"കൊച്ചിയിലെ യുദ്ധം (1504)" എന്ന താളിന്റെ പതിപ്പുകൾ തമ്മിലുള്ള വ്യത്യാസം

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=== കൊച്ചിയിലെ ഒന്നാം യുദ്ധം (1503) ===
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The city of [[Cochin]] (''Cochim'', Kochi) was a growing commercial town perched on the edge of the [[Vembanad]] lagoon. The ruling Hindu prince, Unni Goda Varda, the [[Kingdom of Cochin|Trimumpara Raja of Cochin]], was not secure in his own position. Formally, he was a minor prince, subsidiary to senior family members across the lagoon at [[Edapalli]] (''Repelim''), the official overlords of the lagoon. Indeed, it is quite probable Trimumpara was in the midst of a family quarrel and originally sought out the Portuguese alliance to strengthen his own position against his relatives.<ref>The status of the Trimumpara Raja remains a little unclear. According to Dames (1918: p.&nbsp;86n), the formal ruler of Cochin was the king of [[Edapalli]], across the lagoon on the mainland, that the Cochinese peninsula (with capital at [[Perumpadappu (Malappuram district)|Perumpadappu]]) had at some point been detached as an appanage for a son, who, in turn, had detached the northern tip, [[Cochin]] city proper, for another son. These [[appanage]]s were not supposed to be permanent fiefs, but rather to serve as temporary 'training' grounds for princely heirs before they moved up in succession order. In other words, the ruler of Cochin was the second heir of Edapalli. Upon the death of the ruler of Edapalli, the first heir was supposed to leave the peninsula and take up his duties in Edapalli, and the second heir move from Cochin to Perumpadappu, and assign Cochin to his own successor (the new second heir). It seems the Portuguese arrived at a time when the princely heirs were somewhat at odds with each other (Cochin's rising prosperity possibly encouraged its prince's assertiveness). Nonetheless, it is only afterwards, under Portuguese protection, that the ruler of Cochin finally became a proper king (i.e. the Edapalli throne moved to Cochin).</ref>-->വേമ്പനാട് കായലിന്റെ അറ്റത്ത് സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്ന കൊച്ചി വളർന്നു വരുന്നൊരു വാണിജ്യ നഗരമായിരുന്നു അക്കാലത്ത്. കൊച്ചിയിലെ തൃമുമ്പാറ രാജകുമാരനായിരുന്ന ഉണ്ണിയ ഗോദ വാഡ അക്കാലത്ത് സ്വന്തം നിലപാടിൽ സുരക്ഷിതനായിരുന്നില്ല. കാരണം, മുതിർന്ന നിരവധിപേർ മേധാവികളായി ഇടപ്പള്ളിയിൽ ഉണ്ടായിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ തന്നെ ചെറുപ്രായക്കാരനായ ഒരു രാജകുമാരന്റെ മേൽവിലാസത്തിൽ അറിയപ്പെടാൻ മിക്കവർക്കും മടിയായിരുന്നു. വാസ്തവത്തിൽ, ഒരു കുടുംബ വൈരാഗ്യത്തിന്റെ മധ്യത്തിലായിരുന്നു തൃമുമ്പാറ സാമ്രാജ്യം. ബന്ധുക്കൾക്ക് എതിരായുള്ള തന്റെ നിലപാട് ശക്തിപ്പെടുത്താൻ രാജകുമാരൻ പോർച്ചുഗീസ് സഖ്യം വെച്ച് ശ്രമിച്ചുവന്നു.<ref>The status of the Trimumpara Raja remains a little unclear. According to Dames (1918: p.&nbsp;86n), the formal ruler of Cochin was the king of [[Edapalli]], across the lagoon on the mainland, that the Cochinese peninsula (with capital at [[Perumpadappu (Malappuram district)|Perumpadappu]]) had at some point been detached as an appanage for a son, who, in turn, had detached the northern tip, [[Cochin]] city proper, for another son. These [[appanage]]s were not supposed to be permanent fiefs, but rather to serve as temporary 'training' grounds for princely heirs before they moved up in succession order. In other words, the ruler of Cochin was the second heir of Edapalli. Upon the death of the ruler of Edapalli, the first heir was supposed to leave the peninsula and take up his duties in Edapalli, and the second heir move from Cochin to Perumpadappu, and assign Cochin to his own successor (the new second heir). It seems the Portuguese arrived at a time when the princely heirs were somewhat at odds with each other (Cochin's rising prosperity possibly encouraged its prince's assertiveness). Nonetheless, it is only afterwards, under Portuguese protection, that the ruler of Cochin finally became a proper king (i.e. the Edapalli throne moved to Cochin).</ref>
 
Sentiment among the Cochinese population was largely against the Portuguese. Cochin was not self-sufficient in food, and the people had suffered much from the general disruption of trade along the Malabar coast. Moreover, Cochin had a significant Muslim population – both expatriate [[Arab]]s and local [[Muslim Mappila|Mappila]]s – and the Portuguese had made no secret of their hostility towards them. Yet these were usually the very traders upon whom the city's subsistence depended. The Cochinese population did not, could not, see the point of the current state of affairs.
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