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Muhammad Thakurufaanu
Muhammad Thakurufaanu was a Maldivian hero who led the resistance against the Portuguese, who had occupied Malé from 1558. With his brothers he waged a guerrilla war from the northern atolls and in 1573 killed the Portuguese commander and freed the capital. He then ruled as sultan until his death in 1585, and the Maldives keep their National Day in memory of the liberation.
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