List of Sri Lankan Moors
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This is a list of Sri Lankan Moors, Arab traders who settled in Sri Lanka between the 8th and 15th centuries and now comprise 8% of the Sri Lankan population. They speak Tamil and Sinhalese and mainly live around the coastal areas of the island.
Musicians
- Mohideen Baig - popular Sri Lankan musician
Politicians
- Hasen Ali - Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Ali Ameer - Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- M. H. M. Ashraff - former Minister of Ports Development and Eastern Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
- S.E.M. Assenkudhoos - former MP for Puttalam; deceased
- A. M. A. Azeez - first Moor civil servant; former GA of Eastern Province (present Amparai); late Zahira College (Colombo) Principal
- Risad Badhiutheen - Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Hussain Ahamed Bhaila - Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Cassim Faizal - Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Rauff Hakeem - leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
- Razik Fareed - politician, ambassador, founder of the Moors Islamic Cultural Society
- Abdul Baiz Kamardeen - Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- A. M. M. Naoshad - Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- S. Nijamudeen - Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Mohamed Rajabdeen - Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Athletes
- N. Hara Anzil - Sri Lankan former basketball player of Kandy Girls' High School
Physicians
- Dr. A. L. M. M. Hameem - Unani physician [1]
