Zamorin of Calicut

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The Zamorin of Calicut was the hereditary Hindu monarch of the Kingdom of Calicut on India’s Malabar Coast, historically renowned as a powerful maritime ruler and key player in Indian Ocean trade.

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Label Occurrences
Zamorin of Calicut canonical 6
Zamorin 1

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Statements (86)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu ruler
hereditary monarchy
royal title
alliedWith Kunjali Marakkars
appliesToJurisdiction Calicut
Kerala
surface form: Kerala region

Malabar Coast
capital Calicut
ceremonialRole patron of temples
protector of Brahmins
conflictWith Dutch East India Company
Kingdom of Cochin
Travancore
surface form: Kingdom of Travancore

Portuguese India
surface form: Portuguese Estado da Índia
continent Asia
country Kingdom of Calicut
countryToday India
earliestKnownRule around 12th century
economicPolicy free port for foreign merchants
low customs duties
state control over pepper trade
ethnicGroup Malayali people
surface form: Malayali
floruit c. 12th century–18th century
foreignRelations Persian Gulf states
surface form: Arab states of the Persian Gulf

Mamluk Sultanate
Portuguese Empire
Venetian merchants
governmentForm monarchy
historicalEra early modern India
medieval India
hostedCommunity Arab Muslims
Christians
Hindus
Jews
involvedIn Arab–Indian trade
Indian Ocean trade network
Portuguese–Indian conflicts
languageUsed Malayalam
Sanskrit
laterSubordinatedTo British East India Company
British India
surface form: British Raj

Kingdom of Mysore
locatedIn present-day Kerala
locatedOn Malabar Coast
mentionedIn Arab travel literature
European chronicles of exploration
Portuguese travel accounts
metWith Pedro Álvares Cabral
Portuguese explorers
Vasco da Gama
militaryBranch land forces
naval forces
nativeLabel Samoothiri
Samudiri
notableFor Indian Ocean trade network
surface form: Indian Ocean trade

conflicts with Portuguese Empire
cosmopolitan port city of Calicut
maritime power
patronage of trade guilds
relations with Arab merchants
role in arrival of Europeans in India
spice trade
patronage Hindu temples
artists
musicians
scholars
trade guilds
peakInfluence 15th century
16th century
positionHeldBy Samoothiri dynasty
religion Hinduism
socialPolicy tolerant of multiple religions
succession hereditary
successionLaw matrilineal
successionSystem marumakkathayam
symbolOf Malabar maritime power
pre-colonial Indian Ocean commerce
titleInEnglish Zamorin of Calicut self-linksurface differs
surface form: Zamorin
titleInMalayalam Samoothiri
titleInPortuguese Zamorim
tradedCommodity black pepper
cardamom
ginger
horses
rice
textiles

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calicut ruledBy Zamorin of Calicut
Kozhikode ruledBy Zamorin of Calicut
Kingdom of Cochin borderedBy Zamorin of Calicut
Kingdom of Cochin conflictWith Zamorin of Calicut
City of Spices historicallyLinkedTo Zamorin of Calicut
Zamorin of Calicut titleInEnglish Zamorin of Calicut self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Zamorin