Ahmed ʻUrabi, also known as Ahmed Ourabi or Orabi Pasha, also spelled Arabi or Araby Pasha, was an an officer of the Egyptian army. The first political and military leader in Egypt to rise from the fellahin, ʻUrabi participated in an 1879 mutiny that developed into the ʻUrabi revolt against the administration of Khedive Tewfik, which was under the influence of an Anglo-French consortium. He was promoted to Tewfik's cabinet and began reforms of Egypt's military and civil administrations, but the demonstrations in Alexandria of 1882 prompted a British bombardment and invasion which led to the capture of ʻUrabi and his allies and the imposition of British control in Egypt. ʻUrabi and his allies were sentenced by Tewfik into exile in Ceylon.
Kayalpattinam is a Municipality in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 40,588.
The Shadhili Tariqa is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam founded by Abul Hasan Ali ash-Shadhili in the 13th century and is followed by millions of people around the world. Many followers of the Shadhiliya are known as Shadhilis, and a single follower is known as Shadhili.
The Qadiriyya are members of the Qadiri tariqa. The tariqa got its name from Abdul Qadir Gilani, who was a Hanbali scholar from Gilan, Iran. The order relies strongly upon adherence to the fundamentals of Islam.
Zahira College is an Islamic school at Colombo in Maradana, Sri Lanka and was founded in 1892 as Al Madrasathul Zahira by notable Islamic lawyer and educationalist, Muhammad Cassim Siddi Lebbe, with the active patronage of Ahmed Orabi Pasha of Egypt. The college also has one of the oldest mosques in the country in its premises.
Abu al-Abbās Ahmad Ibn Idris al-Araishi al-Alami al-Idrisi al-Hasani (1760–1837) was a Moroccan Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist and Sufi, active in Morocco, the Hejaz, Egypt, and Yemen. His main concern was the revivification of the sunnah or practice of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. For this reason, his students, such as the great hadith scholar Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi, gave him the title Muhyi 's-Sunnah "The Reviver of the Sunnah". His followers founded a number of important Sufi tariqas which spread his teachings across the Muslim world.
Beruwala is a town in Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council. Beruwala with a total area of approximately 15 square kilometres and is located on the south-west coast of Sri Lanka, 60 km (37 mi) south of Colombo.
Mohammed Uthman al-Mirghani, known as Al-Khatim, was the founder of the Khatmiyya sufi tariqa that has a following in Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia.
Deshamanya Marhoom Al Haj Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar was a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and Governor of the Southern Province.
Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Fassi (1760?–1863) was the originator of the Fassi family of Sheikhs who constitute the Fassiyatush Shadhiliyya Sufi order.
Kahatowita is one of the villages in the Attanagalla electorate, Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka.
Hameed Al Husseinie College is an Islamic national school in Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded in 1884.
Sheikh Mustafa, known as Sheikh Mustafa Waliullah was an Islamic scholar from Sri Lanka. He was also a poet and Sufi. Sheikh Mustafa was founder of the Qadiriyyathun Nabaviyyah Sufi order.
Muslim Nesan was an Arwi and English-language weekly newspaper, published from Colombo, Ceylon between 1882 and 1889. Mukammatu Kacim Cittilevvai was the publisher, owner and editor of Muslim Nesan. Cittilevvai founded Muslim Nesan in Kandy in December 1882. The name of the publication was possibly inspired by the journal Ilankai Nesan of Arumuka Navalar. In setting up the newspaper Cittilevvai was inspired by the Aligarh Movement, Navalar and Colonel Henry Steel Olcott. The first issue appeared on 21 December 1882.
Muhammad Cassim Siddi Lebbe was a Ceylonese Lawyer, educationist, scholar, philosopher, Divination, writer, publisher, social reformer, proctor, visionary and Muslim community leader.
Jeelan Central College, Panadura located in Panadura. It was founded in 1900 as Quran Madrasa by three of the most prominent Sri Lankan Muslims of the day, M. C. Siddi Lebbe I. L. M. Abdul Aziz and Arasi Marikar Wapchie Marikar, with the active patronage of Ahmed Orabi Pasha of Egypt. It is currently the largest Muslim educational institution in Sri Lanka with more than 2000 students studying there.
Makhdoom Shah Maroof Khushabi was a sufi, saint and preacher of Islamic of Qadiriyya Silsila. He was the successor of Shah Mubarak Haqani. He was a member of the Chishti Order and the Qadiriyya order.
Sheikh Hassan Bin Osman Magdoomy (1785-1866) is the first Moorish Saint of Sri Lanka, about whom chronological data are available. Hassan was one of the eminent walis in the country and was known as Alim Sahib Appa among his mureeds (disciples) in Sri Lanka.
