The Husaynids ( or حسینیون, Ḥusayniyyūn) are a branch of the
Alids
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who are descendants of
Husayn ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali (; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680 Common Era, CE) was a social, political and religious leader in early medieval Arabia. The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and an Alids, Alid (the son of Ali ibn Abu Talib ibn Abd a ...
, a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is one of the two main branches of the (the other being the descendants of Husyan's brother Hasan, the
Hasanids).
Genealogical trees
Family tree of Husayn ibn Ali
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.
* the Isma'ili
Fatimid dynasty and the later
Aga Khan
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s.
* a Zaydi dynasty, descended from
Hasan al-Utrush, that intermittently ruled Tabaristan in the early 10th century.
* the position of
Sharif of Medina was in the hands of the Husaynid Banu Muhanna dynasty.
*
Al Qasimi of
Sharjah
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and
Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
* The House of Hasib of Rajhat in Bihar are descendants from Syed Yaqub Halabi, a Qazi from Aleppo who travelled with Muhammad of Ghor to India.
*
Pontianak Sultanate of Indonesia ruled the region of
Pontianak until 1950.
*
Jamalullail of
Perlis
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, Malaysia.
*
Bendahara of
Pahang
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and
Terengganu
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, Malaysia.
*
Temenggong of
Johor
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, Malaysia.
*
Banu Ishaq from
Somaliland
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,
Yemen
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and
Djibouti
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**
Tolje'lo Dynasty of the
Isaaq kingdom
**
Guled Dynasty of the
Isaaq Sultanate
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*
al-Husayni family, a prominent Palestinian clan formerly based in Jerusalem, which claims descent from Husayn ibn Ali
References
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