P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal
P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal
Born1913
Died1975 (1976)
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Muslim spiritual or community leader
  • Islamic scholar
  • Politician[1]

Pukkoya Thangal, full P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal (died 1975),[1] of the Pukkoya family of Panakkad, south Malabar, was an Indian sayyid (thangal) community leader and Indian Union Muslim League politician from Kerala.[1] He served as the Kerala State President, Indian Union Muslim League and the President, Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama' (the body of Sunni-Shafi'i scholars in Kerala).[2]

The thangal was born in the Yemeni-origin Pukkoya family of northern Kerala.[1]

Pukkoya Thangal was succeeded by his eldest son Syed Muhammed Ali Shihab Thangal (1936 - 2009).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Miller, Roland E., Mappila Muslim Culture. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 115, 268-69.
  2. ↑ Miller, Roland. E., "Mappila" in "The Encyclopedia of Islam". Volume VI. E. J. Brill, Leiden. 1987 pp. 460.
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