The Samoothiri (Anglicised as Zamorin; Malayalam: Sāmūtiri, Arabic: Sāmuri,[2] Portuguese: Samorim, Dutch: Samorijn, Chinese: Shamitihsi[3]) was the hereditary monarch of the kingdom of Kozhikode (Calicut) on the South Malabar region of India. Calicut was one of the important trading ports on the south-western coast of India. At the peak of their reign, the Zamorins ruled over a region from Kollam (Quilon) to Panthalayini Kollam (Koyilandy).[4][5]