We were here first: The case for Malaypolitical representation in Sri Lanka

There is a mosque on Slave Island in Colombo that has stood for more than three centuries.

Masjidul Jamiya was not built by merchants or pilgrims.

It was built by soldiers, Malay soldiers who came to this island in service to the Dutch crown and, after 1796, to the British, and who stayed, raised families, […] ...