Moopil Nair

Moopil Nair is a subgroup of the Nair caste. They were naduvazhis and Desavazhis of tiny feudal kingdoms on the Malabar Coast, present-day Kerala state, South India.[1] The most famous of them were Vellodi of Valluvanad Valluvakonathiri, (who ruled the Kingdom of Valluvanadu before the Zamorin's forces conquered it)[2] and Kavalappara Moopil Nair (who ruled the small kingdom of Kavalappara Swaroopam).[1]

References
  1. Kurup, K. K. N. (1988). Modern Kerala: Studies in Social and Agrarian Relations. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-094-9.
  2. Barbosa, Duarte; Dames, Mansel Longworth (1989). The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0451-3.

Further reading
  • Dhanagare, D. N. (February 1977). "Agrarian Conflict, Religion and Politics: The Moplah Rebellions in Malabar in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries". Past & Present (74): 112–141. JSTOR 650217. (subscription required)
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