Muliaage is the official residence of the President of the Maldives, a low whitewashed colonial-style building behind a wrought-iron fence on Medhuziyaaraiy Magu near the Islamic Centre. It is closed to the public, but the exterior — palms, deep eaves, a row of arched windows — gives a glimpse of an architectural moment between the timber palaces that came before and the concrete towers that came after.
The shrine of Medhu Ziyaaraiy, just opposite, marks the tomb of Abu al-Barakat the Berber, the 12th-century traveller credited with bringing Islam to the Maldives in 1153. A short stop on the way between the Old Friday Mosque and the Islamic Centre.