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Varakkal Mullakoya Thangal

Varakkal Mullakoya Thangal

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Varakkal Mullakoya (1840 – 16 December 1932), honorific Thangal, born Abd ur-Rahman Mullakoya, was an Islamic scholar from Calicut (now Kozhikode) in Malabar District, Madras Presidency.[1][2][3]

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Mullakoya Thangal was employed in service of the Arakkal Royal family of Cannanore.[2] He also maintained healthy contacts with the British officials posted to Malabar District.[2] He co-founded the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly body in northern Kerala, in 1926.[2][4]

Life and career

Varakkal Mullakoya was born at Puthiyangadi, Calicut in 1840 to Sayyid Muhammed Ba-Alawi and Marakkarathu Sherifa Cheriya Beevi in a prosperous Yemeni-origin sayyid (thangal) family.[2][1] He married twice, first to Zainaba Koyyamma Beevi, and after her death, to Fatima Beevi.[2]

The thangal was educated in Arabic, Persian (Farsi) and Urdu.[2] He also learned English from the British officials employed in Calicut.[2]

Formation of the Samastha

Mullakoya Thangal served as the founding president of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the principal Sunni-Shafi'i scholarly body in northern Kerala (1926).[2][4] He occupied this position until his death on 16 December 1932.[5][6][2]

References

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    Sadiq Tanur, Anwar (21 March 2022). "Varakkal Mullokoya Thangal". Suprabhaatham Daily.
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    "Khilafatil Ninnu Nava-Salafisathilethumbol". Madhyamam Weekly. 12 October 2016.
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    "History of Samastha Kerala Jam-iyyathul Ulama". Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014.
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    "Karma Bhumiyil". Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidhyabyasa Board. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013.
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    "Leaders". Shams-ul Ulama Islamic Complex. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018.
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