Category: History - Other
Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 5 of 7
MARAKKAYAR.--The Marakkayars are described, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as "a Tamil-speaking Musalman tribe of mixed Hindu and Musalman origin, the people of which are usually traders. They seem to be distinct from the Labbais (q.v.) in several respects, but the statist...