The Muslim Non - Martyr Thomas Of Mylapore Madras, Ante 1288 A . D Journal Article

THE MUSLIM NON-MARTYR THOMAS OF MYLAPORE, MADRAS, ANTE 1288 A. When the Muslims discontinued it is also unknown, like the dates of that non-martyr's sojourn in Mylapore (he did not come to Kerala) and the place from which he came (perhaps before Islamic centres were founded on the Kerala coast, at Ponnani and other places). J. , of Rome, recently (in the first haJf ofJanuary, 1957) in some alleged St. Thomas locali• ties in India, that record says :- "The Indian pilgirmage of a pious Muslim consists in visiting ( 1) the tomb of Hasan Mo'ammar (?), companion of Mahomet, (2) the footprints of our father Adam (both in Ceylon), (3) the convent of Mar Tuma, one of the disciples of our Lord, the Messia, one of the Apostles, and (4) the tomb of Sultan Mahmud (in Ghazni, Afghanistan) who conquered Hindustan". The "Convent': of the Apostle St. Thomas (No. 3 above) is the Mylapore room in which his tomb * Mr. T.