Arab Geographers’ Knowledge of Southern Indian

Centuries ago, the roaring sea was the only answer for the quest of the new. Voyages made landscapes and people. Each expedition constructed a new history of land and new versions of cultures. Some took the toke of imperialism through these sea routes; some a mission of knowledge and cultural symbiosis. Arab geographers’ knowledge of southern India is a construction of India from the narratives of famous Arab travellers. A fresh perception on the land of many cultures by some iconic navigators whose mission it was Syed Muhammed Husayn Nainar, renowned academician and author, has to his credit a biography in Tamil of Seethakathi Vallal, a Muslim sage and philanthropist of the 18th century, several English monographs on Arabic, Tamil,Hindi and Urdu linguistics, and the translation of Tuhfat al-Mujahidin, which OtherBooks brought out in 2006.