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Nobili used his political persona to obtain from Tirumalai Nayak permission to convert in exchange for Nobili bringing the Portuguese from Goa to help him to subdue a rebellious 'feudatory' .

The Nayaks or Nayakkans, as they were also called, were the 'feudatory' governors appointed by the Vijyayanagar rulers to protect their interests in parts of what are now Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

With most of these ‘native states’ the British had formal treaties that specified the terms and nature of their power and that directly established a 'feudatory' link with the Crown of England.

Peasants attacked landlords and burned tax and 'feudatory' documents, tax collectors were beaten or worse, and lawyers were attacked because of their association with the landed classes.

Satraps of both the empires assumed power in their own 'feudatory' territories, the most important of the Vijayanagara remnants were the Nayaks of Madurai.

Raja Mansingh's successor raja Vikramaditya, who was a 'feudatory' of Lodis since 1519, was also in Agra.

The Ikkery Naiks were a line of 'feudatory' chieftains who rose to power after the decline of the mighty Vijayanagar empire following the battle of Thalikkotta in 1565.

Hinduism as we know it today - especially the Hinduism of north India - was essentially shaped under Mogul rule, often with the active participation and support of the rulers and their officials and 'feudatories' .

Till then the Wadiyars were the 'feudatories' of the emperors of Vijayanagar.

Property division and the redemption of feudal fees aroused numerous disputes between 'feudatories' and comuni, requiring a lengthy examination of titles and deeds.

They were the 'feudatories' of the prominent dynasties of Karnataka.