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- Jenmi or Janmi, plural Jenmimar, is the Malayalam term used to refer to the landed aristocracy of Kerala who traditionally held their lands as absolute...
- as, "A house, chiefly of noblemen". It was classically the residence of Jenmimar, but contemporary usage of the word is now more generic to all social classes...
- allodially freeheld jenmi lands, rendering them among Malabar's foremost jenmimars, alongside fellow Moopil Nairs such as the Mannarghat Nair, a feudatory...
- some 155,358 acres of jenmom estates, and ranking preeminent among the jenmimars of Malabar. The Kavalappara Moopil Nayar, also known as the Karakkattu...
- group of sub-clans among the ruling elites (Naduvazhi) and feudal lords (Jenmimar) of the Nair community in Kerala. Robin Jeffrey, an anthropologist, described...
- the matrilineal line. Historically, the Menons were feudal landlords or Jenmimar with some of them being Naduvazhis. They were often engaged in various...
- monarchs of Kerala, the Nambudiris formed the landed aristocracy known as the Jenmimar, until the Kerala Land Reforms starting in 1957. The Nambudiris have traditionally...
- Illathu Nairs and Naduvazhi (chiefs of chiefdoms and aristocrats) and Jenmimar (landed gentry). North Malabar Kannur district Korapuzha Miller, Eric J...
- prominent Naduvazhis, a Moopil Nair and Vazhunnavar, as well as a major Jenmimar, and held the Nair caste rank of Nambiar or Samanta, and the family style...
- They constituted the ruling elites (Naduvazhi) and feudal aristocrats (Jenmimar) in the regions of Malabar and Cochin. This subcaste was one of the highest-ranking...