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{{short description|Fleet admiral of the Samoothiri}}
{{other uses|Kunjali Marakkar (disambiguation)}}
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The Marakkars originate from a branch of Tamil-speaking merchants within the seafaring community who settled in Kochi. They were involved in trade and engaged in collaboration with the Portuguese. The 16th century writer [[Zainuddin Makhdoom II]] who wrote the ''[[Tuhfat Ul Mujahideen|Tuhfat-ul-Mujahideen]]'' stated in 1524 that the Marakkars had turned against the Portuguese when the latter disrupted the former's trade networks by purchasing spices and commodities directly from local people in Kochi.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nazeer |first=Mohamed |date=2020-03-16 |title=Who were the Kunjali Marakkars? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/who-were-the-kunjali-marakkars/article31085530.ece |access-date=2024-04-10 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
[[File:Kunjali Marakkar Memorial, Iringal, Kozhikkod 1 (3).JPG|thumb|Ancestral home of Kunjali Marakkar at Iringal, Kottakkal, near Calicut, now preserved as a Museum.]]
==Kunjali Marakkar I==
Kutty Ahmed Ali was a Admiral of [[Zamorin]] he played a significant role in resisting the portuguese expansion. In 1524 [[Zamorin]] Kingdom helped the ceylonese king in his campaign to expel the Portuguese from ceylon and reduced the [[Colombo Fort]] with the help of Zamorin navy under the command of ahmed ali.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rhode |first=Grant Frederick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9sOzEAAAQBAJ&dq=Kutty+Ahmed+Ali&pg=PA114 |title=Great Power Clashes along the Maritime Silk Road: Lessons from History to Shape Current Strategy |date=2023-10-15 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=978-1-68247-867-7 |language=en}}</ref> In 1525 Portuguese established a fortress in calicut a fleet of [[Zamorin]] ships under the command of kutty ahmed ali bombarded the fort.<ref>{{Cite book |last=MacDougall |first=Philip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AIKfBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 |title=Naval Resistance to Britain's Growing Power in India, 1660-1800: The Saffron Banner and the Tiger of Mysore |date=2014 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd |isbn=978-1-84383-948-4 |language=en}}</ref> later that year entered the port of [[Cochin]] setting fire to number of Portuguese vessels and returned safely to [[Calicut]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=MacDougall |first=Philip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AIKfBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 |title=Naval Resistance to Britain's Growing Power in India, 1660-1800: The Saffron Banner and the Tiger of Mysore |date=2014 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd |isbn=978-1-84383-948-4 |language=en}}</ref>
==Against the Portuguese Empire==
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==Marakkar Kotta==
Such a practice also prevailed in Calicut, registering the goods, Pyrard called the system "most admirable". Malabar pirates had four harbours under the ambit of the Samoothiri, there they built their galleys. These harbours were Moutingue (Muttungal), Badara (Vadakara), Chombaye (Chambal), and Cangelotte (Kaniyaram Kottu). They were fortified only on the seas-side under the patronage of Samoothiri, who granted these ports to Marakkar family who fortified them. These ports were two leagues from each other. Portuguese made multiple attempts to conquer these fortified ports, without effect or to their own loss, mainly at Badara.<ref name="Saletore">{{cite book |last1=Saletore |first1=Rajaram Narayan |title=Indian Pirates |date=1978 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |
==Legacy==
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