Mohamed Jamaaluddin

Mohamed Jamaaluddin (Al-shaykh Muhammadh Jamal al-Din) is an important 16th century scholar and immigrant to Maldives[1] who settled in Vaadu island in the Huvadu atoll of Maldives.

He is known for teaching and advancing other scholars in the region of Maldives.

Maldivian chronicler Hassan Taj Al-Din references Al-shaykh Muhammadh Jamal al-Din as an foreigner who immigrated to Maldives and lists his origin as Hadramawt.

[1] He mentions that Al-shaykh Muhammadh Jamal al-Din immigrated to Maldives in the time of Sultan Muhammadh (Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al Auzam, 1573–1585).

[1] Al-shaykh Muhammadh Jamal al-Din's most famous students include: [3] Other educators from his teaching legacy: [5]