Superintendent, Madras Government Museum; Correspondant Étranger, Société d'Anthropologie de Paris; Socio Corrispondante, Societa, Romana di Anthropologia. 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 statistics of the two have apparently been confused, as the numbers of the Marakkayars are smaller than they should be." Concerning the Marakkayars of the South Arcot district, Mr. Francis writes as follows. [1] "The Marakkayars are largely big traders with other countries…
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