[47] Malabar and its Folk.

[48] This note is based mainly on articles by Mr. S. Appadorai Aiyar and Mr. L. K. Anantha Krishna Aiyar.

[49] Madras Census Report, 1891.

[50] Gazetteer of the Malabar district.

[51] Manual of the Malabar district.

[52] The author of Tahafat-ul-Mujahidin or hints for persons seeking the way to God, as it is frequently translated, or more literally an offering to warriors who shall fight in defence of religion against infidels. Translated by Rowlandson. London, 1833.

[53] See Manual of the Malabar district, 164, sq., and Fawcett, Madras Museum Bull., III, 3, 1901.

[54] E. Hultzsch, South-Indian Inscriptions, III, 2, 1203.

[55] Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar. Translation. Hakluyt Society, 1866.

[56] New Account of the East Indies, 1744.