Marashi (surname)
Marashi (Persian: مرعشی) is an Arabic-Persian family name indicating ancestry from , the grandson of the fourth Shia imam, Ali ibn Husayn, also known as Zayn al-Abidin. The surname is generally associated with a clan of Shi'ite Muslims who are descended from Ali ibn Husayn, who himself was a great-grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Today, members of the Marashi clan are mostly found in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Kashmir and the UAE.
See also[]
- Marash
- Marashi (disambiguation)
- Sayyid
- Zayn al-Abidin
- Amol
- Mir-i Buzurg
- Qazi Nurullah Shustari
- Mar'ashi Najafi library
- Hossein Marashi
- Effat Marashi
- Ibrahim al-Marashi
Categories:
- Surnames
- Pakistani people of Arab descent