# Karimul Makhdum

> Sheikh Karimul Makhdum was a Syrian Arab and Sufi Muslim as well as an early missionary who traveled to Maritime Southeast Asia. Karimul Makhdum was born in Makdonia, a village near Damascus in Syria. Him and the Wali Sanga were affiliated with the Kubrawi Hamadani missionaries in the late 14th century. He was a Sufi who brought Islam to the Philippines in 1380, 141 years before Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the country. He established a mosque in Simunul Island, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines, known as Sheikh Karimul Makhdum Mosque which is the oldest mosque in the country.

*Muslim missionary, Arab trader*

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## Identity
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Karimul Makhdum](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karimul_Makhdum)
- [الشيخ كريم المخدوم](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Sheikh Karimul Makhdum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Karimul_Makhdum)
- [مخدوم کریم](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85)
- [Karimol Makhdum](https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karimol_Makhdum)
- [Kerîmü'l-Mahdûm](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker%C3%AEm%C3%BC'l-Mahd%C3%BBm)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6739396)

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