Husaynids

Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)

Indian politician and writer (1888–1958)

Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams

eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)

seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE)

Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams

twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam

South Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (1903–1979)

eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams

tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)

ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism

Persian Sufi Chishtiyya order mystic (1143–1236)

Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)

Sudanese politician (1941–2008)

sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams

Royal family

son of Zayd ibn Ali

Arab leader (1874–1924)

Sufi saint of the Indian subcontinent

The Khamenei family is an Iranian religious and political family that has ruled Iran since Ali Khamenei was elected the second supreme leader of Iran in 1989. After his assassination in February 2026, he was succeeded by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei. Their predecessors as the family of the supreme leader were the Khomeini family headed by Ruhollah Khomeini from 1979 to 1989.

Eighth Ismaili imam (c. 766–828)

Imam of Yemen

Indian Sufi Master (1861–1925)

Ninth Ismaili Imam (790–840)

The Huwaytat ( al-Ḥuwayṭāt, Northwest Arabian dialect: ál-Ḥwēṭāt) are a large Hashemite Ashraf tribe descending from Husayn ibn Ali that inhabits areas of present-day southern Jordan, the Sinai Peninsula and Sharqia governate in Egypt, the Negev in Israel, and northwestern Saudi Arabia. The Huwaytat have several branches, notably the Ibn Jazi, the Abu Tayi, the Anjaddat, and the Sulaymanniyin, in addition to a number of associated tribes.

eldest son of Ja'far al-Sadiq (died 766)

A Hijazi family that settled in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan

9th-century self-declared Caliph of the Muslims

Son of the tenth Shia Imam (c. 840–885)

Shia imam

Muslim scholar

son of the fifth imam of Twelver Shii Muslims and fourth imam of Ismaili Shii Muslims, Muhammad al-Baqir

son of Musa al-Kazim

descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

9th-century rebel against the Abbasids

Sultan Saodat

Sufi saint

Muslim scholar and teacher during the Islamic Golden Age

Leader of revolt against Abbasid Caliphate (716–763)

Rizvi or Razavi (Arabic/Urdu: رضوي) is the Urdu variant of the Arabic surname Ridawi and the Persian surname Razavi. It is a Muslim surname commonly associated with the branch of Husaynids, who claim descent from the Imam Ali al-Rida, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Husayn ibn Ali (patrilinealy, through his great great-grandfather Ali Zayn al-Abidin, who was the son of Husayn) and Hasan ibn Ali (through his great great-grandmother, Fatima bint Hasan, who was the daughter of Hasan). Since the Rizvi clan traces their lineage to Fatimah (the prophet's daughter)

son of Musa al-Kazim

Ayasrah (or Ayasreh) (; Arabic: العياصره ) is a prominent Jordanian family based in Sakib, Jerash Governorate. The family traces its lineage to Banu Hashim, making them descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

'''Ja'fari''' ( ) is a surname commonly associated with descendants of Ja'far al-Sadiq, an important Muslim scholar and the 6th Shia Imam. In South Asia, Persia and the Levant, those of this genealogy, also often take the honorific title of Sayyid. Descendants of Ja'far al-Sadiq can most commonly be found amongst the Shi'i of Iraq, Iran and the Indian subcontinent. Some Sunni Muslims also associate with the surname Ja’fari.

9th-century Alid Imam

'''Sharīf al-Dīn Abu Ali Muḥammad ibn Sana' al-Mulk As'ad ibn Ali al-Jawwani (, 1131–1192) better known as Al-Jawwani''', was a 12th-century Arab Egyptian historian and genealogist in Fatimid Egypt.

Pakistani politician