Pukkoya family of Panakkad

Pukkoya family of Panakkad
Parent family al-Shihabuddin of the Ba 'Alawi sada
CountryIndia
Current regionKerala
Place of originHadhramaut
FoundedEnd of 18th century
FounderSayyid Ali al-Shihabuddin Ba 'Alawi
Connected familiesother Thangal families in Kerala
DistinctionsPolitical and religious prominence
TraditionsBa 'Alawiyya
Shafi'i Madhhab

Pukkoya family of Panakkad is a Yemeni-origin sayyid, known locally in Kerala as thangal family based in present-day northern Kerala. The family, descending from the family of Muhammad, is generally revered by the Sunni Shāfiʿī Kerala Muslims. 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. 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 eldest Panakkad Thangal at present.

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