Pukkoya Thangal

Sayyid
P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal (Ali Shihabudden AlHussayni Ba Alavi)
P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal
Born1913
Died1975(1975-00-00) (aged 61–62)
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Muslim spiritual or community leader
  • Islamic scholar
  • Politician[1]

Sayyid Ali Shihabudden AlHussaini Ba Alavi, or P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal,[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 was born in 1913 as the son of Sayyid Husain Shihabudden Al-Hussaini Ba Alavi. He served as the Kerala State President, Indian Union Muslim League and the President of Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama' (the body of Sunni-Shafi'i scholars in Kerala).[2]

The Ali Shihabuddeen was born in the Yemeni-Hadrami origin Pukkoya family, Which is one of Ba Alawi house of descendants from Hussayn bin Ali, The grandson of Prophet Muhammad.[1]

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

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