# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karimul-makhdum
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:17:46.632Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karimul-makhdum"
name: "Karimul Makhdum"
slug: "karimul-makhdum"
description: "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."
tagline: "Muslim missionary, Arab trader"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Burial_Site_of_Sheik_Karimol_Makhdum_historical_marker_-_NHCP.jpg/330px-Burial_Site_of_Sheik_Karimol_Makhdum_historical_marker_-_NHCP.jpg"
gender: "male"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           43.72
  momentum:             16.14206128133705
  historical:           5.481066666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karimul_Makhdum"
    title: "Karimul Makhdum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "الشيخ كريم المخدوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Karimul_Makhdum"
    title: "Sheikh Karimul Makhdum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85"
    title: "مخدوم کریم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karimol_Makhdum"
    title: "Karimol Makhdum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ker%C3%AEm%C3%BC'l-Mahd%C3%BBm"
    title: "Kerîmü'l-Mahdûm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6739396"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump