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==Spelling variants== | ==Spelling variants== | ||
Modern name: Kollam | Modern name: Kollam | ||
Variants: Quilon, Coilum, Coylangh, Coylang, Coelang, Qualla, Quallaan, Oualla | |||
Variants: Quilon, Coilum, Coylangh, Coylang, Coelang, Qualla, Quallaan, Oualla | |||
==Records== | ==Records== | ||
*[[BACSA]] have published a book entitled [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Cemeteries_and_monumental_inscriptions_reading_list The Malabar Coast : the burial registers of St Thomas' Church, Quilon and Christ Church, Trivandrum] which details inscriptions of those buried there. The index of persons named therein can be searched at [http://bacsa. | *[[BACSA]] have published a book entitled [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Cemeteries_and_monumental_inscriptions_reading_list The Malabar Coast : the burial registers of St Thomas' Church, Quilon and Christ Church, Trivandrum] which details inscriptions of those buried there. The index of persons named therein can be searched at [http://bacsa.frontis.co/bin/index.php BACSA Search]. Applications can be made to BACSA for copies of relevant material. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_027.gif Quilon] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21'', page 21. | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_027.gif Quilon] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21'', page 21. | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA41 Quilon] page 41, ''The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847''. Google Books. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the sea coast" | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA41 Quilon] page 41, ''The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847''. Google Books. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the sea coast" | ||
[[ | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/290/mode/1up St. Thomas' Quilon] page 290 ''The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras: Volume 2 : 1805 to 1835'' by Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org | ||
*[http://archive.org/stream/adescriptioncoa00barbgoog#page/n183/mode/2up "City of Coulam"] page 157 ''A description of the coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the beginning of the sixteenth century by Duarte Barbosa, a Portuguese. Translated from an early Spanish manuscript in the Barcelona library'' with notes and a preface by Henry E. J. Stanley. 1866 Archive.org | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:24, 9 May 2016
| Quilon | |
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| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 8.88°N 76.6°E |
| Altitude: | < 3 metres (9.8 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Kollam |
| State/Province: | Kerala |
| Country: | India |
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Also see Malabar
Quilon, present day Kollam, is a port on the Malabar Coast. It was situated in the Princely State of Travancore which had individual residency status under the Madras Presidency
A British garrison was stationed at Quilon in pursuance of a treaty between Travancore and the British.
Spelling variants
Modern name: Kollam
Variants: Quilon, Coilum, Coylangh, Coylang, Coelang, Qualla, Quallaan, Oualla
Records
- BACSA have published a book entitled The Malabar Coast : the burial registers of St Thomas' Church, Quilon and Christ Church, Trivandrum which details inscriptions of those buried there. The index of persons named therein can be searched at BACSA Search. Applications can be made to BACSA for copies of relevant material.
External links
- Kollam Wikipedia
- History:Kollam National Informatics Centre , Government of India.
- Quilon from Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes (Columbia University)
Historical books online
- Quilon Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21, page 21.
- Quilon page 41, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847. Google Books. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the sea coast"
- St. Thomas' Quilon page 290 The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras: Volume 2 : 1805 to 1835 by Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org
- "City of Coulam" page 157 A description of the coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the beginning of the sixteenth century by Duarte Barbosa, a Portuguese. Translated from an early Spanish manuscript in the Barcelona library with notes and a preface by Henry E. J. Stanley. 1866 Archive.org
