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Author Mailaparambil, Binu John

Title Lords of the sea : the Ali Rajas of Cannanore and the political economy of Malabar (1663-1723) / by Binu John Mailaparambil
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 256 pages) : maps
Series TANAP monographs on the history of Asian-European interaction, 1871-6938 ; v. 14
TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction ; v. 14.
Contents Lords of the Sea; Copyright Page; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Notes on place and personal names; Notes on weights and currencies in Cannanore; Maps; Introduction; Kolathunadu, 1663-1723; Sources; Historiographical antecedents; Analytical framework; Chapter One: The Geo-Political Setting of Kolathunadu; Kolathunadu through the ages; Malabar: a regional perspective; Region within the region: the social world of Kolathunadu; Brahmanism in Kolathunadu; Nayars as local elites; Other social groups; Mercantile groups in Kolathunadu; Conclusion
Chapter Two: The Rajas of Kolathunadu The 'state' in pre-colonial Kerala; The 'little kingdom' model; The swarupam polity; The concept of sakti; Houses by the sea; The co-sharers of Kolathunadu; Lords of the horses; The Arackal Ali Rajas; Legitimacy and sakti; Conclusion; Chapter Three: Lords of the Sea; The fifteenth century: decline or continuity?; The sixteenth century: changing port order in Malabar; The rise of the Mappila trading network in Cannanore; The Cannanore Bazaar; The Cannanore thalassocracy; Cannanore and the commercial world of the Indian Ocean; 1. The Arabian Sea
2. Ceylon, Coromandel, Bengal, and South-East Asia 3. Asian traders in Cannanore; 4. Cannanore exports; 5. Cannanore imports; Conclusion; Chapter Four: Jan Company in Cannanore (1663-1723; The Malabar commercial scenario on the eve of the Dutch conquests; The Dutch in Malabar; The Cannanore fort; The Dutch garrison in Cannanore; Jan Company and the local political elites; The Dutch and the local political practice of gift-giving; The Company and local communicators; Jan Company's commercial policy in Cannanore; The Company and local commercial partners; Jan Company and its rivals in trade
The Mappila merchants of Cannanore Maritime control system and its failure; The English and the French; Conclusion; Chapter Five: The VOC Trade in Cannanore (1663-1723); The VOC trade in Cannanore: exports; 1. Pepper; 2. Cardamom; 3. Timber; 4. Ambergris, wild cinnamon, and coconut products; The VOC trade in Cannanore: imports; 1. Opium; 2. Japanese copper; 3. Cotton; 4. Horses and elephants; 5. Spices and other small-quantity merchandise; Into the hinterland of Cannanore; Conclusion; Chapter Six: Power Politics in Kolathunadu (1663-1697)
Drive towards centralization: Prince Ramathiri (1663-1673) Ramathiri and the Company: early contact; For the sake of trade: the Ali Raja's Mangalore mission and its failure; Growing tension: Ramathiri and the VOC; Changing commercial atmosphere and shifting strategies:the Ali Raja and the Company; Conflicting interests: Ramathiri versus the VOC; The fall of Ramathiri; Political restructuring in Kolaswarupam: the (re)invention of tradition; Unnithiri: the new contester for power; Competition for Kottakunnu: the Ali Raja and the VOC; An anti-Ali Raja alliance in the making
Summary Focusing mainly on the Mappila Muslim trading family of the Arackal Ali Rajas, this book throws light on the repercussions of European commercial expansion on the traditional socio-political relations in the South Indian kigdom of Cannanore during the early-modern period
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Economics -- India -- Malabar
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
Commerce
Economic history
Economics
SUBJECT Malabar Coast (India) -- Commerce -- Europe -- History
Europe -- Commerce -- India -- Malabar -- History
Malabar Coast (India) -- Economic conditions
Subject Europe
India -- Malabar
India -- Malabar Coast
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011036930
ISBN 9789047444718
904744471X
9004180214
9789004180215
1283334941
9781283334945
9786613334947
6613334944