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<nowiki>Zamorín; Zamorin; Заморин; झामोरिन; Zamorin din Calicut; Reino de Calecute; Zamorinen av Calicut; Zamorino; 卡利卡特扎莫林; Kožikodės karalystė; Zamorin; ساموتیری; ザモリン; Samorin; Zamorin dari Calicut; Заморін; זאמורים; Samorijn; സാമൂതിരി; ज़ामोरिन; జమోరిన్ అఫ్ కాలికట్; Zamorin; Zamorin of Calicut; سامري كاليكوت; Zamorin; கோழிக்கோடு நாடு; vladar zgodovinskega kraljestva na območju sodobne indijske zvezne države Kerala; titre de noblesse; മലബാറിന്റെ തെക്കേ പകുതി ഭരിച്ചിരുന്ന ഭരണാധികാരികളുടെ സ്ഥാനപ്പേർ; historisch land; титул правителей Кожикоде; वर्तमान केरल, भारत में ऐतिहासिक साम्राज्य के वंशानुगत सम्राट (1124-1806); historischer Staat; antigo estado indiano de Querala, existente entre o século XII e 1806; Ruler of historical kingdom in present-day Kerala, India; estado desaparecido; Zamorin; カリカットの領主; Reino de Kozhikode; Samorim de Calicute; Samorim de Kozhikode; Reino dos Samorins; Samoothiri of Kozhikode; Samoothiri; Zamorin; சாமூத்திரி</nowiki>
Zamorin of Calicut 
Ruler of historical kingdom in present-day Kerala, India
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Samoothiri (English: Zamorin; Portuguese: Samorim, Dutch: Samorijn) is the hereditary title of the Hindu monarch of the kingdom of Calicut on Malabar Coast, India. The Samoothiris were based at the city of Calicut, one of the important trading ports on the south-western coast of India. At the peak of their reign, the Samoothiri's ruled over the coastal region from Quilon to Quilandy.

The Samoothiris maintained elaborate trade relations with the Chinese and Muslim Middle-Eastern sailors in the Indian Ocean, the primary spice traders on the Malabar Coast in the Middle Ages. Kozhikode was then an important entrepôt in south-western India where Chinese and West Asian trade met.

The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama visited the city of Calicut in 1498, opening the sailing route directly from Europe to Asia. The Portuguese efforts to lay the foundations to Estado da Índia, and to take complete control over the commerce was repeatedly hampered by the forces of Samoothiri of Calicut. By the end of the 16th century the Portuguese – now commanding the spice traffic on the Malabar Coast – had succeeded in replacing the Muslim merchants in the Arabian Sea. The Dutch supplanted the Portuguese in the 17th century, only to be followed by the English.

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