Shihab Thangal

The [Thangal]s are a social group among the Muslims of Kerala, south India who are equivalent to the more general Sayyids/Sharifs (descendants of Prophet Muhammad) of the wider Islamic culture. Several members of the [Pukkoya family of Panakkad], a prominent thangal family in Kerala, are named Shihab Thangal:

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