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The Samoothiri was the title of the erstwhile ruler and monarch of the Calicut kingdom in the South Malabar region of India. Originating from the former feudal kingdom of Nediyiruppu Swaroopam, the Sa
The Zamorin of Calicut (1495–1500) on his throne as painted by Veloso Salgado in 1898
Thali Temple (1901), Calicut
Thali Temple, present day, Kozhikode
A panorama of port Calicut, shows several types of ships, shipbuilding, net fishing, dinghy traffic and a rugged, sparsely populated interior (Georg Braun and Franz Hogenbergs atlas Civitates orbis terrarum, 1572).
Calicut kingdom
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The kingdom of Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, was the kingdom of the Zamorin of Calicut, in the present-day Indian state of Kerala. Present-day Kozhikode is the second largest city in Kerala, as we
Zamorin
…sāmūtiri, sāmūri, , Arabic: sāmuri, Portuguese: Samorim, Dutch: Samorijn, Chinese: Shamitihsi) was the title of the erstwhile ruler and monarch of the Calicut kingdom in the South Malabar region of India. Originating from the former feudal kingdom of Nediyiruppu Swaroopam, the Samoothiris and their vassal kings from…
Uru, a type of ship that was historically used for maritime trade, built at Beypore, Kozhikode
Zheng He's navigation chart from Hormuz to Calicut, 1430
Vasco da Gama in Calicut, 1502