tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post5311388434322991738..comments2024-03-19T00:13:48.081+05:30Comments on Calicut Heritage: A Jews Street in Calicut?Premchandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413182610858952040noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-5170550885447583842020-10-20T00:31:47.202+05:302020-10-20T00:31:47.202+05:30Your absolutely right I'm a calicutian i know ...Your absolutely right I'm a calicutian i know this place there is no Jews I'm damn sureRashidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10613899496095446782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-34807804319132236182020-08-09T17:23:41.442+05:302020-08-09T17:23:41.442+05:30Your WhatsApp number?Your WhatsApp number?Shanavas Paraavannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18105420919062048326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-47977708613628816482017-12-25T22:43:11.771+05:302017-12-25T22:43:11.771+05:30Good attempt ..I want to know about the latest new...Good attempt ..I want to know about the latest news related with jewish presence in malabarJAYAKRISHNANPANAKKOOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570573937948959384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-10386678261939419062015-05-30T15:50:00.531+05:302015-05-30T15:50:00.531+05:30Thank you, Mr. Mohd Kutty for visiting the site. F...Thank you, Mr. Mohd Kutty for visiting the site. Fortunately, most of the records pertaining to Mr. Connoly's time are well-preserved in the Calicut Archives (in the civil station ) and you can search therein. Best wishes!Calicut Heritage Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493344638807977946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-60741753234590564822015-05-29T22:52:32.782+05:302015-05-29T22:52:32.782+05:30സർ,
ഞാൻ കേട്ടതും ,എനിക്ക് ലഭ്യമായ രേഖ കളുടെ അടിസ്ഥ...സർ,<br />ഞാൻ കേട്ടതും ,എനിക്ക് ലഭ്യമായ രേഖ കളുടെ അടിസ്ഥാനത്തിലും ഞാനിതെഴുതുകയാണ് , മലബാർ കലക്ടർ കനോലി സായിപ്പിന്റെ കാലത്ത് നിയമിതരായ രണ്ടു തഹസിൽദാർ മാരെ പറ്റിയാണ് . എന്റെ അമ്മയുടെ മുത്തച്ഛൻമാരായ സഹോദരങ്ങൾ , ഒരാൾ ''കുട്ടൂസ തഹസിൽദാരും '' സഹോദരൻ '' കുഞ്ഞായിൻ കുട്ടി തഹസിൽദാരും '' ആണ് എന്നാൽ എനിക്ക് കുട്ടൂസ തഹസിൽദാരുടെ ഒരു രേഖ കിട്ടിയിട്ടുണ്ട് , മറ്റാളുടെത് Mohd Kutty K.V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13120060996186788909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-75094870262453708002015-05-29T22:42:28.731+05:302015-05-29T22:42:28.731+05:30സർ,
ഞാൻ കേട്ടതും ,എനിക്ക് ലഭ്യമായ രേഖ കളുടെ അടിസ്ഥ...സർ,<br />ഞാൻ കേട്ടതും ,എനിക്ക് ലഭ്യമായ രേഖ കളുടെ അടിസ്ഥാനത്തിലും ഞാനിതെഴുതുകയാണ് , മലബാർ കലക്ടർ കനോലി സായിപ്പിന്റെ കാലത്ത് നിയമിതരായ രണ്ടു തഹസിൽദാർ മാരെ പറ്റിയാണ് . എന്റെ അമ്മയുടെ മുത്തച്ഛൻമാരായ സഹോദരങ്ങൾ , ഒരാൾ ''കുട്ടൂസ തഹസിൽദാരും '' സഹോദരൻ '' കുഞ്ഞായിൻ കുട്ടി തഹസിൽദാരും '' ആണ് എന്നാൽ എനിക്ക് കുട്ടൂസ തഹസിൽദാരുടെ ഒരു രേഖ കിട്ടിയിട്ടുണ്ട് , മറ്റാളുടെത് Mohd Kutty K.V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13120060996186788909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-7698567483202523212012-03-25T04:43:25.123+05:302012-03-25T04:43:25.123+05:30Prester John:: Fiction and History, Meir Bar-Ilan(...Prester John:: Fiction and History, Meir Bar-Ilan(Senior Lecturer,Bar-Ilan University, ISRAEL)<br /><br />Present a Latin text with its Hebrew translation (and an English text where the Latin is missing) as follows:<br /><br />""Praete janni invenitur ascendendo in Kalicut in arida... and this is true proof and well-known knowledge about the Jews who are found there near Prester BVThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910925166590278493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-31758798787525822702012-03-16T12:21:38.586+05:302012-03-16T12:21:38.586+05:30There are evidences of Malabar Judeo settlements.
...There are evidences of Malabar Judeo settlements.<br />Jewish settlers looking for safer places from persecution in Europe. <br /><br />The settlers in Malabar were also threatened by the <br />Portuguese and the arab traders. Some of<br />these settlers either became muslims or christians<br />over time. Some left to other cities which <br />had a Jewish population. <br /><br />Some of the antelefanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17454376749808692847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-29748661734263582722011-11-10T10:31:01.329+05:302011-11-10T10:31:01.329+05:30Thank you, Nandagopal, for the comments. You are r...Thank you, Nandagopal, for the comments. You are right about the Chinese presence and the porcelain remnants. But, we feel that our enquiry should go beyond the available evidence. Recently, we stumbled on evidence which probably suggests that the Chinese remained in contact with Calicut long after the Zheng He visits during the Ming period (early 15th Century). You may like to see a recent Calicut Heritage Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760552324718923006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-42022836819871129452011-11-10T02:01:41.589+05:302011-11-10T02:01:41.589+05:30There is evidence of Chinese presence in the form ...There is evidence of Chinese presence in the form of pottery and tiles which is still strewn over many part of the city, especially parts close to the beach. I remember picking up pieces while studying at St Joseph's High School.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18337282232035264204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-18789308221440229672011-07-17T15:58:15.326+05:302011-07-17T15:58:15.326+05:30I am late to post this because of some personal pr...I am late to post this because of some personal problems though had gone thr' the post earlier. Calicut becomes a centre of integration again with this discovery. We had Chinese, Arabs and now we find that Jews were also here.What ever might have been the reasons, it is sad to note that we do not have any remnants of these ancient settlers and I do hope that historians will be able to find SWANSONGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16373910814378426781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-63551494396392448592011-07-14T19:15:02.346+05:302011-07-14T19:15:02.346+05:30Many thanks, PNS and Devasahayam!Many thanks, PNS and Devasahayam!Calicut Heritage Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760552324718923006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-22366883089205550062011-07-14T19:14:12.778+05:302011-07-14T19:14:12.778+05:30Many thanks! - PNS and Devasahayam.Many thanks! - PNS and Devasahayam.Calicut Heritage Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760552324718923006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-72878979566646193562011-07-11T13:25:46.819+05:302011-07-11T13:25:46.819+05:30Very fascinating discovery. Maddy has added spice ...Very fascinating discovery. Maddy has added spice to it. Thanks and congratulations to the team.P.N. Subramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420464521174227821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-90198805136272447332011-07-08T20:09:32.675+05:302011-07-08T20:09:32.675+05:30Its great to see that the blog has become active a...Its great to see that the blog has become active after nearly 6 months.Devasahayamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917717395249655431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-21253787326589448572011-07-04T20:13:38.997+05:302011-07-04T20:13:38.997+05:30Dear Maddy,
I strongly believe so, There is no do...Dear Maddy,<br /> I strongly believe so, There is no doubt in the fact that Jews existed in Calicut, and this finding I hope would open up the unrevealed facts about the Jews of Norther Kerala who can be called Malabari Jews with no doubt. The an extract or the abstract copy of Sefer Yasher (Would have written by various people through time), mentions "in 1650 AD died the last of the familyThoufeek Zakriyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13957357219415958248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-88228236371798354892011-07-04T17:20:14.980+05:302011-07-04T17:20:14.980+05:30If you look at this summary, it is clear there wer...If you look at this summary, it is clear there were Jews at Calicut. Considering that, they would have lived in their own enclave.With that established, the location now discovered has to be further studied relatively..<br /><br />With the coming of the Portuguese to India, travelers such as G. Sernigi (1499) refer to the Jewish association with Calicut. L. di Varthema (early 16th century) Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-25734724880907697432011-07-04T17:10:01.473+05:302011-07-04T17:10:01.473+05:30Reading it altogether bring to us some points that...Reading it altogether bring to us some points that <br />• Jews existed in Calicut.<br />• They had their own quarter and prayer houses.<br />• Like the other foreign settlers they mostly established their settlements in port cities, market or any water bodies.<br />• They had private streets same like their co-religionists had.<br />So the name Juda bazaar or Jew street, if found near any place Thoufeek Zakriyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13957357219415958248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-50730211374994108792011-07-04T17:09:54.636+05:302011-07-04T17:09:54.636+05:30Hai Prof. Nampoothiri, I would like to explain som...Hai Prof. Nampoothiri, I would like to explain some normal feature of some Jewish settlements of Kerala, Which would help us to know the general characteristics of the Jewish settlements of Kerala. Like most of the foreign settlers Jews also established their settlement near a Market and water body, but kept their residence more private from others. There also existed many other settlements of Thoufeek Zakriyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13957357219415958248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-86421636815974825672011-07-04T14:55:24.296+05:302011-07-04T14:55:24.296+05:30Thank you Mr.Ramachandran, for considering my lead...Thank you Mr.Ramachandran, for considering my lead, and taking it in serious consideration. In fact,it is a great news to know about about Jew street in Calicut and effort was fruitful. Congratulation to all concerned.<br />Francois, a french navigator (1607) had mentioned that "the Jews of Calicut had their own quarter and Synagogue, nobody enters to their quarter, but Jews." This wasThoufeek Zakriyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13957357219415958248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-16127305150709509222011-07-03T23:39:34.735+05:302011-07-03T23:39:34.735+05:30സർ
താങ്കൾ പറഞതു ശരിയാണു.ഏനിക്കു കാണാൻകഴിഞ്ഞില്ല എന...സർ<br />താങ്കൾ പറഞതു ശരിയാണു.ഏനിക്കു കാണാൻകഴിഞ്ഞില്ല എന്നേ അർഥമക്കേണ്ടു.അതുപോലെ മറ്റൊരു പഠിതാവും പറയുന്നു.അദ്ദേഹം കുറ്റിചിറക്കാരനാണു.പുസ്തക കണ്ടിട്ടുണ്ടാവും.<br />നാമപഠനത്തിൽ പുലറ്തേണ്ട ഒരു തത്വമാനണു പെട്ടെന്നു നിഗമനത്തിലെത്ത രുത് എന്നതു. കൂടുതൽ തെളിവു കിട്ടേണ്ടതുണ്ടു എന്നു മാത്രം.പുതിയ സ്ഥലനാമപഠനങ്ങൾ നടത്തുന്നവർ ശ്രദ്ധിച്ചാൽ നന്നു. <br />നന്ദി<br />N M Nampoothirimalayaalanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940736511232625401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-67523603503356245512011-07-03T22:55:10.908+05:302011-07-03T22:55:10.908+05:30No study can be said it is the final.New evidence ...No study can be said it is the final.New evidence will surface, new justifications will be put forth.We will have to modify our thoughts and conclusions based on the present facts.We must also be prepared to accept when newer logic are put forward.Once nobody said earth was round. There were lot of proofs given to substantiate that earth was flat.Now we know that earth is not flat but round , letPremnath.T.Murkothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899555419501714340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-1431563594392128172011-07-03T22:20:56.535+05:302011-07-03T22:20:56.535+05:30Prof. Dr. Nampoothiri- We are grateful for your le...Prof. Dr. Nampoothiri- We are grateful for your learned comments. At the same time, we are unable to appreciate your argument that because a certain study of place names conducted in 1987 did not find any reference to Jew Street, it could not exist.<br />We would respectfully submit that in Social Sciences we have to be less dogmatic.<br /> Firstly, experts in Toponymy have observed that it at Calicut Heritage Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760552324718923006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-1984978657819265092011-07-03T21:12:37.184+05:302011-07-03T21:12:37.184+05:30Maddy - Many thanks for the erudite comments. Ther...Maddy - Many thanks for the erudite comments. There is ample evidence about the strong presence of Jews in Calicut. However, Abraham Farissol's account appears to be a fanciful compilation of the more bizzare accounts he might have come across as a copyist in Ferrara. He had written in similar vein that original Americans were all Jews!<br />Whether Jews existed in the Jews Street is not Calicut Heritage Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760552324718923006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-37814734844513294832011-07-03T20:42:16.723+05:302011-07-03T20:42:16.723+05:30Thank you, Ashish for your suggestion. Please keep...Thank you, Ashish for your suggestion. Please keep visiting!Calicut Heritage Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760552324718923006noreply@blogger.com