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Keyi family
Keyi ((マラヤーラム語:കേയി), pronounced (:keːji) meaning "Ship Owner" in Persian language), (Keyi Muslims) are one of the several denominations among Muslims of Kerala, India. The Keyis are known for their immense wealth and land properties acquired through trade with the English East India Company. They Keyi family has its roots in Thalassery, Kannur district. Keyis only marry from another Keyi family and are noted for their matrilinear system of inheritance.〔''Malayalam Manorama Yearbook'' (Malayalam language), 2006 pp 408〕
==History==
Kunhipacki Keyi – the fourth lineal descendant who became the head of this affluent family in 1809 was the first to be addressed with this honorific title.
His predecessors Aluppy and Moosa started trading with Gujaratis They were addressed by Gujaratis who had trade relations with Thalassery as ''Kakka'' which is also Gujarati word meaning ''Karanavar'', applied to both among elderly or respected person among both Hindus and Muslims. The title ''Kakka'' became associated with their successors up to Kunhipacki and from Kunhipacki onwards they were known by the appellation, ''Keyi''.
The term ''Keyi'' is of Urdu origin meaning owner. In those days crew of the ships called their masters as ''Keyis''. Since the Keyis were also owning ships they also came to be adored with this title. The Keyis were very generous, honest and truthful. Owing to the immense wealth of the family a kind of aristocracy is attached to them. Even today, the Keyis enjoy a high and elevated position in the community.
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