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Mohamed bin Hajj Ali Thukkala

Qazi of the Maldives

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Mohamed bin Hajj Ali Thukkala was a judge.

Qazi Mohamed bin Hajj Ali Thukkala (; ), was one of the Chief Justices of Maldives. Later he was Sultan Mohamed bin Hajj Ali Thukkala. He was also known as Dhevvadhoo Rasgefaanu.

The coral stone mosque in Fenfushi which is a UNESCO heritage site was built between 1692 and 1701 CE during Sultan Mohamed bin Hajj Ali Thukkala's reign. It is one of the few coral stone mosques which are with all of the components in the complex in good condition. This includes the mosque building, wells made of coral stone, a unique bathing tank of coral stone, a sun dial, tombstones of fine quality with within the large cemetery and boundary wall of coral masonry with two entrances surrounding the mosque.

A grant issued in the matter of building and upkeep of a mosque in the island of Geney in Thiladhummathi Atoll of Maldives, in late AD 1696 under the Seal of the King Siri Kula Ran Mani of Maldives referred to him as "Malekaddu Midhemedhu ekanuonna mi korhu anikaneh nethee korhu" which meant "Sole Sovereign with no other over what lies between Maliku and Addu".

The Sultan was likely poisoned and died in Male', on 16 January 1701 and was buried with his first wife in Friday Mosque of Male', Maldives.

Genealogy Sultan Mohamed bin Hajj Ali Thukkala was the son of Hajj Ali Thukkala son of Chief Justice Mohamed Shamsuddin

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Sultan of the Maldives

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