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Umaru Pulavar
இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க:உமறுப்புலவர்
Umaru Pulavar is a pioneer among Islamic poets in Tamil. He is the author of Seerappuraanam, an outstanding classical epic in Tamil.
Pulavar dressHe belongs to the Tamil Islamic poetic tradition.
Birth, Youth
Umaru Pulavar was born in Nagalapuram village in Thoothukudi district in 1642. He is mentioned to have been born in Hijri 1052, Sha'ban month , 9th day (Pirai) in a poem written by a poet from the poetic tradition of Umaru Pulavar.
Dr. M. M. Uwais maps this date to October 25, 1642 A.D. Umaru Pulavar died in the Hijri 1115 (1703). Therefore, Umaru Pulavar's period is generally predicted as A.D 1642 - 1703.
Pulavar in english
This information coincides well with the information we have regarding the periods of Umaru Pulavar's teacher, philanthropists who were his contemporaries, master in his religion. All historians accept that Seethakathi Vallal had asked Umaru Pulavar to write Seerappuraanam and had supported him.
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