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List of Kozhikode Samoodiris

Historical documents rarely mentions the individual names of the Zamorins of Calicut. However, it is generally assumed that Mana Vikrama, Mana Veda and Viraraya were the only names given to them. Portuguese historian Diogo de Couto was the first to attempt the construction of chronological scheme.1

The following is a list of rulers of Calicut from "The Zamorins of Calicut" (1938) by K. V. Krishna Iyer. The first column (No.) gives the number of the Zamorin reckoned from the founder of the dynasty, based upon de Couto's assumption that there had been 98 Zamorins before the Zamorin reigning in 1610.1

First Dynasty
The original seat of the aristocratic clan was Nediyiruppu and the head of the house was known as Nediyiruppu Mutta Eradi, a title enjoyed by the fifth in rank from the Zamorin. Under the Chera rulers of Tiruvanchikkulam the Mutta Eradi governed Ernad with the title of Ernad Utaiyar. Later the clan abandoned its ancestral house and transferred its residence to the present day Calicut.1

Note: Italic names only indicate the asterism under which the Zamorin is born

Second Dynasty
It seems that the original dynasty came to an end with the 114th Zamorin of Calicut. The 115th Zamorin, the first of the second dynasty, was the oldest of the princes adopted from Nileshwaram in 1706.1