The island of Huraa in Kaafu Atoll was the home of Sultan Ghazi Hasan Izz al-Din. Local tradition holds, however, that before he took that title, he had made a vow to build a mosque on his home island as part of a prayer for assistance against an attack from Malabar under the direction of the Ali Raja of Kannanur in 1753.
While the original structure on this site has since been replaced, the present Dhonbandaara Miskiiy compound also includes a ziyaarat (shrine mausoleum), as well as a large number of older bisthaan (burial enclosures), and ornamented coral gravestones.
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