Sayyid (سيد) (plural Saadah) is an honorific title that is given to males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, who were the sons of his daughter Fatima Zahra and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib. Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American serial drama television series. Sayid Hassan Jarrah ( Arabic: سعيد حسّان جراح is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by An honorific is a word or expression that conveys esteem or respect when used in addressing or referring to a person Muslims regard as Prophets of Islam ( Arabic: نبي) those non-divine humans chosen by Allah as Prophets IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics Hasan ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib ( ar الحسن بن علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب) (Fifteenth of Ramadhān, 3 AH – Seventh or Twenty-eighth of Safar Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar حسين بن علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب) (third of Shaban 4 AH / 8th January 626 AD at Medina Fatimah (فاطمة c 605 –632 was a daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from his first wife Khadija. ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (a=علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب|t=ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib 13th Rajab, 24 BH – 21st Ramaḍān, 40 AH
Daughters of male sayyids are given the titles Sayyida, Alawiyah, Syarifah or Sharifah. Children of a Sayyida mother but a non-Sayyid father cannot be attributed the title of Sayyid, however they may claim maternal descent. Shiites who claim descent from Muhammad do so through at least one of the Shiite Imams. IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics
In Islamic mysticism or Sufism, only a sayyid can initiate a Sufi order or tariqah. Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفیگری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفیگری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف Tariqah ( ar طريقه; pl طرق; Ṭuruq or Persian: Tarighat, Turkish: Tarikat) means "way"
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The word literally means "master" ; the closest English equivalent would be "sir" or "lord". Sir is an Honorific used as a title (see Knight) and in several other modern contexts In the Arab world itself, the word is still used as a substitute for "Mister", as in Sayyid John Smith. The same concept is expressed by the word sidi (from the Arabic word 'sayyidi') in the Moroccan dialect of Arabic. Sidi is a masculine title of respect in Western Arabic language and Egyptian Arabic ( Sayyid in other dialects equivalent to Maghrebi Arabic is a cover term for the varieties of Arabic spoken in the Maghreb, including Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria,
Some Muslims also use the term sayyid for the descendants of Abu Talib, uncle of Muhammad), by his other sons: Jafar, Abbas, Aqeel and Talib. Abū Ṭālib ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib ( (549 – 619 was the head of the clan of Banu Hashim. IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics Abbas (or Abbass, عباس) means "austere" in Arabic.
Alevis use seyyid (Turkish) as an honorific before the names of their saints. Alevis (Aleviler Elewî are a religious sub-ethnic and cultural community in Turkey, numbering in the millions
Dawoodi Bohras use the title syyedina for their Da'i al-Mutlaq (spiritual leader of the Bohra community) although they are not the descendants of Fatima. Dawoodi Bohras ( Arabic: داؤدی بوہرہ Hindi: दवूदि बोह्रा are the main branch of the Bohras, a Musta‘lī subsect The term Dāˤī al-Mutlaq (الداعي المطلق literally means "the absolute or unrestricted missionary "
El Cid , the name given to a famous Spanish knight of the 11th century C. Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar (c 1040 Vivar, near Burgos &ndash 10 July 1099, Valencia) known as E. , is derived from Al-Sayyid (as-sayyid), meaning lord.
| Language | Transliteration | Areas spoken |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Sayyid, Sayyidi, Sayyed, Sayid, Sidi (Maghrebi) | Arab world |
| Persian | Sayyed, Sayed, Seyyed, Syed, Saiyed, Saeid | Iran, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, and Central Asia |
| Turkish | Seyed, Seyit, Seyyid, Seyyed | Turkey, Azerbaijan and Central Asia |
| Pashto | Sayed, Syed | Afghanistan and Pakistan |
| Urdu,Marathi,Hindi,Seraiki, Punjabi, Sindhi, Bengali,Malayalam, Gujarati | Syed, Saiyad, Saiyed, Sayyid, Saiyed | South Asia |
| Malay | Syed | Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore |
| Spanish | Cid | Al-Andalus |
| Other | Siyyid |
People chose different Romanised (Latinized) transliterations based on the language with which they are familiar, not necessarily on the place where they are living. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Pashto ( Naskh: پښتو pəʂ'to also rendered as Pakhto, Pushto, Pukhto, Pashtu, Pushtu, also known as Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India. Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is Sarāikī ( Perso-Arabic: سراییکی Gurmukhi: ਸਰਾਇਕੀ Devanagari: सराइकी commonly spelled Seraiki also Siraiki is Punjabi (pa ਪੰਜਾਬੀ in Gurmukhi script pa-PK {{Nastaliq پنجابی}} in Shahmukhi script Pañjābī in Transliteration) is an Sindhi ( Arabic script: سنڌي Devanagari script: सिन्धी Sindhī) is the language of the Sindh region of South Asia Not to be confused with the Malay language. Malayalam (മലയാളം malayāḷaṁ) is a Dravidian language used Gujarati (ગુજરાતી Gujǎrātī ? The Malay language ( ISO 639-1 code MS is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people and people of other ethnic groups who reside in the For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Brunei Darussalam, (bruːˈnaɪ in English officially the State of Brunei Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam Jawi: برني دارالسلام Singapore For example there are Muslim immigrants from many different countries living in London, UK. Immigrants of Arab origin may use the transliteration "sayyid" whilst immigrants of South Asian origin may use "Syed", this tendency may be extended to all ethnic communities.
| Language | Title | Areas spoken |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Sharif, Habib | Arab world |
| Persian, Pashto, Urdu,Saraiki, Punjabi, Sindhi, Bengali, Malay | Shah, Mir (title) | South and South East Asia |
| Gujarati | Sayedna, Syedna, Sayednah | Northwest India, Sindh, Pakistan |
Other Arabic honorific terms include sheikh and sharif. Mir is a title which is derived from the Arabic title Emir or Amir (Arabic أمير) Sheikh, also rendered as Sheik, Cheikh, Shaikh, and other variants ( Arabic:, shaykh Sharīf ( Arabic: شريف is a traditional Arab tribal Title given to those who serve as the protector of the tribe and all tribal The line of Hassani sayyids who ruled Mecca, Medina, Iraq and now rule in Jordan, the Hashemites, bore the title 'sharif' (plu. Mecca ˈmɛkə also spelled Makkah ˈmækə (in full Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Arabic mækːæ(t ælmʊkarˑamæ مكّة المكرمة, literally Honored Medina mɛˈdiːnə (المدينة المنورة ælmæˈdiːnæl muˈnɑwːɑrɑ or المدينة ælmæˈdiːnæ also transliterated into English as For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern Hashemite is the Latinate version of the Arabic: هاشمي ( Transliteration: Hāšimī and traditionally refers to those belonging to the Banu Hashim Ashraf). 'Sharif' is reserved for descendants of Hassan while 'sayyid' is used for descendants of Husayn. However ever since the post-Hashemite era began, the term 'sayyid' has been used to denote descendants from both Hassan and Husayn. Husein, Hussein, Hossain, Hussain, Husain, Hosein, Husayn, Hussaini ( Arabic:حسین Arab Shiites use the term 'sayyid' and 'habib' to denote descendants from both Hassan and Husayn. Husein, Hussein, Hossain, Hussain, Husain, Hosein, Husayn, Hussaini ( Arabic:حسین
Sayyids often include the following titles in their names to indicate the figure from whom they trace their descent. If they are descended from more than one notable ancestor or Shi'a Imam, they will use the title of the ancestor from whom they are most directly descended. An imam (إمام plural ائمة A'immah, امام is an Islamic leader often the leader of a Mosque and/or community
| Ancestor | Arabic Title | Arabic Last Name | Persian Last Name | Urdu Last Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali ibn Abu Talib | Allawi2 | Allawi2 or Alawi3 | Alavi2 علوى | Alvi2 |
| Hasan ibn Ali | al-Hashimi or al-Hassani | al-Hashimi or al-Hassani | Hashemi, Hassani, or Tabatabai حسنى | Hasani or Hashmi |
| Husayn ibn Ali | al-Hussaini | al-Hussaini1 | Hosseini حسينى | Hussaini |
| Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al Abidin | al-Abidi | al-Abidi | Abedi عابدى | Abdi |
| Zayd ibn Ali ash-Shahid | az-Zaidi | al-Zaidi | Zaidi زيدي | Zaidi |
| Muhammad al-Baqir | al-Baqiri | al-Baqiri | Baqeri باقرى | Baqri |
| Jafar as-Sadiq | al-Ja'fari | al-Ja'fari | Jafari or Jafri جعفرى | Jafri, Jafry, or Jaffery |
| Musa al-Kazim | al-Mousawi | al-Mousawi | Musavi or Kazemi موسوى / كاظمى | Kazmi or Mousavi |
| Ali ar-Rida | ar-Radawi | al-Ridawi or al-Radawi | Rezavi or Rizvi or Rizavi رضوى | Rizvi |
| Muhammad at-Taqi | at-Taqawi | al-Taqawi | Taqavi تقوى | Taqvi or Taqwi |
| Ali al-Hadi | an-Naqawi | al-Naqawi | Naqavi نقوى | Naqvi |
| Fatima Zahra | Ashraf Al-Quraishi | Al-Husaini | Fatimi | Fatmi |
NOTE: (For non-Arabic speakers) When transliterating Arabic words into English there are two approaches. ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (a=علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب|t=ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib 13th Rajab, 24 BH – 21st Ramaḍān, 40 AH Hasan ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib ( ar الحسن بن علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب) (Fifteenth of Ramadhān, 3 AH – Seventh or Twenty-eighth of Safar Hashemi (هاشمي is a clan of the Meccan tribe, the Quraysh, (Arabic قریش) to which Muhammad belonged Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar حسين بن علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب) (third of Shaban 4 AH / 8th January 626 AD at Medina ‘Alī ibn Ḥusayn (Arabic علي بن حسين) (approximately 6 January 659 - 20 October 712 is a great-grandson of Muhammad as well as the fourth Zayd ibn ‘Alī ( زيد بن علي, also spelled Zaid) (695-740 He was given the title "Zayd the Martyr" ( Zayd ash-Shahīd) by his sympathizers Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī al-Baqir (محمد ابن علي الباقر) (676-743 AD or 1 Rajab 57 AH – 7 Dhu al-Hijjah 114 AH was the Fifth Imām Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (702-765 in accurate transliteration Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq Arabic: جعفر الصادق in full Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husayn This is a sub-article to Islamic jurisprudence and Twelvers. Jaʿfarī school of thought, Jaʿfarī jurisprudence or Mūsá ibn Ja‘far ibn Muḥammad al-Kāżim (الإمام موسى الكاظم ( October 28, 746 AD - September 1, 799 / Musavi is a patronymic common among Iranian Shi'a Muslims, though it is originally an Arabic name Ali ibn Musa al-Rida ( علي بن موسى الرضا) (Commonly known as Ali ar-Ridha Ali Reza (Eleventh of Dhu al-Qi'dah, 148 AH – Seventeenth of Muhammad al-Taqi or Muhammad al-Jawad ( Arabic: الإمام محمد الجواد) ( Rajab 10 195 AH - Dhu al-Qi'dah 29 Imam Ali al-Hadi (الإمام علي الهادي also known as Imam Ali al-Naqi ( September 8, 828 &ndash July 1, 868) was People with the last name Naqvi (spelled Naghavi if transliterated from Persian; and Naqavi if from Arabic) are the direct descendants of Prophet Fatimah (فاطمة c 605 –632 was a daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from his first wife Khadija.
1Also, El-Husseini, Al-Husseini, Husseini, and Hussaini.
2Those who use the term sayyid for all descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib regard Allawis or Alavis as sayyids. ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (a=علي بن أﺑﻲ طالب|t=ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib 13th Rajab, 24 BH – 21st Ramaḍān, 40 AH However Allawis are not descendants of Muhammad, as they are descended from the children of Ali and the women he married after the death of Fatima Zahra, such as Umm al Baneen/Fatima bint Hizam. Fatimah (فاطمة c 605 –632 was a daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from his first wife Khadija. Fatima bint Hizam al-Kilabiyya, commonly known as Ummul Banin ("mother of several sons" married Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib the first Shia Those who limit the term sayyid to descendants of Muhammad through Fatima Zahra, will not consider Allawis/Alavis to be sayyids. Fatimah (فاطمة c 605 –632 was a daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from his first wife Khadija.
3This transliteration is usually reserved for Alawi sect. For the Alaouite dynasty of Morocco see Alaouite Dynasty, for the former state now in Yemen see Alawi (sheikhdom The Alawites
Ibn Battutah had the following to say on the usage of sayyid in India:
| “ | Then one of the officers said to me in Arabic, "What do you say, ya sayyidi?" (The people of that country never address an Arab except by the title of sayyid, and it is by this title that the Sultan himself addresses, out of respect for the Arabs. Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta (أبو عبد الله محمد ابن عبد الله اللواتي الطنجي بن بطوطة (born February )[1] | ” |
Sayyid was also used as a term of respect by some Indian Muslims. Therefore, someone with the name sayyid in the Indian subcontinent is not necessarily of sayyid extraction. Sayyid families originate from particular villages or towns. If the person called sayyid can prove his family originated from an authentic sayyid town, that establishes his pedigree. In the modern era, sayyid is used only by descendants of the Prophet, and the title is no longer applied to non-sayyids as a mark of respect.
Some Sayyid families in Indian sub-continent claim direct relationship with the Prophet of Islam through his daughter Fâtimah and son-in-law Ali. The History of Arabs in Afghanistan span several centuries from ethnic Arab fighters who battled or migrated to the area now known as Afghanistan during conflicts dating back Their ancestors migrated from different parts of Iran, during the invasion of Halaku and other periods of turmoil. They migrated through Herat (then part of Iran) in Afghanistan to different parts of India. These migrations occurred during the periods of Mahmud Ghaznavi, Delhi Sultanate and Mughals and continued till late into 19th century. Mahmud of Ghazni (محمود غزنوی Maḥmūd-e Ghaznawī ( November 2, 971 - April 30, 1030) also known as Yāmīn The Delhi Sultanate ( Urdu: دلی سلطنت, दिल्ली सलतनत or Sultanat e Hind ( سلطنتِ هند; सलतनत ए The Mughal Empire ( Persian and self-designation گورکانی; مغلیہ سلطنت) was an Islamic imperial power which ruled most Most sufi saints whose lineage could also be traced to Prophet Muhammad also migrated during the early periods of Delhi Sultanat and Mughals. Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفیگری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف Some of the early migrant Sayyids moved deep to the peninsular part of India, in the region of Deccan plateau in the reign of Bahmani Sultanate/Bahmani kings and later Qutb Shahi kings of Golconda, Nizam Shahi of Ahmadnagar, and other kingdoms of Bijapur, Bidar and Berar. The Bahmani Sultanate (Also called the Bahmanid Empire was a Muslim state of the Deccan in southern India and one of the great medieval Indian kingdoms The Qutb Shahi dynasty ( Urdu: سلطنت قطب شاهی) (whose members were also called the Qutub Shahis) was the ruling family of the kingdom WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Ahmednagar (Marathi/Hindi अहमदनगर Urdu عحمدناگار is a city of Ahmednagar District --> Bidar ( Kannada ಬೀದರ್) is a city and taluka in Karnataka state India.
Sherazi/Shirazi Jaffery sadat family in Sargodha descendant of Shah Shams Sherazi who was the descendant of Shitte Imam Jafar as-Sadiq. Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (702-765 in accurate transliteration Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq Arabic: جعفر الصادق in full Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husayn He was the son of Sher Ali, whose mausoleum is in Delhi. Sher Ali had come to India with the Mughal Emperor Humayun. The Mughal Empire was the dominant power in the Indian subcontinent between the mid-16th century and the end of the 17th century Background Babur's decision to divide the territories of his empire between two of his sons was unusual in India but it had been a common Central Asian practice since the time of In fact, Humayun moved to Iran seeking help to regain his empire when he was overthrown by Farid Khan, popularly known as Sher Shah Suri. Background Babur's decision to divide the territories of his empire between two of his sons was unusual in India but it had been a common Central Asian practice since the time of Sher Shah Suri (1486 Sasaram &ndash May 22, 1545 Kalinjar) ( - Šīr Šāh Sūrī) also known as Farid Khan or After a special prayer for his success, Sher Ali and his two sons, Shah Shams and Jalal Shah, were asked to accompany Humayun to Delhi. On their way, they were informed that Sher Shah Suri died. Without any bloodshed in the battleground, Humayun took over and regained the power. He gifted a piece of land to Sher Ali and offered his son, Shah Shams, the marriage proposal of a girl from the Mughal family. Shah Shams accepted the proposal. In later years, the couple was blessed with five sons. Shah Shams and his family left Delhi and crossed the Jhelum River to settle in Rampur (presently known as Shahpur (Punjab) currently in Sargodha District. "Hydaspes" redirects here For the historic battle see Battle of the Hydaspes. Shahpur (alternatively Shāhpur or Shahapur is a city located in the west of Punjab province Pakistan. Sargodha District is a district of Punjab province Pakistan, the capital of the district is Sargodha. While his brother Jalal Shah moved to a deserted area in Afghanistan and lived there. Jalalabad, now a city in Afghanistan, was named after him. Jalalabad (Jalalkot ( Pashto: جلالکوټ، جلال اباد) is a city in eastern Afghanistan.
The history of Sayyids or Syeds in India dates back to more than 1000 years. Several Syeds visited India as merchants along with the general Arab traders. They also ruled over India (Delhi Sultanate) during the period 1414-1451. Except for this brief period of Indian history, Syeds or Sayyids were mostly connected to religious, spiriutal and educational activities. The notable Syeds of India include Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Akbar Allahabadi, the Shahi Imams of Delhi and Syed Shahbuddin. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Bahadur, GCSI (also Sayyid Ahmad Khan (سید احمد خان بہا در October 17 1817 – March 27 1898 commonly known as Sir Syed was an Akbar Allahabadi ( اکبر الہ آبادی) (1846 – 1921 was a famous Urdu Poet, who was born as Syed Akbar Hussain at Allahabad on 16th November Massanian is four miles away from Batala. Once it was dominated by Gilani sayyids,descendant of Hazrat Shah Badar Diwan. Hazrat Shah Badar Diwan was founded Massanian in 904. A. H(1499. A. D). He was born in Baghdad in 861. A. H. and came to Lahore in 899. A. H(1494. A. D). He has four sons and one daughter. All of his childern was able to do marvalls. He died in 978. A. H(1570. A. D). Abbas sadik Masanvi bin Syed Muhammad Sadik Gilani Masanvi bin Syed Barkat Ali Gilani bin Syed Ghulam Mohiuddin Gilani bin Syed Ibrahim Gilami Bin Syed Imam Ali Shah Gilani Qadiri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Syed Muhammad Sadik Gilani Qadiri bin Hazrat Shah Badar Diwan. .
It is also narrated that sayyids cannot accept Zakaat (Islamic charity) whereas non-sayyids can. Thus, a sayyid must be given the money with the intention of a gift and not as charity.
It is reported that [the Imam] Hasan once took a date from those that were an offering (sadaqa) and placed it in his mouth. At this the Prophet said: "Kakh!Kakh! Throw it out! Don't you know that we do not eat charity?"[2]
Twelver Shiites have khums (one-fifth), the rules for which differ from Sunni practice. Khums ( خمس xʊms is the Arabic word for One Fifth (1/5 According to Shia Islamic legal terminology it means "one-fifth of certain items which a person Today, Twelvers divide the total amount of khums into two equal parts, disbursed as under: share of the descendants of the Prophet (sahm al-sadat) and the Imam's share (sahm al-Imam), which is given to the mujtahid that the payer of khums follows, or can be distributed or utilized by his permission. Further details are found in books of jurisprudence.
Sayyid scholars wear green or black turbans, whereas non-sayyid scholars (referred to as shaykh) wear white turbans.
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DNA Genealogy for Syeds and Sharifs