The Proselyte King
Cheraman Perumal is considered to be the Chera king who left the royal throne and later on converted into Islam.He was a Hindu king from Kerala, regarded as the first who converted into Islam from the Indian peninsular.There are also other claims stating that he never converted to Islam, but followed the religion strictly.He was the ruler of Kerala with his capital in Kodungallur which was known as Mahodayapuram back then.It is said that he had a miraculous dream of the new moon being split into two halves at the horizon.This made him to consult astrologers, and Arabic travellers who visited his court; from them he got to know more about Islam as a religion and they interpreted that the dream was a message from Prophet Muhammad.After that he did a self research about the religion and Prophet Muhammad, who lived during the same era.With his in depth analysis on Islam, he had plans to learn more about the religion and meet the Prophet personally.Perumal left all the worldly pleasures, hi...