Sayyid Sanaulla Makti Thangal

Who is Sayyid Sanaulla Makti Thangal?

Sanulla Makti Thangal was the renaissance leader of Muslim society in Malabar of British India and the advocate of western education among the backward community. He was notable as the first Muslim scholar to know the significance of the progressed western culture and the necessity of the western education to realize the reformation of knowledge. He commenced his career as the excise inspector under British government in India and later resigned from the post to defend the Christian missionaries. He dreamt about new Muslim society who will imbibe the advantages of western culture without getting rid of the valuable Islamic culture.Sayyid Sanaulla Makti Thangal is often referred as one of the personalities influenced the Moplah Riots along with Sayyid Alavi Thangal, Veliyankode Umar Khasi and Sayid Fazal Pookoya Thangal.