Emerging Mappila - A Critical Assessment of Social Arbitrations in Malabar Muslims at the Post-1970’s Gulf Boom

Muhammed Ashique PP

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i01.36729

Emerging Mappila - A Critical Assessment of Social Arbitrations in Malabar Muslims at the Post-1970’s Gulf Boom

Author(s)	Muhammed Ashique PP
Country	India
Abstract	It has often been considered that many of the landscapes of Kerala are subjected to various socio-economic transformations due to numerous historical shiftings. The early locations include three major regions; Travancore, Cochin and Malabar. Each of them has unique social, economic and cultural features distinct from each other. Malabar region contains majority of state’s Muslim population, where they were known as Mappilas. In history, their contributions in different social dynamics, as well as their string attempts to counter the imperialistic forces in the pre colonial, colonial, and post colonial periods were unique and worthier than any other communities in rest of the state. But they were excluded from the mainstream society due to various external and internal factors within various social constructions. Malabar region had a glorious trade relation with Arabs since the pre-colonial era and this flourished trade of Indian products declined as a result of British foreign policies later on. Here, in the proposed paper, I would like to engage with the socio-economic transformations, cultural shifting and the progression of Mappilas from margin to mainstream during the 1970’s as a result of gulf boom in Malabar. This paper reveals the experiences of a Mappila Muslim with the impact of gulf boom in the Malabar region and how it boosted the empowerment of a blighted community. This paper will empirically analyse the regional development of each of these three locations of the state and tries to prove that the Malabar region was completely neglected by various social domains sketching it as an area of polarized people. This paper, by evaluating the impact of Nithaqath law of Saudi Arabia in Malabar economy, concludes that the social and economic status of Mappila Muslim was resulted by nothing but petro dollar.
Keywords	Mappila Muslim, Malabar, Gulf boom, Socio-economic transformation.
Field	Sociology > Economics
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 1, January-February 2025
Published On	2025-02-08
Cite This	Emerging Mappila - A Critical Assessment of Social Arbitrations in Malabar Muslims at the Post-1970’s Gulf Boom - Muhammed Ashique PP - IJFMR Volume 7, Issue 1, January-February 2025. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i01.36729
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i01.36729
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g84d9c

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