Summary
Panakkad Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal (15 June 1947 – 6 March 2022) was a sayyid (thangal) community leader and religious scholar from Kerala, southern India who was the Kerala State President and Chairman, National Political Advisory Committee, Indian Union Muslim League from 2009 to 2022.[1] He was also the Vice President of the Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama' (E. K. faction), the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly body in Kerala.[2][3]
Sayed Hyder Ali Thangal | |
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 Hyderali Thangal (2015) | |
| Kerala State President, Indian Union Muslim League | |
| In office 2009–2022 | |
| Chairman, National Political Advisory Committee, Indian Union Muslim League | |
| Vice President, Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama' | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 June 1947 Panakkad, Malabar, British India |
| Died | 6 March 2022 (aged 74) Angamaly, Ernakulam |
| Political party | Indian Union Muslim League |
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| Children | Syed Mueen Ali Shaihab Thangal |
| Parent | PMSA Pookkoya Thangal (father) |
| Residence | Panakkad (Malappuram) |
| Education | Faizy (Post Graduate, Arabic and Islamic Sharīʿah) |
| Alma mater | Jami'a Nooriyya (Perinthalmanna) |
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Hyderali Thangal was a member of the Pukkoya family of Panakkad (north Kerala). He was the third son of P. M. S. A. Pookkoya Thangal (1913 – 1975) and the younger brother of Sayed Mohammed Ali Shihab Thangal and Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal.[4] He was the founding president of Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation (S.K.S. S. F.), the student wing of Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama', in 1973. He graduated from Jami'a Nooriyya, Perinthalmanna in 1989.[3] He led the Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (S. Y. S.), the youth wing of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, and later served the Malappuram District President, Indian Union Muslim League for around two decades.[3][5]
Hyderali Thangal was elected as the successor to Mohammed Ali Thangal as the Kerala State President of Indian Union Muslim League in 2009.[6] After Pookkoya Thangal, Hyderali Thangal was the only leader to head both the Muslim League and the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama simultaneously.[5] He also served as the Chairman of Kerala Wakf Board.[5] He was also the founding chancellor of Darul Huda Islamic University, Chemmad.[7]
He died at the Little Flower Hospital in Angamaly, on 6 March 2022, at the age of 74.[8][3] Shashi Tharoor, the diplomat-turned-politician, described the Thangal as a "diminutive giant of Kerala politics" as he tweeted about his death.[9]
References edit
- ^ "National Political Advisory Committee". Indian Union Muslim League (official website). Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Samastha-Thangal Family Row Settled". The Times of India. Kozhikode. 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d "IUML Leader Panakkad Sayyid Hyder Ali Shihab Thangal Laid to Rest". OnManorama. Kottayam: Malayala Manorama. 6 March 2022.
- ^ Nijeesh, T. P. (3 April 2012). "Panakkad Family to Figure in History of Syeds". The Times of India. Malappuram. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Ali, Firoz (7 March 2022). "Hyderali Shihab Thangal Managed to Bridge Differences Between League and Samastha". OnManorama. Kottayam: Malayala Manorama.
- ^ "Hyderali Shihab Thangal, Chief of IUML in Kerala". The Hindu. 15 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Hyderali Shihab Thangal Passes Away". The Hindu. 6 March 2022.
- ^ "IUML Leader Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal, 74, Passes Away". Mathrubhumi. 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Muslim League leader Hyder Ali Shihab Thangal Dies at 74". The Week Magazine. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.