See also:

• MOPLAH (Malayalam mappila)

MOPLAH (See also:

• MALAYALAM

Malayalam mappila)  , a fanatical See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• SECT

sect found in See also:

• MALABAR

Malabar . The Moplahs, who number upwards of a million, are believed to be descended from Arab immigrants, who landed on the western See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India in the 3rd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century after the Hegira . They are remarkable for the fanaticism displayed in successive attacks upon the See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus, and they have several times resisted See also:

• BRITISH

British troops . A See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army was recruited among them, but the experiment proved a failure, and the See also:

• MOPLAH (Malayalam mappila)

Moplah Rifles were disbanded in See also:

• APRIL

April 1907 .