, by three of his five wives.
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The eldest, thirteen or fourteen years of age, was born to Don Gomá, a niece of Muhammad Dídí Ranna Baderi Kilégefánu (of Kakaage); the second son, child of Bodugalu-ge Didi, was a boy of but eight. Within a week of communicating (December 8, 1892)...
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