The Ali Rajas of Cannanore: status and identity at the interface of commercial and political expansion, 1663-1723

One of the most important developments in the history of the Muslim community in Kolathunadu during the seventeenth century was the solid establishment of the Arackal Swarupam as

Although the Mappila traders of Calicut engaged in fierce competition with the Portuguese trade control mechanism in place along the western coast of India during the second half

Even Hendrik van Reede, a Malabar commander who favoured a less aggressive, more laissez-faire policy than that of his predecessor and rival Rijcklof van Goens, feared that

74 Commander Marten Huijsman informed the High Government in Batavia that, since Mysore was a lucrative market, situated almost next door to Cannanore, the Cochin Council had

89 The main aims proposed were: (1) to settle the problem between the Kolathiri and Unnithiri; (2) to prevent the Ali Raja from attaining the position of ragiadoor-moor; (3)

The incessant strivings of the Ali Raja to maintain and enhance their political power and commercial influence in the region and to withstand the new challenges provided the

The growing power of the Ali Raja in the regional political economy remained almost unchallenged until the VOC, the English East India Company, and English private traders began

That in case any war shall happen between the Rajah and the Dutch or French or Portuguese it shall not be lawful for the Rajah on any pretence whatsoever to seize or deliver up