Pukkoya family of Panakkad

[1] The family, claiming descent from the family of Muhammad, is generally revered by the Sunni Shāfiʿī Kerala Muslims.

[2] The thangals are respected as religious and political leaders amongst the Muslims of Kerala.

[2] The Panakkad family descended from Sayyid Ali who emigrated from the Ḥaḍramawt region of Yemen to Kerala in the 18th century along with his family.

[1][3][4] By the 19th century, the ethnic Yemenis came to occupy a powerful position within the north Kerala Muslim community.

[4] They were eventually recognized as the theological, juridical, and political community leaders of Kerala Muslims.