Syed Muhammedali Shihab Thangal

Sayyid
Mohammed Ali Shihab Thangal
Mohammed Ali Shihab Thangal in July 2008
Born(1936-05-04)4 May 1936
Malappuram, Malabar District, British India
Died1 August 2009(2009-08-01) (aged 73)
Malappuram, Kerala (India)
NationalityIndian
Alma materAl-Azhar University
Cairo University
Occupations
  • Community leader
  • Islamic scholar
  • Politician[1]
Spouses
  • Shareefa Fatima Beevi (died 2006)
  • Aysha Beevi (married 2006)
Children
  • Munavvar Ali Shihab Thangal
  • Basheer Ali Shihab Thangal
Parent
Relatives

Muhammad Ali Shihab Tangal (Birth name: Mohammed Ali Shihab bin Ali Al-Hussaini Ba Alavi)(Arabic: محمد علي شهاب بن علي الحسيني با علوي)(4 May 1936 – 1 August 2009), known with the honorific prefix Sayed, was an Indian community leader, Islamic scholar and politician from Kerala.[2][3] He is sometimes regarded as "the most important Mappila leader" of modern Kerala.[4]

Born in the Yemeni-origin sayyid or habib(thangal) Pukkoya family of Panakkad, a Qabila from Ba Alawi house of descendants of Hussayn bin Ali. [5] Shihab Thangal also functioned as the president of the Kerala state committee of the Indian Union Muslim League (1975 - 2009).[6][2]

According to historian Roland Miller, "'wisely and sensitively, he led Muslims through the landmines of state politics for over three decades. He also led the way into cordial relationships with members of other religious communities".[4]

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  1. ^ Misiriya, P. V. Nafeesathul (2013). "Review of the Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim Community in Kerala" (PDF). In Rajan, K. (ed.). Emigration and Educational Development of Muslim Community in Kerala. Kottayam: Mahatma Gandhi University. p. 17. hdl:10603/19658.
  2. ^ a b Press Trust of India (2 August 2009). "President, PM, Sonia Pay Homage to IUML Leader Thangal". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012.
  3. ^ "IUML Leader Shihab Thangal Dead". The Hindu. 2 August 2009. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  4. ^ a b Miller, Roland E. (2015). Mappila Muslim Culture. State University of New York Press. pp. 103, 240–42.
  5. ^ Miller, Roland E., Mappila Muslim Culture. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 115, 268-69.
  6. ^ "Syed Families Hold Get-together". The Hindu. 1 May 2006. Archived from the original on 24 May 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2009.