Thangal
Sign in to saveThe Thangals (also spelled Tangals) are a social group among the Muslims of Kerala, south India. The Thangals are often regarded as roughly equivalent to the more general Sayyids or Sharifs, or descendants of Muhammad, of the wider Islamic culture. Most members of the community practice endogamy and rarely marry outside their community.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Thangal is referenced by 269 other articles, and connects out to Sayyid, Sunni Bohra and Shafi'i.
It is catalogued under topics including Islamic honorifics, Kerala articles missing geocoordinate data and Muslim communities of India.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- social group
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Kerala
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- native label
- തങ്ങൾ
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The Thangals (also spelled Tangals) are a social group among the Muslims of Kerala, south India. The Thangals are often regarded as roughly equivalent to the more general Sayyids or Sharifs, or descendants of Muhammad, of the wider Islamic culture. Most members of the community practice endogamy and rarely marry outside their community.
The Thangal families are numerous in Kerala, all receive recognition, but some are considered as saints. The Thangal identification brings much 'reverence and attention' in the Kerala Muslim community (which predominantly identifies with Shafi'i madhab). Some individuals take advice from the Thangals on crucial matters. A number of thangals in Kerala 'treat' people for illness and to 'ward off evils'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thangal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.