Cheruseethi Thangal

Thazhengadi Makham, Vadakara
Sayyid Zain Hamid Cheruseethi Thangal[1]
Religion Islam, specifically the Qadiriya order of Sufism
Lineage Ba'Alavi
Order Qadiriya Tariqa
Known for spiritual Master
Other names Muhammed Bin Hamid
Personal
Nationality Yemeni
Home town Hadhramaut
Born (1669 C.E) ,(A.H. 1080)
Tarim , Hadhramaut, Yemen
Died 1771 August 29 (C.E), 1185 Jamad-ul-Awwal 17 (A.H)
Vadakara, Kerala, India
Resting place Thazhengadi, Vadakara
Spouse Sayyida Khadija Beevi (Yemen)
Children Sayyida Aysha Beevi
Parents Father: Sayyid Abdullah Ba'Alavi
Senior posting
Based in Vadakara
Period in office 1701 - 1771 (C.E), 1113 - 1185 (A.H)
Successor Sayyid Abdurahman Mashhoor, Mamburam Thangal

Sayyid Zain Hamid Cheruseethi Thangal (Arabic : سيّد زين حامد بن اب الخير عبد الله , Malayalam: സയ്യിദ് സൈൻ ഹാമിദ് ചെറുസീതി തങ്ങൾ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) was a Sufi leader born in the city of Tarim of Hadhramaut which was a part of Yemen in the year 1669 (C.E) (A.H. 1080).

Family and early life

Cherussethi Thangal learned Quran and Tajwid in his hometown, then he gained further religious knowledge from scholars including Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad [1634 - 1720]. He went to study in Mecca for a short time, before travelling to India.



In Malabar

Cheruseethi Thangal alighted at Kerala with his brother Sheikh Sayyid Jamaludeen Muhammudul Wahthi in Hijri year 1113 (1701 C.E).[2] They came to Thiruvananthapuram and stayed there for a short while. After that, they stayed in Tanur. Finally, they came to Vadakara and settled there.

As a result of tolerance to Muslims and the esteem in which Muslim leaders and scholars were held by Zamorin rulers, Sayyids came to Malabar and started to settle there.[3] Natives and rulers alike held them in high esteem and accepted them.

Since locals could not pronounce the Arabic names of all visitors who came and settled in Vadakara, they called them Valiya Seethi Thangal and Cheriya Seethi Thangal. The landlords of Valiyakath ancestral home gave a double-storied house, under their ownership in Thazhengadi, to Thangal brothers to live for free.[4]

In the spiritual world

Cheruseethi Thangal was initiated to Qadariya Tariqath by Sayyid Abdurahman Al Hydrose who came to Malabar from Hadhramaut in 1703 and whose final resting place is Valiyajarathingal at Ponnani.[5]

In 1766, Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali came to Kozhikode via Kadathanad. They came to Cheruseethi Thangal and sought his blessings. In 1770 Qutub Zaman Mouladaveela Mamburum Sayyid Alavi Thangal (1752–1845) came to Malabar and became the disciple of Cheruseethi Thangal.[6]

Demise

He died on A.H 1185 Jamad-ul-Awwal 17 (August 29, 1771 C.E, Thursday).

References

  1. ↑ Thangal, sufi, Qadiriya, Tariqa, Vadakara, kozhikode
  2. ↑ Mullakoya thangal and Vadakara. Vadakara: Ayshabi Publication. 2016 – via Thirurangadi Printers.
  3. ↑ Keralathile Sayyidanmar | History. Rahmathulla Sakhafi.
  4. ↑ Malabarile Makkah. T.V. Abdurahman Kutty.
  5. ↑ "Thangals Qabeela in Kerala".
  6. ↑ Mamburam Thangal Jeevitham Athmeeya Porattam. Chemmad: Darul Huda Islamic University. pp. Darul Huda Islamic University.
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