Pukkoya family of Panakkad

Pukkoya family of Panakkad is a Yemeni-origin sayyid, known locally in Kerala as thangal family based in present-day northern Kerala.^[1] The family, descending from the family of Muhammad, is generally revered by the Sunni Shāfiʿī Kerala Muslims.^[2] The thangals are respected as religious and political leaders amongst the Muslims of Kerala.^[2]

Sayyid Muhammedali Shihab Thangal (1936 - 2009)

Pukkoya family of Panakkad
Parent family	al-Shihabuddin of the Ba 'Alawi sada
Country	India
Current region	Kerala
Place of origin	Hadhramaut
Founded	End of 18th century
Founder	Sayyid Ali al-Shihabuddin Ba 'Alawi
Connected families	other Thangal families in Kerala
Distinctions	Political and religious prominence
Traditions	Ba 'Alawiyya Shafi'i Madhhab

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.^[1][3][4] By the 19th century, the ethnic Yemenis came to occupy a powerful position within the north Kerala Muslim community.^[4] They were eventually recognized as the theological, juridical, and political community leaders of Kerala Muslims.^[4]

Kodappanakal House is the ancestral house of the family. Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal (born 1964) is the head of the Panakkad Thangal family at present.^[5][6]

Prominent members

• Sayyid Ali Al-Shihabuddin (18th century)^[1]
• Sayyid Hussain ibn Muhlar Al-Shihabuddin (1812–1882)^[1]
• P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal (died 1975)^[1]
• Sayyid Muhammedali Shihab Thangal (1936–2009)^[1]
• Sayyid Hyderali Shihab Thangal (1947–2022)
• Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal (born 1964)
• Sayed Abbas Ali Shihab Thangal (born 31 May 1971)