Calicut kingdom
Kingdom of Calicut | |||||||||
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| 1124–1806 | |||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Capital | Calicut | ||||||||
| Common languages | Malayalam | ||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||
| Government | Feudal Monarchy | ||||||||
| Zamorin | |||||||||
• 1124–1132 | Mana Vikrama | ||||||||
• 1798–1806 | Krishna Varma | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Dissolution of the Cheras of Cranganore | 1124 | ||||||||
| 1766-1792 | |||||||||
| 1806 | |||||||||
| Currency | Kozhikode Panam | ||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||
The kingdom of Kozhikode (Malayalam: കോഴിക്കോട് [koːɻikːoːɖ] ⓘ), also known as Calicut, was the kingdom of the Zamorin of Calicut, in the present-day Indian state of Kerala. Present-day Kozhikode is the second largest city in Kerala, as well as the headquarters of Kozhikode district.
Kozhikode was dubbed the "city of spices" for its role as the major trading point of eastern spices during the Middle Ages and probably as early as Classical antiquity. The port at Kozhikode held the superior economic and political position in medieval Kerala coast, while Kannur, Kollam, and Kochi, were commercially important secondary ports, where the traders from various parts of the world would gather. It was once the capital of an independent kingdom by the same name and later of the erstwhile Malabar District. The port at Kozhikode acted as the gateway to medieval South Indian coast for the Persians, the Arabs, the Chinese, and finally the Europeans.