Proper noun
Malabar Coast
(historical) The western coast of the Indian subcontinent, more appropriately towards the southern part of it. A region in the southwest of India. Principally the present state of Kerala.
A depiction of da Gama's fleet (from the Livro das Armadas) The violent treatment meted out by da Gama quickly brought trade along the Malabar Coast of India, upon which Calicut depended, to a standstill. Source: Internet
Arab Traders had converted populations in the Malabar Coast since the 7th century, and the Arab invader Muhammad Bin Qāsim had converted large swathes of Sindh to Islam at about the same time. Source: Internet
Indian Orthodoxy traces its roots to the arrival in India of Saint Thomas the Apostle (traditionally dated to AD 52) and his evangelism among both the Brahmans of the Malabar Coast and the ancient Jewish community there. Source: Internet
The South Indian Malabar Coast and the Tamil people of the Sangam age traded with the Graeco-Roman world. Source: Internet
To prevent the Portuguese or the English from ever recapturing Sri Lanka, the VOC went on to conquer the entire Malabar Coast from the Portuguese, almost entirely driving them from the west coast of India. Source: Internet