Sayyids

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The Sayyids are a Muslim community traditionally claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad, historically influential in South Asia and elsewhere in the Islamic world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim community
religious lineage group
social group
alsoCalled Ashraf (in some South Asian classifications)
Sadaat
Sadat
linked to: Anwar Sadat

Syeds
linked to: Sayyids
associatedWith Ahl al-Bayt
Alid descent
Sharif
culturalRole Islamic jurists
Sufi pirs and saints
custodianship of shrines
religious leadership
teachers of Islamic sciences
diaspora present in Europe
present in North America
present in Western countries
ethnicRegion Afghanistan
Arabian Peninsula
Bangladesh
Central Asia
East Africa
India
Iran
Iraq
Pakistan
South Asia
Syria
Yemen
genealogicalDocumentation often maintain family trees
often rely on hereditary genealogists
hasSubgroup Alavi Sayyids
linked to: Musavi Sayyids

Bohra Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids

Bukhari Sayyids
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Gilani Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids

Hamadani Sayyids
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Hasani Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids

Husaini Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids

Jafri Sayyids
linked to: Musavi Sayyids

Kadhimi Sayyids
linked to: Musavi Sayyids

Kazmi Sayyids
linked to: Musavi Sayyids

Mashhadi Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids

Musavi Sayyids
Naqvi Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids

Qadri Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids

Rizvi Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids

Sabzwari Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids

Sadaat-e-Amroha
Sadaat-e-Bara
Sadaat-e-Bilgram
linked to: Sadaat-e-Kintoor

Sadaat-e-Kintoor
Sadaat-e-Sadaat
Sadaat-e-Zaidpur
Shirazi Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids

Sistani Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids

Tirmizi Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids

Zaidi Sayyids
linked to: Zaydi Shia
historicallyInfluentialIn Islamic politics
Islamic scholarship
Muslim dynasties
Sufism
historicalRole established madrasas
founded Sufi orders and khanqahs
played key roles in Islamization of South Asia
served as advisors to Muslim rulers
identityMarker use of green turban or scarf in some regions
use of specific nisbas indicating lineage
language Arabic
Persian
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language

various regional South Asian languages
lineageBasis patrilineal descent
lineageLinkedTo Ali ibn Abi Talib
Fatimah bint Muhammad
Hasan ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali
marriagePattern often marry within Sayyid families
often prefer endogamous marriages
namingConvention often use honorific title Sayed
often use honorific title Sayedna
often use honorific title Sayyid
often use honorific title Seyyed
often use honorific title Syed
recognizedBy many Shia Muslims
many Sunni Muslims
religion Islam
socialClassification considered Ashraf in South Asian Muslim social hierarchy
linked to: Sayyids
socialStatus traditionally high status in Muslim societies
traditionalClaim descent from the Prophet Muhammad
descent from the family of the Prophet Muhammad

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Husayn ibn Ali honorific Sayyid
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Sayyids hasSubgroup Naqvi Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids hasSubgroup Rizvi Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids hasSubgroup Husaini Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids hasSubgroup Hasani Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids hasSubgroup Bukhari Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids hasSubgroup Tirmizi Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids hasSubgroup Gilani Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids hasSubgroup Qadri Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids hasSubgroup Mashhadi Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids hasSubgroup Sistani Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids hasSubgroup Sabzwari Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids hasSubgroup Shirazi Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids hasSubgroup Hamadani Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids hasSubgroup Bohra Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids alsoCalled Syeds
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyids socialClassification considered Ashraf in South Asian Muslim social hierarchy
linked to: Sayyids
Ahl al-Bayt honorificTitleForMembers Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Hazara ethnicGroup Syeds
linked to: Sayyids
Daykundi Province populationGroup Sayyid minorities
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyid al-Taifa component Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani hasHonorific Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Mir Taqi Mir ethnicity Sayyid
subject linked to: Mir Muhammad Taqi
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyid al-Shuhada hasComponentWord Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyid al-Shuhada componentMeaning Sayyid means master or leader
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Mahmud Barzanji title Sayyid
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Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin title Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn honorificTitle Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyid Shabab Ahl al-Jannah hasComponent Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Alids associatedWith Sayyid lineage
linked to: Sayyids
Alids hasTitleForDescendants Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Alids honorificUsedForMembers Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Zayd ibn al-Hasan hasHonorific Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Wallajah dynasty ethnicOrigin Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Sharif associatedWith Sayyids
Sharif contrastedWith Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Sadaat-e-Bara ethnoReligiousIdentity Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Sadaat-e-Bara socialClassification Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Sadaat-e-Kintoor ethnoReligiousIdentity Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Sadaat-e-Kintoor subgroupOf Indian Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sadaat-e-Kintoor subgroupOf South Asian Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids
Sadaat-e-Zaidpur hasAncestralLineage Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Sadaat-e-Zaidpur selfIdentification Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Sayyid hasVariantSpelling Sayyid
subject linked to: often use honorific title Syed
linked to: Sayyids
Musavi Sayyids subclassOf Sayyids
Musavi Sayyids associatedWithTitle Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Musavi Sayyids ethnoReligiousIdentity Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Sadaat-e-Amroha ethnoReligiousIdentity Sayyid
linked to: Sayyids
Sadaat-e-Amroha partOf South Asian Sayyids
linked to: Sayyids