Thakandhoo (Haa Alif Atoll)
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Thakandhoo (Dhivehi
: ތަކަންދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Alif Atoll
administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives
. Thakandhoo population is around 1000. Standard of living is high when compare to the other islands in the atoll. Majority of the Thakany ares living in capital Male' for the purpose of education and employment. Thakany means those who are born in Thakandhoo.
The tomb of Ali Thakurufaanu, who was killed in 1572 during a battle against the invading Portuguese, is located on this island. He was the first person to be killed in this 8-year war against the Portuguese led by Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al-Azam of Utheemu
. The Malabars decapitated the body and took the head to Male' to ceremonially present to the regent Andiri Andirin. Maldivians later stole the head from the garrison and buried it in the island of Funadhoo. The body was later buried in Thakandhoo.
Thakandhoo (Dhivehi
Dhivehi language
Maldivian is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by about 350,000 people in the Maldives where it is the national language. It is also the first language of nearly 10,000 people in the island of Minicoy in the Union territory of Lakshadweep, India where the Mahl dialect of the Maldivian...
: ތަކަންދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Alif Atoll
Haa Alif Atoll
Haa Alif Atoll - officially referred as Thiladhunmathi Uthuruburi is the northernmost administrative division of the Maldives....
administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives
Maldives
The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
. Thakandhoo population is around 1000. Standard of living is high when compare to the other islands in the atoll. Majority of the Thakany ares living in capital Male' for the purpose of education and employment. Thakany means those who are born in Thakandhoo.
The tomb of Ali Thakurufaanu, who was killed in 1572 during a battle against the invading Portuguese, is located on this island. He was the first person to be killed in this 8-year war against the Portuguese led by Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al-Azam of Utheemu
Utheemu (Haa Alif Atoll)
Utheemu is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Alif Atoll administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives. The birthplace of Sultan Mohamed Thakurufaanu, who with his brothers and his companions fought an eight-year long war to drive out the...
. The Malabars decapitated the body and took the head to Male' to ceremonially present to the regent Andiri Andirin. Maldivians later stole the head from the garrison and buried it in the island of Funadhoo. The body was later buried in Thakandhoo.