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Kannur also finds mention as Naura in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, a Greek work of great antiquity. Kolattiri Raja's (The ruler of Kannur) minister Kuruppu's Arabic letter to Vasco da Gama (1524) A portrait if Kannur drawn in 1635. North Malabar was the seat of powerful kingdom based at Ezhimala in the Sangam period (1st-5th century
Arakkal Kingdom (Malayalam: [ɐrɐjkːɐl]) was a Muslim kingdom 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 . [ 1 ]
During the 17th century, Kannur was the capital city of the only Muslim Sultanate in the Malabar region – Arakkal. [61] The Ali Rajas of Arakkal kingdom, near Kannur, who were the vassals of the Kolathiri, ruled over the Lakshadweep islands. [62] In 1761, the British captured Mahé, and the settlement was handed over to the ruler of ...
Kannur (Malayalam: [kɐɳːuːr] ⓘ), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a City and municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India.It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated 274 kilometres (170 mi) north of the major port city and commercial hub Kochi and 137 kilometres (85 mi) south of the major port city and a commercial hub, Mangalore.
Ezhimala was once the headquarters of a powerful ancient kingdom. The ancient port of Naura, which is mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea as a port somewhere north of Muziris is identified with Kannur. [19] Pliny the Elder (1st century CE) states that the port of Tyndis was located at the northwestern border of Keprobotos (Chera ...
Kingdom of Kannur may refer to: Former feudal states in Malabar, India Kolathunadu; Arakkal Kingdom This page was last edited on 29 December 2019, at 03:08 (UTC). ...
Kannur served as the British military headquarters on India's west coast until 1887. In conjunction with her sister city, Tellicherry, it was the third-largest city on the western coast of British India in the 18th century after Bombay and Karachi. The Arakkal kingdom had right over the city of Kannur and Laccadive Islands in the late medieval ...
Arakkal kingdom; H. History of Cherupuzha; History of Thalassery; K. History of Kannur; Kolathunadu This page was last edited on 27 January 2017, at 20:39 ...