50 min
A conversation with Aman Ullah, a Rohingya historian and former school teacher Free Rohingya Coalition Genocide Podcast Series
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FRC Genocide Podcast Series [in Rohingya, hosted by Ro Nay San Lwin]
Mr. Aman Ullah, a Rohingya historian based in Bangladesh and he was a former school teacher in Ann township and the southern part of Maungdaw, Arakan State, Myanmar, who has contributed in the field of Rohingya history and humanitarian stance.
This conversation covers:
1) The earliest name of Arakan was ‘Kala Mukha’ (Land of the) Black Faces
2) The second phase of Indianisation of Arakan occurred sometime around the 6th century CE
3) In the 8th century by ruthless oppression of Hindu chauvinists
4) In the later part of 8th century several ships were wrecked on Ramree Island and the Mussalman crews sent to Arakan and placed in villages there
5) In the early part of 15th century the king of Arakan had to flee and took shelter in the Muslims Court of Gaur by the Burmese invasion
6) Muslims conquered Chittagong in 1338 and held under their sway till 1538, and Chittagong formed an integral part of Arakanese up to 1666
7) In the seventeenth century, the Portuguese with Magh captured and enslaved a large numbers of Muslims and non-Muslims from Bengal
8) In 1661 when Shah Shuja, the Maghul prince utterly defeated by Aurangzeb, was driven to seek refuge in Arakan
9) Various migrations and local converts led to form one common racial and linguistic classification as “Rohingya”; a term derived from Rohang, the ancient name of Arakan
FRC Genocide Podcast Series [in Rohingya, hosted by Ro Nay San Lwin]
Mr. Aman Ullah, a Rohingya historian based in Bangladesh and he was a former school teacher in Ann township and the southern part of Maungdaw, Arakan State, Myanmar, who has contributed in the field of Rohingya history and humanitarian stance.
This conversation covers:
1) The earliest name of Arakan was ‘Kala Mukha’ (Land of the) Black Faces
2) The second phase of Indianisation of Arakan occurred sometime around the 6th century CE
3) In the 8th century by ruthless oppression of Hindu chauvinists
4) In the later part of 8th century several ships were wrecked on Ramree Island and the Mussalman crews sent to Arakan and placed in villages there
5) In the early part of 15th century the king of Arakan had to flee and took shelter in the Muslims Court of Gaur by the Burmese invasion
6) Muslims conquered Chittagong in 1338 and held under their sway till 1538, and Chittagong formed an integral part of Arakanese up to 1666
7) In the seventeenth century, the Portuguese with Magh captured and enslaved a large numbers of Muslims and non-Muslims from Bengal
8) In 1661 when Shah Shuja, the Maghul prince utterly defeated by Aurangzeb, was driven to seek refuge in Arakan
9) Various migrations and local converts led to form one common racial and linguistic classification as “Rohingya”; a term derived from Rohang, the ancient name of Arakan
50 min