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Jenmi or
Janmi (Malayalam: [dʒenmi, dʒɐnmi]),
plural Jenmimar, is the
Malayalam term used to
refer to the
landed aristocracy of
Kerala who traditionally...
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allodially freeheld jenmi lands,
rendering them
among Malabar's
foremost jenmimars,
alongside fellow Moopil Nairs such as the
Mannarghat Nair, a feudatory...
- 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...
- some 155,358
acres of
jenmom estates, and
ranking preeminent among the
jenmimars of Malabar. The
Kavalappara Moopil Nayar, also
known as the Karakkattu...
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group of sub-clans
among the
ruling elites (Naduvazhi) and
feudal lords (
Jenmimar) of the Nair
community in Kerala.
Robin Jeffrey, an anthropologist, described...
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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...
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matrilineal line. Historically, the
Menons were
feudal landlords or
Jenmimar with some of them
being Naduvazhis. They were
often engaged in various...
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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...
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Illathu Nairs and
Naduvazhi (chiefs of
chiefdoms and aristocrats) and
Jenmimar (landed gentry).
North Malabar Kannur district Korapuzha Miller, Eric J...
- 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...
