Chinna or China?
The exact identities of the various Marakkars have continued
to confuse me throughout my Malabar studies. We all know Kunhali IV and his
story, especially the final stages when
the Portuguese managed to capture and behead him, to ‘apparently’ bring an end
to the line of Malabar corsairs and admirals of the Zamorin. But there is one Marakkar
who has slipped the cracks as
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