592 Political Events in the Carnatic, from 1564 to 1687. [No. 152. 



management and in the possession of the poligar of the Damarla* 

 family. 



At this period, the Merchants of the English Company, who resided 

 at Visakapatam, proposing to build a cottee to carry on their com- 

 merce on the sea-coast, made proposals to build a cottee, f (factor)',) 

 seeking there permission to form their establishment in some con- 

 venient place of the coast under their protection. The poligars 

 agreeing to their request, ceded the four undermentioned villages, 

 together with Madras Coopum, on condition of paying them 1200 

 Madras pagodas, besides the additional expence of supporting the 

 holy pagodas. 



This grant and conditions were engraved upon a gold plate, 

 (for preservation as a record,) which they delivered to them with 

 authority to establish a daroolzarib, (or mint house,) for coining carak 

 or Madras pagodas. 



The four Villages then granted were, viz. : — 



1. Mouza Madras Coopnm,... LJ b % buUt Vf" ° n '^Z ° f 

 r (this village, which is named Madras. 



2 Ditto Chpnak C J ^ n ^ e ^ anc ^ °^ ^ s village is si- 



* '"' (tuated Mootaul and Pagdalpetta. 



3. Ditto Maleput, The soil of this village is made use 



of to make salt. 



In the Fusly year 1056, Streeranga, Rayelt was dethroned, and his 

 A. D. 1647. dominions possessed by the Mussulmans. In the reign of 

 A. S. 1569. Sultan Abdool Hussain Jaanum Soobah, the English mer- 

 chants having lately built, a cottee, (or house of commerce,) now wished 

 to build a fort ; for this purpose they despatched Cassa Vee Runna as 

 vakeel (or ambassador) to the presence of the aforesaid Jaanum Soobah. 

 On his arrival, the Soobah being informed, by the address of the ambassa- 

 dor, of the wishes and expectations of the English merchants, taking 

 their request into his serious consideration, he bestowed his perwanna, 

 granting the above four villages as an enam (free gift) to them, with 



* The ancestor of the present Calastry Rajah. 



f Cottee, a house of commerce or factory, different from cotta (tell,) a fort. 



J This Streeranga-Rayel seems to have been one of the kings of Chandergherry, 

 perhaps the last. This is the only branch of the royal family of which I have not yet 

 got a regular account of succession, but I have hopes of getting it ; the last of them had 

 abandoned Pennaconda some years before (1804.) List of their successions have been 

 since obtained, (1810.) 



