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Arabic connection researcher and writer K. Aboobacker has been selected for the inaugural Mamburam Thangal Heritage Award instituted by the Mamburam Thangal Institute for Research and Heritage Studies (MTIRHS). He was chosen successful designation of his longstanding contributions to Arab-Malayalam connection and lit and Mapila practice studies.
The enactment was made by a assemblage comprising K.S. Madhavan (Calicut University), M.H. Ilyas (Mahatma Gandhi University), Syed Ashraf Thangal (Mapila Heritage Library), and P.K. Mohammed Shareef (PSMO College, Tirurangadi).
A autochthonal of Koduvally, Mr. Aboobacker studied astatine Government College, Kodanchery, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, and Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram, wherever helium earned a master’s grade successful Malayalam. He retired from teaching successful 2022 and has published respective probe papers connected Mapila heritage.
His books include, The Complete Works of Moyinkutty Vaidyar, Annotated Bibliography of Arab-Malayalam, Ishal Tradition successful Malayalam, Arab-Malayalam: Language, Literature and Music, Vaidyar’s World of Poesy, Biography of T. Ubaid, and Muslim Cultural Heritage.
Minister for Local Administration K.M. Shaji volition contiguous the grant astatine the 4th Mamburam Thangal past seminar astatine Mamburam, Tirurangadi, connected June 20, 2026. MTIRHS, based astatine Tirurangadi, is dedicated to Kerala taste and practice studies.
