Anjuvannam

Anjuvannam
Type	Merchant guild
Purpose	Indian Ocean trade;
Region	South India (primarily)
Membership	Non-Indian traders (Jewish, Syrian Christian, Muslim and Zoroastrian Parsi merchants)
Parent organization	Ainurruvar (in and after the 12th century)

Anjuvannam (in Tamil and Malayalam, from Persian anjuman, and hanjama or hanjamana in Telugu or Kannada^[1] or hamyamana^[2]) typically refers to a medieval merchant guild, consisting of non-Indian traders, primarily active in south India.^[3] Along with manigramam and ainurruvar (the Ayyavole Five Hundred), the anjuvannam merchant guild played a major role in the commercial activities of the region.^[3]

Unlike manigiramam, which was also operating in Indian hinterland, the presence of anjuvannam is found only in coastal towns.^[2] A person in the Anjuvannam community is known as an "anjuvannan".^[4]

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