Finey | |
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Island Summary | |
Belongs to | Haa Dhaalu Atoll |
Population | 501 |
Length | 1620m |
Width | 900m |
Distance from Malé | 287.90km |
Finey (Dhivehi: ފިނޭ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives.
Finey is an agricultural cultivating yams, bananas and vegetables. The last ever official document to list Maliku (Minicoy Island) as a part of the Maldives was a royal grant from AD 1696 under the seal of King Siri Kula Ran Mani (Sultan Mohamed IV) of the Maldives issued in the matter of the building and upkeep of a mosque in the island of Finey. In this document the king referred to himself as Malikaddu Midhemedhu ekanuonna mi korhu anikaneh nethee korhu which meant "Sole Sovereign with no other over what lies between Maliku (Minicoy) and Addu".