Husaynids
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بنو حسين | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Arab world, Turkey, Pakistan, Iran | |
| Languages | |
| Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Persian | |
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| Islam |
The Husaynids (Arabic: بنو حسين, romanized: Banū Ḥusayn) are a branch of the Alids who are descendants of Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Along with the Hasanids, they form the two main branches of the ashrāf.
Genealogical trees[]
Family tree of Husayn ibn Ali[]
| Muhammad (Islamic prophet and messenger) | Khadijah bint Khuwaylid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fatimah | Ali (Sunni Rashidun Caliph) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muhsin ibn Ali | Hasan ibn Ali (Sunni Rashidun Caliph) (Imam in Twelver/Zaidi and Musta'li Shia) | Husayn ibn Ali (Imam in Twelver/Zaidi and Musta'li/Nizari Shia) | Umm Kulthum bint Ali | Zaynab bint Ali | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shahrbanu | Rubab bint Imra al-Qais | Layla bint Abi Murrah al-Thaqafi | Umm Ishaq bint Talhah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fatima Sughra | Sakinah bint Husayn | Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn | Sukayna bint Husayn | Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn | Fatimah bint Husayn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother of ‘Umar | Ali ibn Husayn 4th Twelver/Zaidi and 3rd Musta'li/Nizari Imam | Fatimah bint al-Hasan | Jayda al-Sindhi | Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‘Umar al-Ashraf | Muhammad al-Baqir 5th Twelver and 4th Musta'li/Nizari Imam | Farwah bint al-Qasim (Umm Farwa) | Zayd ibn Ali 5th Zaidi Imam | Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‘Alī | Hamidah Khatun | Ja'far al-Sadiq 6th Twelver and 5th Musta'li/Nizari Imam | Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram bin al-Hasan bin Ali | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| al-Ḥasan | Musa al-Kadhim 7th Twelver Imam | Abdullah al-Aftah ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq | Isma'il ibn Jafar 6th Musta'li/Nizari Imam | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‘Alī | Ummul Banīn Najmah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| al-Nāṣir al-Kabīr | Ali ar-Ridha 8th Twelver Imam | Sabīkah a.k.a. Khayzurān | Muhammad ibn Ismail 7th Sevener/Musta'li/Nizari Imam | Fatima | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sumānah | Muhammad al-Taqi 9th Twelver Imam | Unknown | Ahmad al-Wafi 8th Musta'li/Nizari Imam | Other issue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ali al-Hadi 10th Twelver Imam | Hâdise (Hadīthah) / Suzan (Sūsan) / Sevil (Savīl) | Other issue | Muhammad at-Taqi 9th Musta'li/Nizari Imam | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hasan al-Askari 11th Twelver Imam | Narjis | Rabi Abdullah 10th Musta'li/Nizari Imam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muhammad al-Mahdi 12th Twelver Imam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dynasties[]
- the various lines of Shi'a imams are largely Husaynid, being descended patrilineally from Husayn ibn Ali, the third imam. This applies to the Twelver Shi'a imams, the Zaydiyya, and the various lines of Isma'ili imams.
- a Zaydi dynasty, descended from Hasan al-Utrush, that intermittently ruled Tabaristan in the early 10th century
- the position of was usually in the hands of Husaynid dynasties
See also[]
- al-Husayni family, a prominent Palestinian clan formerly based in Jerusalem, which claims descent from Husayn ibn Ali
References[]
Categories:
- Husaynids