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 Muhammad, is generally revered by the Sunni Shāfiʿī Kerala Muslims.[2] The thangals are 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 along with his family.[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 Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal (born 1964) is the eldest Panakkad Thangal at present.[5][6]
Prominent members
edit- Sayyid Ali (18th century)[1]
- Sayyid Hussain ibn Muhlar (1812–1882)[1]
- P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal (died 1975)[1]
- Sayyid Muhammedali Shihab Thangal (1936–2009)[1]
- Sayyid Hyderali Shihab Thangal (1947–2022)
- Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal (born 1964)
- Sayed Abbas Ali Shihab Thangal (born 31 May 1971)
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Miller, Roland E., Mappila Muslim Culture. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 268-271.
- ^ a b c Prange, Sebastian R. (2018). Monsoon Islam: Trade and Faith on the Medieval Malabar Coast. Cambridge University Press. pp. 54-58.
- ^ Prashanth, M. P. (14 March 2022). "Challenges Galore Before Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal". The New Indian Express.
- ^ Prashanth, M. P. (14 March 2022). "Challenges Galore Before Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal". The New Indian Express.
