CONTENTS INTRODUCTION5 METHODOLOGY7 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS 9 CHAPTER 1 - HOUSE FORM AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS11 1.1 INTRODUCTION.13 1.2 SOCIO- CULTURAL ASPECTS OF A HOUSE FORM 13 1.3 ROLE OF RELIGION IN DWELLINGS 14 1.4 IMPORTANCE OF IDENTITY 15 1.5 CONSTANTS AND VARIABLES 16 1.6 MUSLIM SETTLEMENT PATTERNS 16 1.7 ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY IN MUSLIM HOUSE FORMS 21 CHAPTER 2 THE SOCIAL CUSTOMS OF MAPPILAS 25 2.1 ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAPPILAS 27 2.2 SOCIAL CUSTOMS OF MAPPILA MUSLIMS 30 2.3 MAPPILA CUSTOMS FROM BIRTH TO ADOLESCENCE 31 A. CONSTANTS MAINTAINED FROM ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY 33 B. 'PARTICULARS' THAT ORIGINATE FROM THE REGION 34 2.4 MAPPILA CUSTOMS FOR MARRIAGE 35 A. CONSTANTS MAINTAINED FROM ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY 38 B. PARTICULARS THAT ORIGINATE FROM THE REGION 39 2.5 MAPPILA CUSTOMS FOR DEATH 40 A. CONSTANTS MAINTAINED FROM ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY 41 B. PARTICULARS THAT ORIGINATE FROM THE REGION 2.6 RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS 41 2.7 MATRILINEAL SYSTEM 41 2.8 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AMONGST MAPPILAS 42 CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCTION TO KUTTICHIRA 45 3.1 DISTRICT: MALABAR 47 3.2 CITY: CALICUT 47 3.3 AREA: KUTTICHIRA 49 A. KUTTICHIRA TANK PRECINCT B. TEMPLE TANK PRECINCT (REGIONAL EXAMPLE) 3.4 KUTTICHIRA MOSQUES 51 3.5 EXAMPLE OF A MAPPILA HOUSE 53 3.6 EXAMPLE OF A REGIONAL HOUSE (NAIR TARAWAD) 54 CHAPTER 4 - CASE STUDY 57 4.0 LOCATION 59 4.1 CASE STUDY 1 - SRANGINTAKAM 60 4.2 CASE STUDY 2 - PUTHIYA SRANGINTAKAM 66 4.3 CASE STUDY 3 - MALLIYAKAL 72 4.4 CASE STUDY 4 - PALAT 78 CHAPTER 5 - ANALYSIS 85 PROCEDURE 86 5a DERIVING THE TYPE 87 5a.1 THE OVER-ALL FORM OF THE TYPE 89 5a.2 THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE TYPE 91 5a.3 THE NATURE OF RELATIONS 93 5a.4 THE FORM OF THE TYPE 96 5b DETERMINANTS OF THE TYPE 97 INTRODUCTION 99 5b.1 CASE STUDY 1 100 5b.2 CASE STUDY 2 106 5b.3 CASE STUDY 3 112 5B.4 CASE STUDY 4 116 5c COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS 121 5c.1 CONSTANTS MAINTAINED FROM ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY AND PARTICULARS THAT ORIGINATES FROM THE REGION 122 5c.2 CONCLUSION 128 APPENDIX - 1133 GLOSSARY 134 BIBLIOGRAPHY 137 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 142