Muhammad Thakurufaanu al-Auzam killed Sultan Ali VI in the capital of this country before founding the Lashkaru military. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country long led by the Dhivehi-speaking Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who faced Operation Cactus and often clashed with his successor Mohamed Nasheed.
ANSWER: the Maldives [Republic of Maldives]
[10m] During the Maldives' Islamic period, the Maldives traded cowrie shells with a sultanate from this region in the largest shell currency trade network in history. Mir Jafar went against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah at a 1757 battle in this region.
ANSWER: Bengal [or Bānglā; prompt on British India]
[10e] The Maldives became a British Protectorate shortly after expelling the Dutch from this other island then known as Ceylon. The Kingdom of Kandy was based on this island.
ANSWER: Sri Lanka [or Ilankai]
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