Background of Early Islam
The Cham Muslims trace their ancestry to one of the father-in-laws of Prophet Muhammad, who is Jahsh, the father of Zaynab bint Jahsh. It was in the wake of many Sahabas who arrived in Indo-Chin in 617-18 from Abyssinia by sea route.
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