Rādavaḷi (Divehi: ރާދަވަޅި), also spelled as "Raadhavalhi", is a Maldivian historical text that details information about Maldivian monarchs up to the 18th century. According to British archaeologist HCP Bell, Rādavaḷi was written in Dhives Akuru script, as well as a combination of old Thaana script and Arabic.[2]

Rādavaḷi C, page 2. Written in early Thaana script (black ink) with old dhivehi numerals and Arabic names written in red ink. This page mentions the story of Prophethood from Prophet Adam to Prophet David.[1]

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  1. ^ Gippert, Jost (2024-04-22), Sövegjártó, Szilvia; Vér, Márton (eds.), "Written Artefacts from the Maldives: 1,500 Years of Mixing Languages and Scripts", Exploring Multilingualism and Multiscriptism in Written Artefacts, De Gruyter, pp. 13–40, doi:10.1515/9783111380544-002, ISBN 978-3-11-138054-4, retrieved 2024-10-26
  2. ^ Habeeb, Habeeba Hussain (1985). "Dhivehi thaareekhaai raadhavalhi". Faiythoora 75. 7 (3): 21–24 – via Dhivehi Bahaai Thareekhah Khidhumaiy kuraa Qaumee Marukazu.

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