Sulthan Arakkal Adiraja Fathima Muthu Beevi, the 38th head of the erstwhile Arakkal royal family here, died at her residence in Chettumkunnu near Thalassery on Saturday. She had assumed the title of Arakkal Beevi, following the death of her sister Sulthan Arakkal Adiraja Zainaba Aysha Beevi on July 1 last year. Muthu Beevi, had been born as the eighth child of Aloopy Elaya and Arakkal Adiraja Mariyam on August 3, 1932, in the Arakkal Kettu, which is the ancestral house of the Arakkal royal family. As the Arakkal family follows a matriarchal system of descent, it chooses the eldest member of the family as its head and ruler. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has condoled the death of the Arakkal Beevi.

Source: The Hindu May 04, 2019 17:37 UTC