The merchant headmen of the Kakatiya and coastal markets (Hanamkonda, Orugallu, the delta ports) and the corporations that call themselves of all countries.
They finance the nayakas and move cotton cloth, iron, steel, salt and horses; Ganapati's famous charter of protection to foreign merchants (the Motupalli abhaya sasanam) is of the mid-century, not of 1200. The 'Muslim merchants of the coast' belong to the same trade (a separate card).
Who he is
- Title
- Merchant heads (settis, pattanasvamis) and the Nanadesi corporation
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Family
- Telugu settis and the all-country guild of the Nanadesi
- Confidence
- low
General knowledge; no source read this session names a 1200 head.
What it holds
- Market rights and tolls by charter
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: From memory; the existence of the corporations is certain, any 1200 detail is not.
Sources and studies
- General knowledge of the medieval Deccan (Bhandarkar, Altekar, Sastri, B. R. Gopal, Suryanath Kamath): from memory, not re-read
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.