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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Syed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal
| image = Shihab_Thangal_in_July_2008.jpg
| caption = Thangal in July 2008
| birthname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|05|04}}
| birth_place = [[Malappuram]], [[Malabar District|Malabar]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|08|01|1936|05|04}}
| death_place = Malappuram, [[Kerala]], India
| alma_mater = [[Al-Azhar University]]<br/>[[Cairo University]]
| spouse =
| children = Sayyid Munavvar Ali Shihab Thangal [[Sayyid Basheer Ali Shihab Thangal]]<ref>
web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/161216/munavarali-shihab-thangal-to-head-muslim-youth-league.html</ref>
| relatives = [[Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal]] (brother)<br/>Syed Sadiqali Shihab Thangal (brother)<br/>Sayyid Abbasali Shihab Thangal (brother)<br/>[[Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal]] (brother)
| website =
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = [[Politician]],<ref name="NM-C4">{{cite book |author1=P.V. Nafeesathul Misiriya |title=Emigration and educational development of Muslim community in Kerala |publisher=MahathmaGandhi University-Shodhganga |location=Chapter 4 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/19658/12/12_chapter4.pdf#page=17}}</ref> [[Islamic Scholar]]
}}
'''Panakkad Syed Mohammedali Shihab Ba-Alawi Al-Hussainy Pookoya Thangal''' (4 May 1936 – 1 August 2009) was a [[Muslim]] religious leader and politician from Kerala.<ref name="articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-02/india/28200612_1_iuml-indian-union-muslim-league-homage | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612045904/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-02/india/28200612_1_iuml-indian-union-muslim-league-homage | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 June 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=President, PM, Sonia pay homage to IUML leader Thangal | date=2 August 2009}}</ref><ref name=hindu1>{{cite news
|newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
|title = Muslim League leader Shihab Thangal dead
|url = http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/02/stories/2009080256930100.htm
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090805105737/http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/02/stories/2009080256930100.htm
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 5 August 2009
|date = 2 August 2009
|accessdate = 2 August 2009
|location=Chennai, India
}}</ref> He was the President of the Kerala state committee of the [[Indian Union Muslim League]] and a member of the [[Pukkoya family of Panakkad|Pukkoya]] [[Thangal]] family,<ref>{{cite news
|title = Syed families hold get-together
|url = http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/01/stories/2006050100420200.htm
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070524103201/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/01/stories/2006050100420200.htm
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 24 May 2007
|date = 1 May 2006
|accessdate = 2 August 2009
|newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
|location=Chennai, India
}}</ref><ref name=timesofindia1>{{cite news
|work = [[The Times of India]]
|title = President, PM, Sonia pay homage to IUML leader Thangal
|url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-02/india/28200612_1_iuml-indian-union-muslim-league-homage
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120612045904/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-02/india/28200612_1_iuml-indian-union-muslim-league-homage
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 12 June 2012
|date = 2 August 2009
|accessdate = 2 August 2009
}}</ref><ref name=twocircles.net>{{cite news
|publisher = TwoCircles.net
|title = Mohammadali Shihab Thangal: A proud Muslim, a proud Indian
|url = http://www.twocircles.net/2009aug03/mohammadali_shihab_thangal_proud_muslim_proud_indian.html
|date = 4 August 2009
|accessdate = 28 December 2010
}}</ref>

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

==Early life==
Shihab Thangal was born as the eldest son of Panakkad Syed Ahmed Pookoya Thangal, an Islamic leader.<ref name="MU112">{{cite book |last1=M. Usman |title=The role of voluntary agencies in human resource development a case study of orphanages in Malappuram district |publisher=University of Calicut-Shodhganga |location=Chapter 4 |page=112 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/35141/13/13_chapter%204.pdf |accessdate=6 April 2020}}</ref> His siblings were late [[Ummerali Shihab Thangal]], [[Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal]], Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal, Basheer Ali Shihab Thangal and Kunjibeevi, the last three being half-siblings. He attended the M.M. High School, [[Kozhikode]]. He continued his religious education at Thalakkadathur and Kananchery Dars under Ponmala Moideen Musliar. In 1958, he left for [[Egypt]] for further studies and obtained his master's degree in [[Arabic literature]] from [[Al Azhar University]] in 1961. He continued his studies in [[Cairo University]] and pursued a Doctorate in [[Arabic Literature]] in 1966.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=The Peninsula |title=Shihab Thangal passes away |url=http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=India&month=August2009&file=World_News200908028134.xml |date=2 August 2009 |access-date=2 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165901/http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=India&month=August2009&file=World_News200908028134.xml |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> After spending about eight years in Egypt he returned home in 1966.{{Citation needed|date= April 2020}}

==Career==
Thangal became the president of the Kerala state committee of Indian Union Muslim League after his father's death in 1975.<ref name="Rahim79">{{cite book |author1=M. Rahim |title=Changing Identity and Politics of Muslims in Malappuram District Kerala |publisher=Keral University-Shodhganga |page=79 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/95128/10/10_chapter%203.pdf#page=9 |accessdate=6 April 2020}}</ref> He remained President until his own death in 2009. He was [[Qadi|Qazi]] to hundreds of mahals in Kerala.<ref name=hindu1 /> He worked with Kerala's Islamic Organisation [[Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama]]. He was the president of a numerous Islamic institutions like [[Jami'a Nooriyya Arabic College|Jamia Nooriya Arabiya]], Jamia Darussalam Al Islamiya, Nandi which are managed by Samastha. He is one of the founding members of [[MEA Engineering College, Perinthalmanna|MEA Engineering College]] and Markazu Tharbiyathil Islamiyya, Valancheri. He was behind the proposal to start another campus of [[Aligarh Muslim University]] in Kerala.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/india/kerala-mourns-passing-away-of-panakkad-thangal-1.533879|title=Kerala mourns passing away of Panakkad Thangal|last=IANS|date=2 August 2009|work=GulfNews|access-date=5 December 2017}}</ref>

==Death==
[[File:Panakkad Shihab Thangal 2010 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Thangal on a 2010 Indian stamp]]
Thangal died suddenly on 1 August 2009 following a [[cardiac arrest]]. He was admitted to a private hospital after he slipped and fell down at his home, Panakkad Kodappanakkal. He was 73 and had suffered from [[diabetes]] and [[hypertension]].{{Citation needed|date= April 2020}} His body was buried with full state honours at the Panakkad Juma Masjid on the day after his death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3131276|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312090109/http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3131276|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 March 2012|title=Kerala bids farewell to Panakkad Shihab Thangal|work=MSN|date=12 August 2009}}</ref> He is survived by his second wife Ayisha, whom he married in 2007, and his three children.

==See also==
*[[Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal]]
*[[Indian Union Muslim League]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Panakkad Shihab Thangal}}
*[http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=944640&programId=7940924&channelId=-1073881580&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=9 A brief biography of Shihab Thangal, with a lineage list ]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thangal, Panakkad Sayeed Mohammedali Shihab}}
[[Category:1936 births]]
[[Category:2009 deaths]]
[[Category:Malayali politicians]]
[[Category:Mappilas]]
[[Category:People from Malappuram]]
[[Category:Cairo University alumni]]
[[Category:Islam in Kerala]]
[[Category:Al-Azhar University alumni]]
[[Category:Indian Union Muslim League politicians]]
[[Category:Kerala Sunni-Shafi'i scholars]]

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