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The thangals (also spelled tangals) are a social group among the Muslims of Kerala, south India.Kunhali, V. "Muslim Communities in Kerala to 1798" PhD Dissertation Aligarh Muslim University (1986
/ref> The thangals are often regarded as roughly equivalent to the more general Sayyid, Sayyids or Sharifs, or the descendants of the
/ref> The thangal families are numerous in Kerala, all receive recognition, but some are considered as saints. The thangal identification brings much 'reverence and attention' in the Kerala Muslim community (which predominantly identifies with Shafi'i madhab). Some individuals take advice from the thangals on crucial matters. A number of thangals in Kerala 'treat' people for illness and to 'ward off evils'. Thangal families have many gradations of status on social and economic scale. Influential of the thangals generally come from prominent business families. They usually exercise their influence through commerce and politics.
* Tharamal family ( Mambram)Miller, Roland E., ''Mappila Muslim Culture''. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 268-271.Miller, Roland. E., "Mappila" in "The Encyclopedia of Islam". Volume VI. E. J. Brill, Leiden. 1987 pp. 458-56.
** Sayyid Jifri Thangal (mid-1700s)
** Hassan Jifri Thangal (mid-1700s)
** Syed Alavi Thangal (1749 - 1843)
** Syed Fazl Thangal
* Pukkoya family ( Panakkad-Kodappanakkal House)
** Sayyid Ali Thangal
** Sayyid Husain ibn Muhlar (1812-1882)
** P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal (d. 1975)
** Muhammedali Shihab Thangal (1936 - 2009)
** Hyderali Shihab Thangal (born 1947)
* Velluvangad Thangal family
**Syed Muhammed Imbichi Koya Thangal Al Buhari
* Kondotty Thangal family
** Muhammad Shah Thangal
* Bafaki Thangal family ( Calicut)
** Syed Bafaqy Thangal (d. 1973)
/ref> The thangals are often regarded as roughly equivalent to the more general Sayyid, Sayyids or Sharifs, or the descendants of the
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.Miller, Roland E., ''Mappila Muslim Culture''. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 268-271. Most members of the community practices endogamy and rarely marry outside from their community.Kunhali, V. "Muslim Communities in Kerala to 1798" PhD Dissertation Aligarh Muslim University (1986/ref> The thangal families are numerous in Kerala, all receive recognition, but some are considered as saints. The thangal identification brings much 'reverence and attention' in the Kerala Muslim community (which predominantly identifies with Shafi'i madhab). Some individuals take advice from the thangals on crucial matters. A number of thangals in Kerala 'treat' people for illness and to 'ward off evils'. Thangal families have many gradations of status on social and economic scale. Influential of the thangals generally come from prominent business families. They usually exercise their influence through commerce and politics.
Major thangal families in north Kerala
* Tharamal family ( Mambram)Miller, Roland E., ''Mappila Muslim Culture''. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 268-271.Miller, Roland. E., "Mappila" in "The Encyclopedia of Islam". Volume VI. E. J. Brill, Leiden. 1987 pp. 458-56.
** Sayyid Jifri Thangal (mid-1700s)
** Hassan Jifri Thangal (mid-1700s)
** Syed Alavi Thangal (1749 - 1843)
** Syed Fazl Thangal
* Pukkoya family ( Panakkad-Kodappanakkal House)
** Sayyid Ali Thangal
** Sayyid Husain ibn Muhlar (1812-1882)
** P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal (d. 1975)
** Muhammedali Shihab Thangal (1936 - 2009)
** Hyderali Shihab Thangal (born 1947)
* Velluvangad Thangal family
**Syed Muhammed Imbichi Koya Thangal Al Buhari
* Kondotty Thangal family
** Muhammad Shah Thangal
* Bafaki Thangal family ( Calicut)
** Syed Bafaqy Thangal (d. 1973)
Notes
: 1.Only some scholars consider the thangals as a 'community' among the Muslims of Kerala.References
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* * {{Islam in Kerala Muslim communities of Kerala Islamic terminology Islamic honorifics Muslim communities of India Social groups of Kerala Islam in Kerala