%0 Journal Article %T HAGIOGRAPHY AS HISTORY: A SURVEY OF MUSLIM HAGIOGRAPHY IN KERALA %A Abdul Nisar. M %J Golden Research Thoughts %D 2013 %I Laxmi Book Publication %R 10.9780/22315063 %X Hagiographical documents are valuable source materials to understand the popular culture and local history of a region. So this paper tries to locate and document some of the hagiographical documents produced in Kerala by the Muslims about the Sufis, martyrs and other Gnostics. %K Hagiography %K manaqib %K moulid %K Baraka %K Sufism %K Popular Culture. %U http://aygrt.isrj.net/UploadedData/2594.pdf