The Renegade Portuguese Moplah Corsair - Dom Pedro Rodrigues
Posted by Labels: Ali Marakkar, Dom Pedro Rodrigues, Kunjali cousin, Marakkars of Malabar
A story of Revenge, Ali
Marakkar
March 1600 – The Kunjali IV had just surrendered to the
Zamorin. Andre Furtado reneging on his agreement, dragged Kunjali away, while
the Zamorin’s Nair cohorts tried to fight off the Portuguese, but failed.
Kunjali and 40 of his people were spirited away to Goa and put into a tronquo,
a trial was speedily conducted and Kunjali was sentenced to death in spite of
the terms of his surrender which were that his life would be spared. The
padre’s at Goa tried hard to have him converted before his killing, but they
failed. Finally he was executed in a French style guillotine and his body was
later quartered and exhibited in the beaches of Panjim and Badrez. His salted head
was sent off to Cannanore for exhibition.