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- ↑ "Maldives Royal Family Official Website: Majid's Pages: Maldive Sovereigns from AD 1141". maldivesroyalfamily.com. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ↑ Romero-Frias, Xavier (2006). Riggs, Thomas (ed.). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices. Vol. 3. Detroit: Thomson Gale. pp. 378–386. ISBN 0787666149.
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