Lords of the sea : the Ali Rajas of Cannanore and the political economy of Malabar (1663-1723) / / by Binu John Mailaparambil.
In the second half of the seventeenth century the political and ritual relationships between the various elite houses of the kingdom of Cannanore on the Malabar Coast were affected by the shifting patterns in the Indian Ocean maritime trade. This study shows how the Arackal Ali Rajas, the most promi...
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| Superior document: | TANAP monographs on the history of Asian-European interaction, v. 14 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction ;
v. 14. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | In the second half of the seventeenth century the political and ritual relationships between the various elite houses of the kingdom of Cannanore on the Malabar Coast were affected by the shifting patterns in the Indian Ocean maritime trade. This study shows how the Arackal Ali Rajas, the most prominent maritime merchants in early-modern Malabar, managed to fence off the attempts of the Dutch East India Company to gain control of the regional trade, and how they succeeded in maintaining their commercial network across the Indian Ocean intact. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283334941 9786613334947 904744471X |
| ISSN: | 1871-6938 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Binu John Mailaparambil. |