Pukkoya family of Panakkad

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Sayyid Muhammedali Shihab Thangal (1936 - 2009)

Pukkoya family of Panakkad is a Yemeni-origin sayyid (thangal) family based in present-day northern Kerala.[1] The family, claiming descent from the family of Prophet Muhammad, is generally revered by the Sunni Shāfiʿī Kerala Muslims.[2] The thangals remain highly respected as religious and political leaders amongst the Muslims of Kerala.[2]

The Panakkad family descended from Sayyid Ali who emigrated from the Ḥaḍramawt region of Yemen to Kerala in the 18th century.[1][3][4] By the 19th century, the ethnic Yemenis came to occupy a powerful position within the north Kerala Muslim community.[4] They were eventually recognized as the theological, juridical, and political community leaders of Kerala Muslims.[4]

Kodappanakal House is the ancestral house of the family. Sayyid Hyderali Shihab Thangal (born 1947) is the current eldest Panakkad Thangal.[5]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Miller, Roland E., Mappila Muslim Culture. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 115, 268-69.
  2. ^ a b Osella, F., and C. Osella. "Islamism and Social Reform in Kerala, South India." Modern Asian Studies, vol. 42, no. 2-3, 2008, pp. 317–346.
  3. ^ Miller, Roland E., Mappila Muslim Culture. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 268-271.
  4. ^ a b c Prange, Sebastian R. (2018). Monsoon Islam: Trade and Faith on the Medieval Malabar Coast. Cambridge University Press. pp. 54-58.
  5. ^ Nijeesh, T. P. (2012-04-03). "Panakkad family to figure in history of Syeds". The Times of India. Malappuram. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

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