Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 5 of 7
By Edgar Thurston
Length16h 20m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "The Marakkāyars are described, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as "a Tamil-speaking Musalman tribe of mixed Hindu and Musalman origin, the people of which are usually traders. They seem to be distinct from the Labbais (q.v.) in several respects, but the statistics of the two have apparently been confused, as the numbers of the Marakkāyars are smaller than they should be." Concerning the Marakkāyars of the South Arcot district, Mr. Francis writes as follows.1 "The Marakkāyars are largely big traders with other countries such as Ceylon and the Straits Settlements, and own most of the native coasting craft. They are particularly numerous in Porto Novo. The word Marakkāyar is usually derived from the Arabic markab, a boat. The story goes that, when the first immigrants of this class (who, like the Labbais, were driven from their own country by persecutions) landed on the Indian shore, they were naturally asked who they were, and whence they came. In answer they pointed to their boats, and pronounced the word markab, and they became in consequence known to the Hindus as Marakkāyars, or [2]the people of markab. The Musalmans of pure descent hold themselves to be socially superior to the Marakkāayars, and the Marakkāyars consider themselves better than the Labbais. There is, of course, no religious bar to intermarriages between these different sub-divisions, but such unions are rare, and are usually only brought about by the offer of strong financial inducements to the socially superior party. Generally speaking, the pure-bred Musalmans differ from those of mixed descent by dressing themselves and their women in the strict Musalman fashion, and by speaking Hindustāni at home among themselves."
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Spirituality and Religion
Length16 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 6, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1List of Illustrations.
6N (pt. 2)
2Volume V.
7N (pt. 3)
3M (Continued) (pt. 1)
8N (pt. 4)
4M (Continued) (pt. 2)
9O
5N (pt. 1)
10P
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