Category:Zamorin of Calicut
Saamoothirippād or Saamoothiri (Malayalam: സാമൂതിരി), anglicised Samorin or Zamorin of Calicut , is the title used by the en:Eradi en:Nair rulers of the erstwhile state of Kozhikode (Calicut, Nediyirippu Swarūpam) located in the present day state of Kerala, India. The Samoothiris ruled between the 12th and 18th century A.D and were the most powerful kings of kerala during the Middle Ages. Mānavikraman Raja, the Saamoothiri of Kozhikode is famous for being the ruler who received the Portuguese trader and navigator Vasco da Gama on May 18, 1498. The Saamoothiri iniated the annual en:Revathi Pattathanam at the Tali Siva temple in Calicut. The Saamoothiris were the only rulers who were capable of and came close to establishing a pan-Kerala state since the disintegration of the Chera empire.
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- Ruling clans of India
- Monarchs of India
- History of Kerala
- People of Kozhikode
- Former colonies of Portugal in India
- Former monarchies of India
- Hindu monarchs
- Hinduism in Kerala
- Princely states of India
- History of Kozhikode
- Empires and kingdoms of India
- 1799 in India
- 1799 disestablishments
- Kerala in the 12th century
- Kerala in the 13th century
- Kerala in the 14th century
- Kerala in the 15th century
- Kerala in the 16th century
- Kerala in the 17th century
- Kerala in the 18th century
- Kerala in the 1790s
