Lhaimagu Faqeeraa is a mystic most famously mentioned in the folklore of Dhonhiyala aaie Alifulhu . He is supposed to have lived in Lhaimagu island, in the Maldives

Maldives

The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...

. According to the story, he saw a vision of a faihmini (a woman with exceptional beauty) being born in Burunee island. He then traveled to Burunee to confirm this and informed the king about the faihmini.

Misunderstandings

A lot of Maldivians assume that Lhaimagu Faqeeraa was a poor person. However, according to the story, he built a dhoni

Dhoni

Dhoni or Doni is a multi-purpose sail boat with a motor or lateen sails that is used in the Maldives. It is handcrafted and its use within the multi-island nation has been very important. A dhoni resembles a dhow, a traditional Arab sailing vessel.The traditional dhoni is one of the oldest known...

 in order to travel to Burunee. This suggests that he was in fact one of the richest person on the island during his time.

A fakir or faqir as opposed to fagir(Arabic: فقیر 'poor') is a Sufi, especially one who perform

PerForm

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s feats of endurance

Endurance

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 or apparent magic

Magic (paranormal)

Magic is the claimed art of manipulating aspects of reality either by supernatural means or through knowledge of occult laws unknown to science. It is in contrast to science, in that science does not accept anything not subject to either direct or indirect observation, and subject to logical...

. Derived from faqr (فقر Arabic

Arabic language

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), Lit: poverty.