Share old and rare images related kerala here.

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3. For any image posted please put some info regarding the history and background of the image in English.
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Sorry I have to write down these rules due to the peculiar nature of Kerala forum.
Link to existing calicut heritage and history thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1081955)

Heritage Monument threads:
Kerala Heritage (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=59132)
Trivandrum Heritage (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=348481)

To start with sharing an old map of tata airline map dated 1939. Interestingly you can see cannanore and trivandrum airports!

http://i55.tinypic.com/30l02yp.jpg

Cross posting from calicut thread

Manachira 1901 in color

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k589/jaivincalicut/327094_236015866448779_100001211035620_769322_1914657339_o.jpg

Calicut sea port a century ago (Calicut beach)

http://i51.tinypic.com/15ps3zt.jpg

Description about calicut kannur ,ormus(Iran) and mina(Etiopia)

http://i56.tinypic.com/xp7byx.jpg

calicut kannur ,ormus(Iran) and mina(Etiopia) navigation maps

http://i55.tinypic.com/21e4y68.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LGTgE1fo5b8/TVa-7Rj1yeI/AAAAAAAAB-A/sIAg4S1bqQ0/s1600/Cannanore+in+Dutch+map.jpg

St angelo fort kannur Today

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zdOWJbDpM2Y/TVbLP54KSxI/AAAAAAAAB-E/htfo_Sk-Ric/s1600/Kannur+002.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JT_9eYzY9Bc/TVgFSLAMO4I/AAAAAAAAB-M/T9mBxGQmbDc/s1600/civitates1572.jpg

Kannur 1630 from portugeese atlas

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--tlSf2HxKHQ/TVgE9HBSkDI/AAAAAAAAB-I/UM4fgddJcAg/s1600/portuguese1630.jpg

Kannur 1632

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CTkfQ3J8x2c/TWD52PDuE7I/AAAAAAAAB_g/9ePAOnx_6Zc/s1600/Planta+da+Fortaza+de+Canananor+Evora.jpg

Kannur current
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cl07gHJWawA/TWEE4kFBNWI/AAAAAAAAB_o/w0oU5jEtY8U/s1600/GE+Image+showing+suggested+extent+of+Portuguese+Town+in+1630+001.jpg

courtesy : malabar days blog

Portuguese Map of Cananor town.
from Plantas das Cidades de Fortalezas
da conquista da India Oriental by
João Teixeira Albernaz circa 1630


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jzojWr2IUWQ/TWEFfniQw7I/AAAAAAAAB_s/UfWfVG5UReY/s1600/Cannanor.jpg

Tellichery Bay 1778

http://i51.tinypic.com/wwkqjk.jpg

Combat et destruction de la Frigate la Preneuse

http://i54.tinypic.com/20rtvtu.jpg

Tellicherry drawn from the sea by Mr Herbert before about 1780. Published by A Dalrymple in 1790.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bCeZt58Is/S-b7L7cGbVI/AAAAAAAABns/XLYz0Mv1Gn4/s1600/Tellicherry+by+Herbert+before+1780.jpg

Mile end fort kannur

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bCeZt58Is/S-byTC4vN3I/AAAAAAAABm8/-CET1c9jce4/s1600/Moilan+Fort+001.jpg

The Coast Below Mr Brenner's House" This photo was taken between 1855 and 1860 and it probably shows the rear face of the blockhouse to the north of the fort, described by Abraham Parsons in 1775.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bCeZt58Is/S-bwNDvTNTI/AAAAAAAABms/2gv-3duViEQ/s1600/Coast+below+Mr+Brenner%27s+house+Tellicherry.jpg

A French map from the 1780's showing the border between the Tellicherry Settlement at Mile End and the French Forts along their northern boundary.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bCeZt58Is/S-b0SRq8CyI/AAAAAAAABnE/mqTo64nl7T4/s1600/Moilian+Fort+from+French+map+of+1778+001.jpg

Thanks PPJ.. Great posts. Waiting for more.

PPJ, i appreciate the hard work you have done! you can clearly see a reclaimed land in front of Kannur fort when we compare the pics posted.

Great posts PPJ. :hug:

I wonder which are those islands shown in some drawings of Kannur fort?

Thanks all. Will post more later.

kunnali marakar house

http://enchantingkerala.org/kerala-monuments/kerala-monuments-images/kottakal-kunjalimarakkars-house-6.jpg

cananore

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/cananore/lafitau1733.jpg

La ville Cananor," from J. F. LaFitau, 'Histoire des Decouvertes et Conquestes des Portugais', Paris, 1733

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/cananore/bellin1751.jpg

city of cananore by Philip Baldaeus, 1744 (1672)
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/cananore/baldaeus.jpg

A view from 'De Zee en Land-Caarten... van oost-indien' by the Van Keulen family, 1752

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/cananore/vankeulen1752.jpg

"Vue de Cananor," byBellin, 1761;
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/cananore/bellin1761max.jpg

A silver fanam minted by the British in Cananore, 1754-96

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/cananore/britishcoin.jpg

Cannonore fort & Bay'; a watercolor by John Johnston,
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/cananore/johnson1795.jpg

'Entrance to the Fort, Cannanore', by Thomas Cussans
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/cananore/cussans1817a.jpg

View of cananore fort from saluting battery

http://ogimages.bl.uk/images/019/019WDZ000000484U00011000%5BSVC2%5D.jpg

View of cananore town and bay

http://ogimages.bl.uk/images/019/019WDZ000000484U00004000%5BSVC2%5D.jpg

The Prince of Wales in India -- troops of the 43rd Regiment embarking at Cananore to meet the Prince," from The Graphic, 1876

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/cananore/graphic1876.jpg

The Pepper Pot, at the Fort, Cannanore," a watercolor by D. Kayes, 1949

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/cananore/painting1949.jpg

Holiday bunglow cananore

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/cananore/painting1949b.jpg

munster1588

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/malabarmaps/munster1588.jpg

View of Tellicherry; by Elisha Kirkall, 1735

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/tellicherry/kirkall1735.jpg

*Tellicherry from the island of Darmadam, or Darmapattam; a watercolor from c.1790*

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/tellicherry/watercolor1790.jpg

Tellicherry on the coast of Malabar; by James Forbes, 1813
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/tellicherry/forbes1813.jpg

Jewish women of cochin
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/cochin/jewishwomen1884.jpg

Arabic malayalam



MALAPPURAM: To much of the amazement of the historians, a recently unearthed fortnightly in the extinct Arabic-Malayalam language reveals that the Muslim community in Malabar was very much concerned about the developments in different sectors of the Ottoman Empire and countries such as Syria during the 1890s.
Named ‘Salahul Ikhwan’, the four-page periodical edited by C Seythalikutty was published during the 1890s and 1900s from Tirur in the Muslim-dominated areas of the erstwhile Malabar province. It was also published in some parts of Tamil Nadu, Ceylon and Singapore as per the subscription tariffs.
“This periodical had a very detailed and vibrant foreign news section which informed the readers mainly about the developments in the Ottoman Empire,” says Dr K K Abdul Sathar, head of the history department at PSMO College, Tirurangadi, who has analysed the contents of this rare catch among the Arabic-Malayalam literature in his collection.
Interestingly, a report in the foreign news section goes like this: “It is learnt that the Ottoman Empire has paid back 1,93,000 sovereigns which was the pending war penalty to be given to Russia.”
Another news item gives an account of the severe plague outbreak in the Empire. As per the report, three doctors were sent to Bombay to understand how a similar outbreak was contained there. In another issue, there is a box news item telling that the Empire has made an additional revenue of about `2 lakh from its forest assets. A report in the same section of another issue tells the readers that Syria suffered heavily from an 18-hour continuous rain.
According to Dr Abdul Sathar, these show the strong pan Islamic concerns of the Muslim community in Malabar during the period. “The fact that a community which is often considered ignorant and less-educated had once closely followed the incidents in foreign countries indicates the global outlook of the society existed here during the time,” he said.
The periodical, slightly bigger than a tabloid, had advertisements on the front page, mainly of its sister publications. As per the tariffs published in it, a one liner ad costed one anna and three paise, while a column ad costed three annas for a day and `30 for a month.
A separate column devoted for local news comprised reports from different parts of Malabar. Question and answer series, a detailed article which resembled an editorial and travelogues constituted the oldest Arabic-Malayalam periodical unearthed till date
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/periodical-reveals-truth-on-malabar-muslims/190115-60-116.html

Cross posting from kannur thread
Payyambalam old photo. You can see two British People.
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/975/33108128918731444357010.jpg

Iritty bridge old and new photo. Still the old bridge is being used. Britishkar illayirunnenkil nammude avastha enthakum ayirunnu.
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2759/24067721875731815323710.jpg

Source: Gulam Ahamed @ Facebook

Cross posting from kannur thread

Aslesh

Don't worry.... If not british, then Kannur would have been either part of Kolathiri Kingdom or Zamorin..... If it was under Kolathiri-Arrakkal combination, Kannur would have been more like a Maldives or Colombo for that matter. The Arrakkal Ali Raja was one of the richest man during that era and was the main source of diamond trade from South Africa to almost entire West Coast India.

If Kannur remained as capital of Arrakkal Kingdom, it would have been almost like a Vatican inside Rome. A small Arrakkal Fort inside Kolathiri's Malabar Kingdom. Or to be more exact, it would be like a Brunei Kingdom of today.....

But mind, it would have been either like Surat or Diamond, with large Zaveri Bazaars and Diamond Markets. It was Britishers, who later annexed the monopoly rights of Arrakkal Ali Raja's trade empire in Diamond business

So don't feel over-confidence in British. Kannur in my opinion, could have became diamond capital of India, if it was under Ali Rajas.... Instead you lost to British, with a fewer textile industries and few good roads and rail.....

New artefacts, believed to be part of megalithic urn burials, have been unearthed near Nadapuram in Kozhikode district by a former anthropology student of Kannur University.

These are now being kept at the Ethnological and Heritage Museum of the Anthropology Department on the university campus at Palayad near Thalassery.

The new finds, excavated by N.K. Ramesh, a former student of the anthropology department, are the latest exhibits in the museum after the transfer of the finds from the megalithic laterite dome found near Kodiyeri and the megalithic urn burial found near Panur in February and March last.

The new additions to the museum are artefacts from the megalithic urn burials found during a digging work at Perumundassery near Nadapuram a few days ago.

Mr. Ramesh, who is interested in archaeological anthropology, said the megalithic urn burials found at Perumundassery included two jars — one large and the other medium-sized.

The rims of the pots were found two metres beneath the laterite gravel; Mr. Ramesh said adding that he removed the soil in a surgical procedure.

“As I removed the laterite soil and gravel, I found a variety of artefacts within the pointed jars, known as ‘nannangadi,' one a medium-sized and the other big and having 80 cm height,” he said.

Weapons found


The large pointed urn contained red ware and black polished pottery, black polished lid and knob, and significantly eagle head-like figures, iron dagger, and chopper. The weapons are found within the large pointed jar, while the smaller one, which did not contain any artefact, was filled with river sand.

Eagle head-like figures found from the site were said to be significant as no such figures were known to have been excavated from megalithic burial sites in the State. Mr. Ramesh said some archaeologists had guessed that these figures could be part of the pottery.

Anthropology department head S. Gregory said that Mr. Ramesh had successfully excavated the archaeological finds from the megalithic burial site and they had been transferred to the museum set up by the department on the campus.

It was Dr. Gregory and Mr. Ramesh who collected the archaeological remains excavated earlier from the megalithic dome site at Kodiyeri near Thalassery.

Dr. Gregory said the archaeological inventory in the museum included a set of mesolithic artefacts explored by Mr. Ramesh in December last from the Panom forest in Kozhikode under the guidance of P. Rajendran, archaeologist in the department of history at the University of Kerala and University Grants Commission research scientist.

Earlier findings

Mr. Ramesh's archaeological explorations and excavations earlier included a pointed chopper-cum-scraper at Karai in Karai river basin, one of the tributaries of Kabani river in Wayanad; a proto hand axe from the lower Palaeolithic period from Kattakandam near Puzhamula in Kozhikode; Palaeolithic implement from Cheerkkayam and Anakkayam in Chythravahini river basin in the highland region of Kasaragod; several iron ingots at Manikovilakam and Karuvankandiyil and Kuitheri in Kozhikode; and cist burial and urn burial evidences of the megalithic period at Kuitheri in Kozhikode.

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2544565.ece)

BTW, is this thread dedicated to the history of only 'Malabar'? ;)

BTW, is this thread dedicated to the history of only 'Malabar'? ;)

Nopes for whole kerala, But after seeing current postings i was thinking to make it kannur specific and start new thread. But it will again look messy, So let it continue to be whole kerala.

Correct me if I'm wrong. Ali Raja(Ceremonial title of kings of Arakkal dynasty) was of course very rich, thanks to the spices trade(mainly pepper and cardamom) not to any diamond trade. I couldn't find any reference to the perceived diamond trading with South Africa. Please provide sources if available because that'd be helpful

Ref: A survey of Kerala history:- A. Sreedhara Menon
Malabar Manual- William Logan

P.S: Brunei got its wealth from oil. So a comparison sounds like nothing but a figment of imagination

Aslesh

Don't worry.... If not british, then Kannur would have been either part of Kolathiri Kingdom or Zamorin..... If it was under Kolathiri-Arrakkal combination, Kannur would have been more like a Maldives or Colombo for that matter. The Arrakkal Ali Raja was one of the richest man during that era and was the main source of diamond trade from South Africa to almost entire West Coast India.

If Kannur remained as capital of Arrakkal Kingdom, it would have been almost like a Vatican inside Rome. A small Arrakkal Fort inside Kolathiri's Malabar Kingdom. Or to be more exact, it would be like a Brunei Kingdom of today.....

But mind, it would have been either like Surat or Diamond, with large Zaveri Bazaars and Diamond Markets. It was Britishers, who later annexed the monopoly rights of Arrakkal Ali Raja's trade empire in Diamond business

So don't feel over-confidence in British. Kannur in my opinion, could have became diamond capital of India, if it was under Ali Rajas.... Instead you lost to British, with a fewer textile industries and few good roads and rail.....

A new book on Malabar that is expected to throws light on the glory and eventful history of the region is set to reach readers.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday, District Collector P.B. Salim, who is also one of the editors of the book ‘Malabar: Paitrukavum Pratapavum (Malabar: Heritage and Glory), said it would be released by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at a public function at Town Hall here on Saturday by handing over a copy to litterateur M.T. Vasudevan Nair.

Comprising essays and articles written by known scholars, researchers, and historians specialising in the region, the book also includes personal accounts by people such as IAS officer K. Jayakumar, a one-time collector of the district; lyricist Kaithapram Damodaran Namboodiri; writer U.A. Khader; and script writer T.A. Razak, among others.

The book, published by Mathrubhoomi Books, is organised in six sections titled ‘Sneha Sangamabhoomi,' ‘Charithram,' ‘Desham,' ‘Deshikar,' ‘Mathanirapekshata' and ‘Samskaram,' Dr. Salim said.

N.P. Hafiz Muhammed, writer, and M.C. Vasisht, lecturer, Department of History, Malabar Christian College, are the two other editors of the book.

Source : The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2569461.ece

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Kannur: The Kerala State Archives Department is making all out efforts to sensitize the academic community on the importance of creating archives. The department is organizing 'Archives Week' in the district from December 12 to 17 as part of the International Archives Week Celebrations.

As part of the show, various documents in the collection of the department including the famous 'Mathilakom' records on the Sree Padmanabhaswami temple, Malabar collectorate records, survey and settlement records of the Madras presidency among others.

"Malabar is a treasure trove of various documents, like the ones transferred to us by the Arakkal family," said C P Abdul Majeed, archivist with the regional archives department, Kozhikode.

The documents given by the Arakkal family in Kannur, which was the only Muslim dynasty who ruled over the region, show that the family played a prominent role for many centuries in the historical events of Malabar and also they had maritime trade relations with other parts of the world. The Department has 17,846 documents from the Arakkal family and the oldest among these is a letter written in 1779 by the emperor of Constantinople to the Arakkal Biwi. A part from the enormous collection of palm leaf documents, a Holy Bible written in Arab language in 1811, documents pertaining to the 'Smartha vichara' will also be exhibited at the show.

The department has over one crore palm leaf documents alone in Thiruvananthapuram archives. The digitization process of these documents is on. This is the biggest collection of palm leaf documents in Asia, said Abdul Majeed.

"Many of these documents on display will shed light into the freedom movement, civil disobediences movement, the socio-political history of Malabar. It will be a great opportunity for the people of Malabar, especially the students of history," he said.

As part of the festival an archives clinic will also be organized to help the people to know the scientific methods of preserving ancient documents.

The celebrations will be inaugurated by minister K C Joseph at the Sreekandapuram Community Centre at 3 p.m. Historian M G S Narayanan will deliver the keynote address.

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A seashore in Kannur
Where is this place in Kannur? What is in the back ground? an unidentied photographer/unknown dted picture of Kannur https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CzutONWjzdk/TujJ48NcG-I/AAAAAAAAgdc/S4ctwQ4sFK0/s1600/QW-30-024-0004.jpg
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[QUOTE=PPJ;83959290]The Coast Below Mr Brenner's House" This photo was taken between 1855 and 1860 and it probably shows the rear face of the blockhouse to the north of the fort, described by Abraham Parsons in 1775.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bCeZt58Is/S-bwNDvTNTI/AAAAAAAABms/2gv-3duViEQ/s1600/Coast+below+Mr+Brenner%27s+house+Tellicherry.jpg[/QUOTE never seen this before. It is in Thalasery.