Pukkoya family of Panakkad is a Yemeni-origin sayyid, known locally in Kerala as thangal family based in present-day northern Kerala.Miller, Roland E., Mappila Muslim Culture. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 115, 268-69. The family, descending from the family of Muhammad, is generally revered by the Sunni Shāfiʿī Kerala Muslims.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. The thangals are respected as religious and political leaders amongst the Muslims of Kerala.
The Panakkad family descended from Sayyid Ali Al-Shihabuddin who emigrated from the Ḥaḍramawt region of Yemen to Kerala in the 18th century along with his family.Miller, Roland E., Mappila Muslim Culture. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 268-271. By the 19th century, the ethnic Yemenis came to occupy a powerful position within the north Kerala Muslim community. They were eventually recognized as the theological, juridical, and political community leaders of Kerala Muslims.
Kodappanakal House is the ancestral house of the family. Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal (born 1964) is the head of the Panakkad Thangal family at present.
Prominent members
Sayyid Ali Al-Shihabuddin (18th century) Sayyid Hussain ibn Muhlar Al-Shihabuddin (1812–1882) P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal (died 1975) Sayyid Muhammedali Shihab Thangal (1936–2009) Sayyid Hyderali Shihab Thangal (1947–2022) Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal (born 1964) Sayed Abbas Ali Shihab Thangal (born 31 May 1971)
References
External links Munavvar Ali Shihab Thangal (official twitter handle)