Pukkoya Thangal

Sayyid P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal (Ahmad al-Shihabuddin Ba Alawi)
P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal
Born	1913
Died	1975(1975-00-00) (aged 61–62)
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Muslim spiritual or community leader Islamic scholar Politician[1]

Sayyid Ahmad al-Shihabuddin Ba Alawi, or P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal,^[1] of the Pukkoya family of Panakkad, South Malabar, was an Indian sayyid (thangal) community leader and Indian Union Muslim League politician from Kerala.^[1] He was born in 1913 as the son of Sayyid Husain Shihabudden Al-Hussaini Ba Alavi. He served as the Kerala State President, Indian Union Muslim League and the President of Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama' (the body of Sunni-Shafi'i scholars in Kerala).^[2]

Sayyid Ahmad Al-Shihabuddin was born in the Yemeni-Hadhrami origin Pukkoya family which originates from the family al-Shihabuddin, one of houses of the Ba Alawi clan who are descendants from Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad.^[1]

Pukkoya Thangal was succeeded by his eldest son Syed Muhammed Ali Shihab Thangal (1936–2009).^[1]