Sayyed (the word Sayyed also spelt Sayed, Sayyid, Seyyed, Syed,

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: ) is one of the clerical and religious in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

and

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Origin and history

It is believed that

Sayed ''Sayyid'' is an honorific title of Hasanid and Husaynid lineage, recognized as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima and Ali's sons Hasan and Husayn. The title may also refer to the descendants of the fami ...

s are the descendants of the Islamic prophet

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, who had traveled from

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to other countries during the time of Muhammad to spread

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. The most famous Sayed in the modern history is Sayed Ismael Balkhi, who was one of the leaders of the Hazaras in Afghanistan in the 20th Century.

Notable people

* Sayed Ismael Balkhi *

Haji Sayed Hussain Hazara Haji Sayed Hussain Hazara () (born Quetta, British India; 15 February 1917, 9 August 2002 – Quetta, Pakistan) was a Pakistani politician. He belonged to the Hazara people The Hazaras (; ) are an ethnic group and a principal component o ...

Sayed Mansur Naderi Sayed Mansur Naderi is the incumbent Sayed of Kayan; leader of the Shi'a community of Afghanistan centred in Baghlan Province and also in other parts of Afghanistan. This community although Shia is smaller than the mainstream Twelver Shia communi ...

* Sayed Nasir Ali Shah *

Sayed Askar Mousavi Sayed Askar Mousavi () is a writer and novelist from Afghanistan. He is the author of '' The Hazaras of Afghanistan'' published on January 29, 2009, by Cambridge University. Sayed Askar Mousavi was born in 1956 in a family belonging to the Haz ...

Abdul Qayyum Sajjadi Abdul Qayyum Sajjadi () is an Afghan politician who was elected to represent Ghazni province in Afghanistan's Parliament, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. Early life Abdul Qayyum Sajjadi son of Sayed Hakim, was born 1970 ...

Sayed Anwar Rahmati Anwar Rahmati (; born 1959) is a politician in Afghanistan. He served as governor of Daykundi province beginning on November 22, 2018. Previously he served as Governor of Sar-e Pol from May 25, 2010 to April 3, 2012 and as Governor of Ghor fro ...

Abrar Hussain (boxer) Abrar Hussain (; February 9, 1961 – June 16, 2011) was a professional Pakistani welterweight and light-middleweight boxer. Hussain represented Pakistan at the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympics. At the 1985 South Asian Games, he won ...

Sayed Hassan Akhlaq Sayed Hassan Hussaini (known as Sayed Hassan Akhlaq, ) is an Afghan-American philosopher. Life Akhlaq was born in 1976, in Sayghan City, in the province of Bamyan, Afghanistan. He immigrated to Iran when he was four years old. Finishing primar ...

Sayyid Ali Beheshti Sayyid Ali Beheshti () was a leader of the Shia Hazara ethnic group of Afghanistan, who became president of the '' Shura-yi Enqelabi-yi Ettefaq-i Islami-yi Afghanistan'' (Revolutionary Council of the Islamic Union of Afghanistan). Born in Bamyan ...

Sayyed Mohammad Eqbal Munib Mohammad Eqbal Munib (; died in 2012) was a Hazara politician in Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by ...

Sayed Mustafa Kazemi Sayed Mustafa Kazemi (, 1959 – November 6, 2007) from Parwan was a prominent Afghan politician. He was one of the leaders and the spokesman for the opposition movement known as the United National Front. He was a former minister of commerce ...

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Origin and history

Notable people

See also

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