In Peermade settled two handsome stalwart Moplah brothers with their young widowed sister and her baby daughter. They belonged to the Mannankadiyan family of Cannanore (Kannur). Ibrahim Kutty, the elder brother built up a thriving bakery business and Abdul Khader a flourishing general store. In an upcoming town like Peermade, they did very well. They were deeply religious and prominent Muslims of the place and were loved and respected for their generosity and large heartedness. They were plain spoken and forthright. Ibrahim Kutty (Periya mama) with his towering height and fiery temper was a personality to reckon with. Abdul Khader (Chinna mama), ever the younger brother, with his quiet sense of humour, lived a peaceful life.
T.C.H.Marikar and the two brothers became fast friends and in them he found eligible husbands for his daughters by Ayesha.
Periya mama married Salha, appa’s eldest daughter. She died at childbirth.
Salha’s sister Nachiar, who had lost her husband and her two infants in a tragic fire accident, was then married off to Periya mama, the young widower. They had six children. Nachiar died at childbirth when the youngest, Hameed, was born. Then her sister Amina, who had left her Ceylonese husband and was living in Peermade, was married off to periya mama to take care of the children. They had eight children.
Periya mama, in his late years, married Kulsumbi an urdu speaking Muslim and had 4 children by her.
Appa’s and grandmother Ayesha’s youngest daughter Zaithoon was married to chinna mama. They had eleven children.
The tie between the Moors and the Moplahs was further strengthened by father (H.O.L.Marikar) marrying Mariambi, the beautiful little niece of the brothers. They had eleven children.
Periya mama was a forceful character till the end. He suffered from rheumatism in his old age. He died in 1935 and was buried in the family graveyard in Peermade in his property. Chinna mama died in Trivandurm in 1950?
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