Category:Zamorin of Calicut

**Zamorin of Calicut**
	Ruler of historical kingdom in present-day Kerala, India
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Instance of	noble title;
Capital	Kozhikode;
Inception	1102;
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date	1806;
Replaces	Chera dynasty (1124);
Replaced by	Company rule in India (1806);
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Samoothiri (English: Zamorin; Portuguese: Samorim, Dutch: Samorijn) is the hereditary title of the Hindu monarch of the kingdom of Calicut on Malabar Coast, India. The Samoothiris were based at the city of Calicut, one of the important trading ports on the south-western coast of India. At the peak of their reign, the Samoothiri's ruled over the coastal region from Quilon to Quilandy.

The Samoothiris maintained elaborate trade relations with the Chinese and Muslim Middle-Eastern sailors in the Indian Ocean, the primary spice traders on the Malabar Coast in the Middle Ages. Kozhikode was then an important entrepôt in south-western India where Chinese and West Asian trade met.

The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama visited the city of Calicut in 1498, opening the sailing route directly from Europe to Asia. The Portuguese efforts to lay the foundations to Estado da Índia, and to take complete control over the commerce was repeatedly hampered by the forces of Samoothiri of Calicut. By the end of the 16th century the Portuguese – now commanding the spice traffic on the Malabar Coast – had succeeded in replacing the Muslim merchants in the Arabian Sea. The Dutch supplanted the Portuguese in the 17th century, only to be followed by the English.

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"The reception of Don Vasca de Gama by the Samoryn," by Philip Baldaeus, 1672; reprinted in Churchill's 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels', London, 1744.jpg 442 × 336; 53 KB
16th Century Malabarese Nayar.png 548 × 647; 833 KB
A Portuguese view, from a book published in Lisbon in 1839.jpg 900 × 613; 55 KB
A steel engraving from the 1850's, with modern hand coloring 1.jpg 688 × 482; 77 KB
An engraving from an English history book, 1851.jpg 759 × 593; 133 KB
Another version of the same scene, in a copperplate engraving from Moore's 'Voyages and Travels', 1778 a very large scan.jpg 1,312 × 2,340; 1.02 MB
Another version of the same scene, in a copperplate engraving from Moore's 'Voyages and Travels', 1778.jpg 600 × 1,070; 193 KB
Chera King's Sword given to the Zamorin of Calicut.png 981 × 198; 400 KB
Demon of Calicut.jpg 1,500 × 1,728; 306 KB
Duarte Pacheco's victory at Battle of Cochin (1504) (cropped).jpg 854 × 574; 140 KB
Duarte Pacheco's victory at Battle of Cochin (1504).jpg 1,300 × 949; 239 KB
Ettanettan Tampuran, the Zamorin of Calicut.jpg 500 × 731; 256 KB
K C Manavedan Raja.jpg 344 × 409; 29 KB
King of Cochin and small Malabar boats.jpg 491 × 672; 102 KB
King of Kozhikode (the Zamorin) with his entourage (cropped).jpg 796 × 592; 264 KB
King of Kozhikode (the Zamorin) with his entourage (cropped1).jpg 210 × 359; 46 KB
King of Kozhikode (the Zamorin) with his entourage.jpg 800 × 890; 288 KB
Kozhikodan coin.png 218 × 233; 64 KB
Location of the kingdom of Zamorins in India.jpg 1,512 × 1,505; 157 KB
Map of Samoothiris kingdom.jpg 2,400 × 3,000; 700 KB
Meeting between Vasco da Gama & Samoothiri (Zamorin) in Calicut.jpg 12,000 × 9,600; 34.08 MB
Muccunti Mosque Iscription (cropped).JPG 1,649 × 2,736; 1.91 MB
Muccunti-inscription.JPG 2,304 × 3,072; 2.52 MB
Page1088hookswinging.jpg 1,382 × 2,524; 634 KB
Small vessels used in Malabar.jpg 1,100 × 698; 194 KB
The Palace of the Zamorin of Calicut (cropped).jpg 3,176 × 2,489; 2.11 MB
The Palace of the Zamorin of Calicut.jpg 6,146 × 4,782; 6 MB
Vasco da Gama meets the Zamorin of Calicut in 1498, in an engraving from *PREVOST*, 1752.jpg 700 × 935; 200 KB
Vasco da Gama meets the Zamorin of Calicut in 1498, in an engraving from *PREVOST*, 1752; click on the image for a very large scan.jpg 1,874 × 2,502; 1.34 MB
Vasco Da Gama welcomed by the Zamorin.jpg 600 × 407; 63 KB
Zamorin of Calicut (1868-1892).jpg 296 × 419; 67 KB
Zamorin of Calicut.jpg 602 × 693; 205 KB

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