(2) The Muslim leaseholders(Kanamdars) and cultivators(Verumpattamdars) of South-Malabar (Kerala State) were popularly known as Moplahs. They were mainly converts to Islam from the lower caste Hindu like Tiyya. In the 19th century the British rulers always branded Moplah peasants strikes as outbursts and suppressed the rebels.The Moplah rebellion of 1921 stemmed from twin grievances of the Moplah Muslim, peasantry(continued landlord oppression)and British government’s anti-khilafat policies.