This article was originally published in November 2016.
The Tamil nation, in the homeland and in the diaspora, holds steadfastly to records of the liberation struggle. The well-known dates and the lesser-known dates are tirelessly observed. Heroes are canonised in the Maaveerar Naal calendar.
But with the destruction of LTTE records and cemeteries, it becomes inevitable that some names are lost to us, at least momentarily.
The record of Muslim fighters remains incomplete. Their contribution to the Tamil struggle for liberation is often overlooked in the mainstream commemoration of Maaveerar Naal.
In this brief sample we have published, the Muslim Maaveerar span generations and hail from all over the Tamil homeland.
This list was originally published on Eelamalar.com (Cadre indicates Veeravenkai)
| Rank & Nom de Guerre | Civilian name | Place of Birth | Date of death (Veerasaavu) | Details |
| Lieutenant Junaideen/ Johnson | Junaideen | Oddamaavadi, Batticaloa | 30.11.1985 | |
| Cadre Rahman | 08.05.1986 | |||
| Cadre Raheem | 08.05.1986 | |||
| Cadre Usman Kizhangu | Abdulkader Sadiq Baal | Jaffna | 25.08.1986 | Died in battle with Sri Lankan forces |
| Cadre Latheep | Muhammed Aliar Muhammed Latheep | Ollikulam, Kattankudy, Batticaloa | 24.12.1986 | Killed in ambush by EPRLF cadres in Thaazhankuda, Batticaloa |
| Captain Farooq | Ahmed Lebbai Mohammed Hanifa | Akkaraipattu, Amparai | 07.01.1987 | |
| Captain Kuddy (Thinesh) | Mohammed Alibai Mohammed Hassan | Per Aru, Kanthalaai, Trincomalee | 28.04.1987 | Shot and killed by Muslim Homeguards in Kanthalaai, Trincomalee |
| Cadre Saleem | 03.07.1987 | Died in battle with the Sri Lankan Army in Thaandiyadi, Amparai | ||
| Cadre Naseer | Muhammed Naseer | Kankeyanodai, Batticaloa | 30.12.1987 | Shot dead by members of a Jihadi group in Kattankudy, Batticaloa |
| Cadre Sabeer | Saripudin Mohammed Sabeer | Thiyavedduvaan, Batticaloa | 13.05.1988 | Hacked to death by TELO cadres in Naasivanthivu, Batticaloa |
| Cadre Nakulan | Yunaidin | Addaalaichenai, Karaitivu, Amparai | 26.06.1988 | Killed in a shootout with IPKF in Akkaraipattu, Amparai |
| Cadre Naseer | Samsudin Naseer | Oluvil, Amparai | 17.02.1989 | Killed after capture by EPRLF cadres in Ninthavur, Batticaloa |
| Cadre Jamil | Jayath Mohammed Usaidin | Oddamaavadi, Batticaloa | 05.08.1989 | Killed in battle with IPKF in Oddamaavadi, Batticaloa |
| Cadre Ziaad | Meerasahib Kaalideen | Sainthamaruthu, Amparai | 06.12.1989 | Killed in an ambush by ENDLF cadres in Palukamam, Batticaloa |
| 2nd Lieutenant Santhan | Naina Muqaidin Niyas | Nilaveli, Trincomalee | 06.02.1990 | Killed in a boat accident after an attack on an ENDLF camp in Jamaliya, Trincomalee |
| Cadre Alex | Ahmed Riyaz | Maruthamunai, Neelaavenai, Batticaloa | 04.05.1990 | |
| Cadre Sunthar | Ahmed Lebbai Sebladdin | Veppaanaichenai, Amparai | 25.05.1990 | |
| Cadre Kamaal | Batticaloa | 07.06.1990 | ||
| Cadre Thakeer | Muqaideenpava Ansar | Thirukonamadu, Pollunaruwa | 11.06.1990 | Killed in battle with Sri Lankan forces in Kalkuda, Batticaloa |
| Cadre Kapoor | Mohammed Aliar Mohammadusaleem | Kankeyanodai, Batticaloa | 11.06.1990 | Killed in an attack on Sri Lankan forces in Kalavanchikudy, Batticaloa. |
| Lieutenant Jamil | Kareem Mustafa | Oddamaavadi, Batticaloa | 12.06.1990 | Killed in an attack on a Sri Lankan Army camp in Kumpurumoolai, Trincomalee |
| Cadre Telafiq | Ismail | Oddamaavadi, Batticaloa | 12.06.1990 | Killed in an attack on a Sri Lankan Army camp in Kumpurumoolai, Trincomalee |
| Cadre Jiffrey | Mohammed Ilyas | 4th Vaddaaram, Meeravodai, Vaalaichenai, Batticaloa | 13.06.1990 | Killed in battle with Sri Lankan forces in Kumpurumoolai, Trincomalee |
| Cadre Tharsan | Abdulkader Samsi | 13.06.1990 | ||
| Cadre Kalaiyan | Kachumuhammadu Afulhassan | 1st Vaddaaram, Pulmoddai, Trincomalee | 14.06.1990 | Killed in battle with Sri Lankan forces |
| Cadre Anwar | 15.06.1990 | Killed while defending an LTTE camp, besieged by Sri Lankan forces in Panama, Amparai | ||
| Cadre Jegan | Abdeen Mohammed Yusuf | Kuchchaveli, Trincomalee | 15.06.1990 | Killed in battle with Sri Lankan forces in Kaddaiparichaan, Trincomalee |
| Cadre Kubeer | Akkaraipattu, Amparai | 15.06.1990 | Killed while defending an LTTE camp, besieged by Sri Lankan forces in Panama, Amparai | |
| Cadre Rauff | Mohammed Rafeeq | Pottuvil, Amparai | 15.06.1990 | Killed in an ambush by Sri Lankan forces in Lahugala, Amparai |
| Cadre Niyaz | Muthur, Trincomalee | 17.06.1990 | Killed in an attack by a Sri Lankan Air Force helicopter in Batticaloa | |
| Cadre Majid | Mohammed Isqaaq Kupsek Ali | Meeravodai, Batticaloa | 18.06.1990 | Killed in battle with Sri Lankan forces in Vairavapuliyankulam, Vavuniya |
| Cadre Jinnah | Lebbaithambi Seynoor | Oddamaavadi, Valaichenai, Batticaloa | 19.06.1990 | Killed in an ambush by Sri Lankan forces in Kottukal, Pottuvil, Amparai |
| Cadre Daniel | Hanifa Muhammadurazeek | Trincomalee | 22.06.1990 | Killed in battle with Sri Lankan forces in Thirumalai, Trincomalee |
| Cadre Haniya | Abusali Bukhari | Akkaraipattu, Amparai | 15.07.1990 | |
| Cadre Nirmal | Abdul Nasser | Pudavaikaddu, Trincomalee | 27.07.1990 | Killed in an explosives accident in Thiriyaai, Trincomalee |
| Lieutenant Eelanathan | Kadhar Muhaideen Sarudin | Oddaruthakulam, Mullaitivu | 07.04.1998 | Succumbed to wounds sustained in Sri Lankan Army artillery attack at Olumadu, during Operation Jayasikurui (Victory Assured) |
| Lieutenant Colonel Maran/ Kuntrathevan | Kadhar Muhaideen Najeem-Khan | Oddaruthakulam, Mullaitivu | 29.09.2008 | Died in battle in Vanni |
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