Pangil Ahmed Kutty (1888 - 1946), title Musliyar, was an Islamic scholar from

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. Ahmed Kutty was born to Nur ud-Din and Pazhedathu Vayottil Thithu in

. After the initial religious education in Kerala, he joined the al-Baqiyat at

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for higher studies. He co-founded the

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, the principal

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scholarly body in northern

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, in 1926.

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{{India-reli-bio-stub Indian Islamic religious leaders 1946 deaths 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Kerala Sunni-Shafi'i scholars 1888 births Malayali people Shafi'is Islam in Kerala Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam