page_title: Kunjali Marakkar
section_title: Origins of Marakkar
hierarchical_section_title: Kunjali Marakkar / Origins of Marakkar
caption_attribution_description: English: Ancestral Home of Kunjali Marakkar at Iringal, Kottakkal, Near Calicut, now preserved as a Museum
context_page_description: The Kunjali Marakkar or Kunhali Marakkar was the title given to the Muslim naval chief of the Zamorin of Calicut in present-day Kerala, India during the 16th century. There were four Kunjali Marakkars who were the naval commanders of Zamorin in his naval war against the Portuguese from 1507 to 1600. The Kunjali Marakkars are credited with organizing the first naval defense of the Indian coast.
context_section_description: According to tradition, Marakkars were originally Muslim marine merchants of port Kochi  who left for Ponnani in the Zamorin's dominion when the Portuguese fleets came to Kingdom of Cochin. They offered their men, ships and wealth against the Portuguese to the Zamorin of Calicut-the king took them into his service and eventually they became the Admirals of his fleet. Another version suggests that they were merchants of Cairo, Egypt who settled in Kozhikode and joined the Samoothiri's navy.
caption: Ancestral home of Kunjali Marakkar at Iringal, Kottakkal, near Calicut, now  preserved as a Museum.
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