Mussa Bin Bique

Mussa Bin Bique (Arabic: موسى بن بيك‎), other names Musa Al Big or Mossa Al Bique or Mussa Ben Mbiki or Mussa Ibn Malik, was a ruler of the Island of Mozambique, before the Portuguese overtook the island in 1544.[1]

Background

Islam in Mozambique has a history that goes back to at least the tenth century. The records show that the region was known and well frequented by Muslim travelers and traders.[2][3] Mussa Bin Bique was considered to be a shaykh, i.e a person with authority in Islamic knowledge.[4] The name of the island, and subsequently the entire African nation of Mozambique, was derived from his name.[5][6] With Islam came the literacy into this land in the fields of poetry, history, commercial transactions, and other literary genres.[3] By the middle of the fifteenth century, permanent and flourishing commercial and religious sultanates had been established along the coast and some had penetrated up the Zambezi.[7]

Legacy

As colonial history is erased from many landmarks and regional names, there is a university in Maputo bearing the name of Mozambique's ruler Mussa Bin Bique from five hundred years back called "Mussa Bin Bique University", established in 1998.[8]

References
  1. "إفريقيا | اتحاد علماء إفريقيا". africanulama.org.
  2. http://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2521&context=vincentiana
  3. Bonate, Liazzat J. K. (April 12, 2016). "Islam and Literacy in Northern Mozambique: Historical Records on the Secular Uses of the Arabic Script". Islamic Africa. 7 (1): 60–80. doi:10.1163/21540993-00701007 – via brill.com.
  4. "10 Things You Didn't Know About Mozambique". May 7, 2018.
  5. https://www.discoverafrica.com/safaris/mozambique/mozambique-island/
  6. "موزمبيق.. الوجه الآخر - اتجاهات - مقالات - البيان". www.albayan.ae.
  7. von Sicard, S. (2008). "Islam in Mozambique: Some Historical and Cultural Perspectives". Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 28 (3): 473–490. doi:10.1080/13602000802548201.
  8. "Mozambique: Mussa Bin Bique University Closes Faculties".
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