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Power brokers and Saints – The case of Sayyid Fadl – The Mambram Pookoya Thangal

Malabar & Istanbul – Late 19th Century Two things made me pick up this topic for study. One - the fact that Sayyid Fadl spent his last years in Istanbul, a city I love, and two -the remark made by his recent biographer WC Jacob. Jacob was kind in mentioning a couple of my earlier articles on the Cherman Perumal in his book and remarked - That the myth is still relevant today, even in

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