Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal


Panakkad Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal is a sayyid community leader from Kerala, southern India. He serves as the Chairman, National Political Advisory Committee and Kerala State President, Indian Union Muslim League. He is also the Vice President of the Samastha Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama', the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly body in Kerala.
Hyderali Shihab Thangal is a member of the Pukkoya family of Panakkad. He is the third son of P. M. S. A.Pookkoya Thangal and the younger brother of Sayed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal and Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal. He was elected as the successor to Mohammedali Shihab Thangal as the Kerala State President, Indian Union Muslim League in 2009.