Arakkal kingdom
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Arakkal kingdom was a Muslim sultanate in Kannur town in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, South India. The king was called Ali Raja and the ruling queen was called Arakkal Beevi. Arakkal kingd
Mappila Bay with the old Arakkal kingdom in the distance
Mappila Bay harbor at Ayikkara. On one side, there is St. Angelo Fort (built in 1505) and on the other side is Arakkal palace.
A portrait of Kannur drawn in 1572, from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's atlas Civitates orbis terrarum, Volume I
Kannur fort and Bay; a watercolor by John Johnston (1795–1801)
Hyder Ali
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Hyder Ali, historical anglicized spelling Hyde Ally Cawn, was the Sultan and de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. He distinguished himself as a soldier, eventually drawing the at
Arakkal kingdom
…offspring of its female members, in other words from a man to his sister's son and so forth. As the only Muslim rulers in Malabar, they saw the rise of Hyder Ali, de facto ruler of the Mysore Sultanate as the opportunity to increase their own power at the expense of Chirakkal, and invited him to invade Kerala…
A 1790's steel engraving of King Hyder Ali
Hyder Ali as a young soldier (Sepoy).
Realistic portrait of Hyder Ali
The dominions of the Kingdom Of Mysore ruled by Hyder Ali, in the year 1780.