Pukkoya Thangal Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sayyid
P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal (Ali Shihabudden AlHussayni Ba Alavi)
Birth Date:1913
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:
  • Muslim spiritual or community leader
  • Islamic scholar
  • Politician

Sayyid Ali Shihabudden AlHussaini Ba Alavi, or P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal, of the Pukkoya family of Panakkad, South Malabar, was an Indian sayyid (thangal) community leader and Indian Union Muslim League politician from Kerala. 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).

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.

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