For the Khimji Ramdas business conglomerate and the close cluster of families running it in the Sultanate of Oman, he was a patriarch, who was at the helm for five decades.
For the Indian community in that Gulf country in general and the non-resident Indians in particular, he was the ever-helpful father figure “Kanakbhai” – Sheikh Kanaksi Gokaldas Khimji, to address in full form by way of the protocol.