Regions with significant populations | |
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Kodagu (Coorg) | |
Languages | |
Kodava takk, Malayalam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kodavas, Amma Kodava, Kodagu Heggade, Kodagu Gowda, Beary, Mappila |
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The Kodava Maaple, also known as Jamma Maaple, is a Muslim community residing in Kodagu district of Karnataka in southern India. They are Sunnis of the Shafi'i madhab , and contract marriage alliances with Mappilas and Bearys. They speak Kodava takk, although now they do follow some Mappila and Beary customs also. [1] [2]
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The Madikeri the capital taluk of Kodagu had been renamed to Zafarabad by the Sultan in the meanwhile. [3] The Muslim descendants of the Kodavas who converted into Islam, after Tipu Sultan's army on various forays into Coorg are called Kodava Mappila. [4]