92 Muslims arrived from India on the sailing ship “Leonidas” to Levuka: Sunni Buddha Khan leads azzan

The first azzan - call to prayer - in Fjii was credited to Buddha Khan, one of the 92 Muslims who arrived from India with the first boatload of indentured laborers destined for the sugarcane farms of the then new British colony. After disembarking from the sailing ship “Leonidas” at Levuka, Khan gathered the Muslims [...]

1808: wreck of Eliza introduces guns to Fiji; sandalwood trader carried firearms, 40,000 Spanish dollars and Charlie Savage,

1808: It was a June night when the American Brigantine, Eliza hit Mocea reef near Nairai.
The brig Eliza, out from Callao, in South America, was wrecked on a reef off Nairai Island in Lomaiviti in 1808. She was a sandalwood trader and carried firearms as well as 40,000 Spanish [...]