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Wikipedia: Meedhoo (Seenu Atoll) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (367 words) |
 | Meedhoo (Dhivehi: މީދޫ) is the oldest populated island in Addu Atoll, Republic of Maldives, having been settled between 1000 and 500 BCE. |
 | The original settlers came from Surat in Gujarat State of India or Patna, a city in north-east India on the banks of the Ganges, capital of the state of Bihar. |
 | Originally known as Pataliputra, and settled at the northern most tip of the atoll, an Arab traveller by the name of Yoosuf Naib planted the seed of Islam and built a place to worship Allah in the 12th century. |