He has been elected as Qadi in many Islamic mahals in Kerala due to the death of his elder brother Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal.
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Hyderali Shihab Thangal is the brother of Late Sayyid Mohammedali Shihab Thangal and the late Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal.
Naomi Shihab Nye | Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal | Kalamandalam Hyderali | Syed Sadiqali Shihab Thangal | Sayyid Abbasali Shihab Thangal | Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal | sayed | Nizhal Thangal | Daoud Abdel Sayed | Ali Al Sayed | Thangal | Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi | Sayed Jalal Karim | Sayed Jafar Naderi | Sayed Badreya | Sayed | P.M.S.A Pookoya Thangal | Muhammad Rizieq Shihab | Mahmoud El Sayed Samir | El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed | Ali Al Sayed. |
Thangal had two sons: Syed Basheerali Shihab Thangal and Syed Munavarali Shihab Thangal and had four younger brothers: Sayed Umerali Shihab Thangal, Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal, Syed Sadiqali Shihab Thangal and Syed Abbasali Shihab Thangal.
Panakkad Sayyid Hyderali Shihab Thangal has been elected as Qazee of Pullancheri Mahallu on 25 July 2008 due to the death of Panakkad Sayyid Umerali Shihab Thangal, (Chairman, Kerala Waqf Board).