Pukkoya Thangal
Indian community leader and politician
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Sayyid Ahmad al-Shihabuddin Ba Alawi, or P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal,[1] (20 January 1913 – 6 July 1975) 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 Vice President of Samastha Kerala Jem'iyyat al-'Ulama' (the body of Sunni-Shafi'i scholars in Kerala).[2]
- Muslim spiritual or community leader
- Islamic scholar
- Politician[1]
Sayyid Ahmad Al-Shihabuddin was born in the Yemeni-Hadhrami origin Pukkoya family which originates from the family al-Shihabuddin, one of houses of the Ba Alawi clan who are descendants from Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad.[1]
Pukkoya Thangal was succeeded by his eldest son Syed Muhammed Ali Shihab Thangal (1936–2009).[1]