page_title: Chaliyam
hierarchical_section_title: Chaliyam
caption_attribution_description: English: 1. Photograph of the Beypore Railway Station at Chaliyam, Malabar from the 'Bellew Collection: Photograph album of Surgeon-General Henry Walter Bellew' taken by an unknown photographer in the 1860s. Chaliyam, a few miles south of Calicut on the Kerala coast, was for a period the terminus of the Madras Railway on the west coast. This view shows a two-storeyed brick verandahed building with the roofs of the railway platforms visible in background. This image falls into the public domain as it was taken in India prior to 1 January 1951, and was not published in India after that date. It is in public domain in the United States as well as it was taken prior to 1 January 1951.
context_page_description: Chaliyam is a village situated at the estuary of Chaliyar in Kozhikode district of Kerala, India. It is situated near the border of Kozhikode district and Malappuram district. Chaliyam forms an island, bounded by the Chaliyar in the north, and River Katalundi in south, and the Conolly Canal in the east. Chaliyam was the former terminus of the South-West Line of the Madras Railway. Chaliyam is also famous for the Guinness world record holder Muhammed Adil.P.M who has covered around seven kms in chaliyar river with his hand and legs been tied with ropes.
  Different names of Chaliyam:
  Muslim Navigators: al-Shaliat Chaliyam, at small port south of Kozhikode at the time, is not regularly mentioned under this name in the Arabic and Persian geographical literature. It does feature in Abu al-Fida's Taqwin al-Buldan. Two fourteenth century Islamic tombstones are recorded at the site.
  European Navigators: Chale/Challe/Chalia or Chaly
  Saliyam: the home of the Saliya community. The Saliyas figure as the dominant weaving community in medieval South India. Presently, the Chaliya is an Other Backward Class in Kerala.
context_section_description: Chaliyam is a village situated at the estuary of Chaliyar (River Beypore) in Kozhikode district of Kerala, India. It is situated near the border of Kozhikode district and Malappuram district. Chaliyam forms an island, bounded by the Chaliyar in the north, and River Katalundi in south, and the Conolly Canal in the east. Chaliyam (Beypore Railway Station) was the former terminus of the South-West Line of the Madras Railway. Chaliyam is also famous for the Guinness world record holder Muhammed Adil.P.M who has covered around seven kms in chaliyar river with his hand and legs been tied with ropes.
  Different names of Chaliyam:
  Muslim Navigators: al-Shaliat  Chaliyam, at small port south of Kozhikode at the time, is not regularly mentioned under this name in the Arabic and Persian geographical literature. It does feature in Abu al-Fida's Taqwin al-Buldan (14th century). Two fourteenth century Islamic tombstones are recorded at the site.
  European Navigators: Chale/Challe/Chalia or Chaly
  Saliyam: the home of the Saliya community. The Saliyas figure as the dominant weaving community in medieval South India. Presently, the Chaliya (Chaliyan or Saliya) is an Other Backward Class in Kerala.
  Chaliyam is believed to be one of the location of the founding mosques of Kerala. As per this tradition, the qazi of the mosque established at Chaliyam was Taqy ud-Din. Ibn Batutah seems to have visited Chaliyam in 14th century AD. He describes the settlement: "I next came to the city of Shaliat, where the Shaliats are made and hence they derive their name. This is a fine city..."
  Some sources allude to the presence Jewish settlements (12th and 13th centuries AD) in Chaliyam.
  As per a peace agreement between Portuguese Viceroy Nuno da Cunha and the Samutiri of Kozhikode, a Portuguese fort was constructed at Chaliyam in 1531 AD. The Fort Chaliyam was eventually besieged, captured and destroyed by the Kozhikode forces in 1571. A certain Portuguese officer called Attaide was in charge of the fort at this time.
  Chaliyam is also famous for the Khalasi.
  Beypore Railway Station, incorrectly named, at Chaliyam was the terminus of the Madras Railway (South-West Line).
caption: Beypore Railway Station, incorrectly named, at Chaliyam was the terminus of the Madras Railway (South-West Line).
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