Agrarian Relations in Late Medieval Malabar
To understand how colonialism redraws the equations of the colonized societies, a thorough analysis of the latter in the immediate preceeded period is required. There are few attempts on that line elsewhere in india, but Malabar remained excluded. The present study is an attempt to analyse theoretically and empirically the agrarian relations in Malabar during the late medieval period.
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Contents
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Sources and Early Historiography
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Emergence of the Land Owning Class
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36 |
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The Pattern of Land Distribution
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79 |
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Agricultural Production and Surplus Extraction
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121 |
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Agrarian Relations in Transition
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166 |
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Conclusion
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Cherikkals Domain Lands of Zamorin
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Common terms and phrases
administrative agrarian relations agrarian system agrestic slaves agricultural operations agricultural production attipper Barbosa Buchanan Calicut University called century cherikkal Chirakkal cultivable land custom Delhi desam desavazhi devaswam documents economic emergence fanams festival feudal feudatories functioned History of Kerala Ibid important India inscriptions janmam janmi K.K.N. Kurup kanam tenure karanavan Kavalappara kavu Kerala History Keralolpathi Koodali Granthavari Kottayam Kovilakam kuzhikkanam labour land deeds land tenures landed properties landlord landowning agencies landowning class lease Logan Malabar coast Malabar Madras Malayalam Marumakkathayam medieval period Menon mortgage Mysorean naduvazhis Nair Nambiar Namboodiri nambudiri nambudiri brahmins Narayanan nayar north Malabar Onam otti paddy paras pattam Pattukal Pillai political powers prevailed proprietor proprietory right Raja records region religious Report reveal revenue rice ruling chieftains sanketam social society socio-economic soil songs sources stanam surplus Tamil Nadu tarawad temple tenant term Tottam trade traditional transfer Travancore Trichur Trivandrum ucharal unfree labourers verumpattam Vishu Zamorin