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{{Infobox person
| name          = Abdurrahiman Bafaqi Thangal
| image         = Bafaki Tangal.jpg
| caption       = Abdurrahiman Bafaqi Thangal
| birth_date    = {{birth date|df=yes|1906|02|19}}
| birth_place   = [[Koyilandy|Quilandy]], [[Madras Presidency]]
| death_date    = {{death date and age|df=yes|1973|01|19|1906|02|19}}
| death_place   = [[Mecca]], [[Saudi Arabia]].
| nationality   = Indian
| other names   =  
| occupation    = 
* [[Politician]]
* Community Leader
* Business
| signature          = Bafaqi Thangal (signature).png
| signature_size     = 
| website            = {{URL|http://bafakhythangaltrust.in/}} 
}}

'''Abdurrahiman Bafaqi Thangal''' (1905—1973), honorific '''[[Sayyid]]''', title '''Ba Faqih''', was an Indian community leader and politician from [[Quilandy]] [[Kerala]].<ref name=":2">Miller, Roland. E., "Mappila" in "The Encyclopedia of Islam". Volume VI. E. J. Brill, Leiden. 1987. pp. 458-56. </ref><ref name=":3" /> Until his death in the early 1970s, Bafaqi Thangal remained one of the most prominent [[Islam|Muslim]] political leader in Kerala.<ref name=":3">Miller, Roland E., Mappila Muslim Culture. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 100-102, 268.</ref><ref name=":0">Miller, Roland E., Mappila Muslim Culture. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 100-102, 268.</ref> He is generally credited with transforming the perception of [[Indian Union Muslim League]] inside Kerala.<ref name=":4" /> 

Abdurrahiman Bafaqi Thangal belonged to a [[sayyid]] family of jurists (the "Ba Faqih") in north Kerala.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Randhathani|first=Hussain|date=2013-01-18|title=Bafaki Tangal (biography)|url=http://hussainrandathani.in/assets/admin/bookpdf/121386772.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616052913/http://hussainrandathani.in/assets/admin/bookpdf/121386772.pdf|archive-date=2020-06-16}}</ref><ref name=":5">Osella, F., and C. Osella. "Islamism and Social Reform in Kerala, South India." ''Modern Asian Studies'', vol. 42, no. 2-3, 2008, pp. 317–346.</ref> The [[Yemen|Yemeni]]-origin family was settled in Kerala in the early 18th century.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":1" /> The Bafaqi Thangals were also a prominent business family of the city of [[Calicut]] (by being international rice dealers).<ref name=":0" /> 

Bafaqi Thangal was born to Abdul Qadir Bafaqi Thangal and Fathima Mulla Beevi on 19 February 1906 at [[Koyilandy]].<ref name=":1" /> After the studies at [[Ponnani]], he moved to the lucrative export business at [[Calicut]], became a powerful Calicut businessman and eventually established the Bafaqi and Company at [[Yangon]], Myanmar.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

Bafaqi Thangal entered active politics in 1936 as a campaigner against an [[All-India Muslim League]] candidate from Kozhikode-Kurumbranad Constituency.<ref name=":1" /> He subsequently joined the [[All-India Muslim League|League]] (1938), and rapidly rose to become the President of the [[Indian Union Muslim League|Malabar Muslim League]].<ref name=":1" />  He also helped to persuade [[Panakkad Pukkoya Thangal]], a [[sayyid]] community leader from South Malabar, to join the [[All-India Muslim League|League]].<ref name=":1" /> When Kerala State was formed in 1956, he was chosen as the President of the [[Indian Union Muslim League|Kerala State Muslim League]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> 

Bafaqi Thangal also served as the leader of the [[Samastha Kerala Jamiat-ul-Ulema|Samastha Kerala Jamiyyat al-Ulama]].<ref name=":1" /> He is remembered for his organisation of the sector of madarasa education (institutions where children receive basic [[Islam|Islamic education]]) in Kerala.<ref name=":0" />

Bafaqi Thangal is generally credited for

* Transforming the perception [[Indian Union Muslim League]] inside Kerala.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Nossiter|first=T. J.|title=Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation|publisher=University of California Press|year=1982|pages=228}}</ref>
* Representing all the differences within the large Kerala Muslim community.<ref name=":4" />
*Forming an alliance with the [[Praja Socialist Party|P. S. P.]] in the 1957 assembly elections.<ref name=":1" />
*Joining the [[Vimochana Samaram|Liberation Struggle]] against the Communist government.<ref name=":1" />
*Successfully negotiating with the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] (1959-60) and the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Left]] (1967 and 1969) leadership for the [[Indian Union Muslim League|Muslim League]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" />

Bafaqi Thangal died in 1973 (while on the pilgrimage to the holy city of [[Mecca]]) and was interred in [[Mecca]].<ref name=":1" />

== Family ==
Bafaqi Thangal had married five times.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Randhathani|first=Hussain|title=Ba Faqih Sayyids OF Kerala|url=http://hussainrandathani.in/assets/admin/bookpdf/8cfaf19ff945b07a9ed796baccc40147.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616122304/http://hussainrandathani.in/assets/admin/bookpdf/8cfaf19ff945b07a9ed796baccc40147.pdf|archive-date=2020-06-16}}</ref>

* Tanur Puthan Veetil Khadeeja Beevi<ref name=":6" />  
* Koilandy Shareefa Amina Beevi<ref name=":6" />
* Koilandy Puthiya Maliykkal Muthu Beevi<ref name=":6" />
* Chaliyam Khadeeja Beevi<ref name=":6" />  
* Puthiyangadi Shareefa Beevi<ref name=":6" />
== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ekbvoTRRQ Sayyid Muhammedali Shihab Thangal on Sayyid Abdurrahiman  Bafaqi Thangal]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eegF9ZT2MNI A. K. Antony on Sayyid Abdurrahiman Bafaqi Thangal]
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