Syed Umerali Shihab Thangal Al-Husayni Bā Alawi was an Islamic-Political community leader, Islamic scholar and politician from Kerala, India.
Born in the Yemeni-origin sayyid or habib(thangal) Pukkoya family of Panakkad, a Qabila from Ba Alawi house of descendants of Hussayn bin Ali.
He sought religious lessons for five years in some mosques in the areas of Kanangiri, Achipuram and Urawamburam, and ended up at the Arab Nooriya University in Pattikadu, and in 1968 he graduated from it with the title of "Maulvi Fazil Faizy", receiving his degree from the hands of his honorable father, Sayyid B.M.S.A.
Pookoya Tangle that we should not be depressed and despair from the departure of the leader of the nation to the mercy of God because God has blessed us and given us five stars after him that shine in the dark nights in which we remain in the dark, and whenever he appeared, the sparkle of sincerity that he observed in every title that his people gave him crystallized in his eyes, as he was the judge of the different neighborhoods and various regions and the head of organizations and groups, as it is said about him his strictness and exaggerated care that whenever the blessed months such as Ramadan came and during important events, he would try to communicate with the officials of his judiciary and inform them of the matter from him despite their knowledge of them in response For the responsibility that his people entrusted him with.
He lowered his voice in the pulpits, speaking with his silence more than his strong, loud words, like the sons of Kodavanakkal, the gentlemen at all times, ruling heads and hearts with smiles and consolation, not laws, soldiers and police.