Lhaviyani Atoll
Lhaviyani Atoll or Faadhippolhu Atoll is an administrative division
of the Maldives. The island of Maafilaafushi was resettled in the 1980s
in order to relieve the lack of land availability in Malé. The island
once served as the capital of the separatist Kingdom of
Boduthiladhunmathi. In Mohamed Rannabadeyri Thakuru with the help of
Adhi Raja of Cannanore attacked Male’ and tried to overthrow the kingdom
of Ibrahim Kalaafaanu (Sultan Ibrahim III 1585-1609) in However being
unable to take control of the capital Male’ they fled to Faadhippolhu
where Mohamed Rannabadeyri controlled the northern atolls of the
Maldives until he was overthrown by Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin I
(1620-1648).
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