Cultural blending of the two communities          In most part of the Arakan history, there were close political, economic and cultural inter-dependency and harmonious relationship between Muslim and the Rakhine.          Stone plates of inscriptions in Arabic script were retrieved from inside the pagodas and monasteries. Some are still found in Mrauk-U and Akyab Museums. […]

Dr. E Forchhammer and Islamic Monuments in Arakan  By Aman Ullah  Dr. Emil Forchhammer, a German-born Swiss Professor of Pali at Rangoon College, in his report of Arakan , which was publish in 1891, described not only all   the historical, social, cultural, archaeological aspects of Arakan but also its  religious side. He touched from the […]

In the 17th century, Mrauk U was home to a diverse population including Buddhists, Muslims, Christians and Hindus; from Arakan, Burma proper, Bengal, North India, Northeast India, the Middle East and Europe Coinage with a Arabic inscription from Bengali-ruled Arakan, 16th century Arakan ( ARR-ə-kan or AR-ə-kahn[1]) is a historic coastal region in Southeast Asia. […]

  Map of Rakhine State with the Mayu Frontier District highlighted in red. The Mayu Frontier District (Burmese: မေယုနယ်ခြားခရိုင်) was a short-lived administrative zone of Burma (present-day Myanmar) which existed between 1961 and 1964. It covered the Maungdaw District of present-day Rakhine State in the historical region of Arakan. The zone was administered directly from […]