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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Generate an image of the Sayyids (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 ⓘ
linked to: Sayyids

Gilani Sayyids ⓘ
linked to: Sayyids

Hamadani Sayyids ⓘ
linked to: Sayyids

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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Referenced by (70)

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Husayn ibn Ali → honorific → Sayyid ⓘ
linked to: Sayyids
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 ⓘ
linked to: Sayyids
Mahmud Barzanji → title → Sayyid ⓘ
linked to: Sayyids
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