ABSTRACT
ButtheonlypearlfisheryontheIndianmaiinisa.t~t£coritl.,aboutninety milesnorth-eastofCapeComorin,a.ndnea.rthisthereisa.pla.cegivenby Hamilton,caJl.edMooloopetta.(=Mooloopa.tam),whichm.a.yprobablybe theseatofthekingalludedto.Hewa.smostlikely~same~theking ofCa.il,spokenofbyMarcoPolo;tha.tpl.a.cebeingapparentlynowrepresentedbyCoilpa.tam,a.sm.aJIseaportofTinnevelly,inthisimmediate vicinity.ThisappearsfromBarbosa.,who,a.tthebeginningofthesixteenthcentu.ry,sta.tespreciselytha.tCa.ilwa.sninetymilesfromCape Comorin,a.ndtha.titwa.stheseatofa.grea.tpearlma.rketandfishery. .BATIGALA,orBatikaJ.a.,which,hesays,hadaSaracenking,isa.portof Canara..fifty-fivemilesnorthofMangaJ.ore;itiscaJledBatcul,orBa.tcole, inEnglishma.ps.ItisnotmentionedbyIbnBatuta..,thenearestauthorityintime;buthedoesstatetha.ta.tHina.ur(Huna.wurorOnore),a porta.littletothenorthofBaticala.,thepeoplewereMoslem,a.ndtheir kingcconeofthebestofprinces,'"oneJamui,Zail-DlfiMahomnn.edIbnHaswn., towhomMalabargeneraJlypaidtribute,dreadinghisbraverybysea, (whichmeans,Isuppose,tha.tthisexcellentprincewasa.pirate).Very probabqthiswasthekingofBa.tigaJ.atowhomJ'orda.nusrefers.Hewa.s, however,himself''subjecttoaninfidelking,whosenamewa.sHora.i.b•• (Lee'sIbnBat-uta,p.166),doubtlessthekingofNa.rsinga.orBisnagnr, whomJordanusomitstomention.Twocenturiesla.terBarbosadescribes Ba.tticala.asa.greatplace,wherema.nymerchantstra.ftick:ed,a.ndwhere weremanyMoorsandGentiles,greatmercha.nts.Andthen8'111m11M11"!1of Kingdoms/'in.Ramrtusio,sa.ysthekingofBa.ticul.a.wasthena.GentileCa.- narese,~cgreaterthanhimofHonor;""thegovernor,however.,beinga. Moorisheunuch,namedCa.ipha..Laterinthesixteenthcentu.ry,Vincent LeBlancdescribesita.sstilla.finepla.ce,andoneofgreattrade.
