Islam became the official religion of the state of the Maldives with the conversion of King Theemuge Mahaakalaminjaa into the imported faith in 1153 A.D. As mentioned before the earliest documentary evidence of the Maldivian history of this period is the Isdhoo Loamaafaanu. This document refers to a "" and an "". It can be easily concluded that the present noun given to a judge in the Dhivehi language, "" is an evolved version of ‘padiyaaru. It can also be argued that the Dhivehi noun for Supreme Judge, "" is a developed version of "".
