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The '''Thangals''' (also spelled '''Tangals''') are a social group{{ref|a}} among the Muslims of [[Kerala]], south India.<ref name="KunhaliV">Kunhali, V. "Muslim Communities in Kerala to 1798" PhD Dissertation Aligarh Muslim University (1986) [http://ir.amu.ac.in/2736/1/T%205242.pdf]</ref> The Thangals are often regarded as roughly equivalent to the more general [[Sayyid|Sayyids]] or [[Sharif|Sharifs]], or descendants of [[Muhammad]], of the wider [[Islamic world|Islamic culture]].<ref name=":0">Miller, Roland E., ''Mappila Muslim Culture''. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 268-271.</ref><ref name="Thangals all set to test popularity in Malappuram">{{Cite web|last=Meethal|first=Amiya|date=2016-04-25|title=Thangals All Set to Test Popularity in Malappuram|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/250416/thangals-all-set-to-test-popularity-in-malappuram.html|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref> Most members of the community practice [[endogamy]] and rarely marry outside their community.<ref name="rick or treat? Muslim Thangals, psychologisation and pragmatic realism in Northern Kerala, India">{{Cite journal|last=Lang|first=Claudia|date=2014-12-01|title=Muslim Thangals, Psychologisation and Pragmatic Realism in Northern Kerala, India|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461514525221|journal=Transcultural Psychiatry|volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=904–923|language=en|doi=10.1177/1363461514525221|pmid=24637733 |s2cid=30638105 }}</ref><ref name="Muslim Communities in Kerala to 1798">Kunhali, V. "Muslim Communities in Kerala to 1798" PhD Dissertation Aligarh Muslim University (1986) [http://ir.amu.ac.in/2736/1/T%205242.pdf]</ref><br />
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The Thangal families are numerous in [[Kerala]], all receive recognition, but some are considered as saints.<ref name=":0" /> The Thangal identification brings much 'reverence and attention' in the Kerala Muslim community (which predominantly identifies with [[Shafi'i]] madhab).<ref name="Caste system exists among Muslims though not overtly">{{Cite web |title=Caste system exists among Muslims though not overtly |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/sep/01/caste-system-exists-among-muslims-though-not-overtly-2027243.html |access-date=2020-10-12 |website=The New Indian Express|date=31 August 2019 }}</ref> Some individuals take advice from the Thangals on crucial matters.<ref name="Thangals all set to test popularity in Malappuram" /> A number of thangals in Kerala 'treat' people for illness and to 'ward off evils'.<ref name="Thangals all set to test popularity in Malappuram" /><br />
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Shihab, Mashoor, Hirdh, Bafaqi, Jifri, Jamalullayli are some of major 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.<ref name=":0" />{{Verification needed|date=March 2024}}<br />
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== Notable Thangal in north Kerala ==<br />
[[File:Shihab Thangal in July 2008.jpg|thumb|[[Syed Muhammedali Shihab Thangal]] (1936 - 2009)]] <br />
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* [[Pukkoya family of Panakkad|Pukkoya family]] ([[Panakkad]]-Kodappanakkal House)<ref name=":0" /><br />
** [[P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal]] (d. 1975)<br />
**[[Syed Muhammedali Shihab Thangal|Muhammedali Shihab Thangal]] (1936 - 2009)<br />
**[[Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal|Hyderali Shihab Thangal]] (1947 - 2022)<br />
**[[Sayed Abbas Ali Shihab Thangal]] (Born 31 May 1971)<br />
*Kondotty Thangal Family<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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: 1.{{note|a}}Only some scholars consider the thangals as a 'community' among the Muslims of [[Kerala]].<ref name="KunhaliV" /> <br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Miller |first=Roland E. |url=https://sunypress.edu/Books/M/Mappila-Muslim-Culture |title=Mappila Muslim Culture: How a Historic Muslim Community in India Has Blended Tradition and Modernity |publisher=State University of New York Press |year=2015}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Dale |first=Stephen F. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/abs/islamic-society-on-the-south-asian-frontier-the-mappilas-of-malabar-14981922-by-stephen-frederic-dale-clarendon-press-oxford-1980-pp-xvii-290-7-plates-8-maps/4579DEFFF56EC4F9123861504A8041E7 |title=Islamic Society on the South Asian Frontier: The Mappilas of Malabar 1498–1922 |journal=Modern Asian Studies |publisher=Clarendon Press Oxford |year=1980|volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=157–161 |doi=10.1017/S0026749X00011276 |url-access=subscription }}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Cite web |last=Kunhali |first=V. |date=1986 |title=Muslim Communities in Kerala to 1798 |url=http://ir.amu.ac.in/2736/1/T%205242.pdf |access-date= |website= |publisher=Aligarh Muslim University}}<br />
* {{Cite web |last=Claudia Lang |title=Muslim Thangals, Psychologisation and Pragmatic Realism in Northern Kerala, India |url=https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/59122/1/1363461514525221.pdf |website=SAGE |publisher=Transcultural Psychiatry 2014, Vol. 51(6) |pages=904–923}}<br />
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