Beypore or
Beypur is an ancient port town and a Municipality town in
Kozhikode district in the state of
Kerala,
India. The place was formerly known as Vaypura / Vadaparappanad.
Tipu Sultan, ruler of
Mysore, named the town "Sultan Pattanam". There is a marina and a beach while
Beypore port is one of the oldest ports in Kerala, which historically traded with the
Middle East. Beypore is noted for building wooden ships, known as
dhows or
urus in the
Malayalam language. These ships were usually bought by
Arab merchants for trading and fishing but are now used as tourist ships. According to Captain Iwata, founder member of the Association of Sumerian ships in Japan, Sumerian ships might have been built in Beypore. There is evidence to prove that Beypore had direct trade links with Mesopotamia and was a prominent link on the maritime silk route.