Vadakkumkur

Vadakkumkur was a Hindu principality of Kerala, with its rajas at Karikkode. Formed from the northern half of Vempolinad, it came under the overlordship of Cochin.

In 1600 it absorbed Keezhmalainadu. A dispute over pepper later brought war with Cochin and its Portuguese allies, in which the raja was killed; his dynasty split into the Mattathil and Kadanadu branches. In 1750 Marthanda Varma of Travancore conquered the principality, and his commander Ramayyan destroyed Karikkode.