Sayid Fasal Pookoya Thangal

Fazal Pookoya Thangal (Arabic: سيّدفضل بوكوي‎‎ سيّدفضل بوكوي; Yemen, c.1820 - Turkey, 1901) known as Sayyid Fadl and Fadl Pasha, was a Yemeni Islamic missionary active in Kerala.

His family root reached to Ali through Mamburam Sayyid Alavi Mouladhavila. Latter came from Hazarmouth of Yemen in Hijrah 1183 Ramdan 18 at age 17 to spread Islam in Malabar. He was the only son of Mamburam Thangal. Fazal Thangal entered the way at his father after the departure of Alavi Thangal as leader of Mappila Muslims.

Sayyid Fazal Pookoya Thangal was born in the 1820s, the son of mappila Muslim mystical and political leader Sayyid Alavi Thangal of Mamburam. His mother was Fathima Beevi, the daughter of Muslim mystic Aboobacker Madani (Koyalandi). He spent his childhood studying under his father.

Fazal Thangal first learnt from one of his father's personal assistants, Alhaji Chalilakath Kuday, then from Parapanangadi Aboobacker Koya Musliyar, Baithan Musliyar Velliyangod Umar Khazi, Moideen Khazi, Calicut Khazi, Zainudeen Musliyar Thirurangadi and Sheikh Sayyid Abdulla Bin Umar. He studied Hadith, Fiqh, and languages.

Sayyid Fazal Pookoya Thangal had three daughters and six sons with two wives. His two daughters died in childhood. Sayyid Sahal, Sayyid Ahmed, Sayyid Mohammed, Sayyid Hasan, Sayyid Yousuf and Sayyid Ali are his sons. In Turkey he led a luxurious life with his family; the government gave his family a pension after his death. Sayyid Fazal Pookoya Thangal is the only one son of Alavi Thangal. And only one child to be married the couple of Sayyid Alavi Thangal and Fathima Beevi. Family root of Fazal Thangal reaches to Ali. Alavi Thangal had four wives. Two wives have two daughters, one wife has a son and other have no child. Puthiyappila Koya Thangal (Alavi Jiffri), Ali Mouladhavila are his brothers in law.

Mamburam Sayyid Alavi Mouladhaila, social and mystic leader of Kerala Muslims, died of natural causes at the age of 94 in 7th Muharram 1260 (1845) Sunday. Fazal Thangal went to Mecca after the death of his father to study, and returned to Kerala in 1848.

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