Alids

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The Alids are the descendants and followers of Ali ibn Abi Talib and his son Hasan, who hold a central place in Shia Islam as the Prophet Muhammad’s family line.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim dynastic group
religious lineage
associatedWith Rashidun Caliphate
surface form: Caliphate of Ali

Imamate doctrine
Sayyids
surface form: Sayyid lineage

Sharif lineage
centralIn Shia Islam
consideredDescendantsOf Prophet Muhammad through Fatimah
descendedFrom Ali ibn Abi Talib
Hasan ibn Ali
ethnoReligiousIdentity Arab Muslims
follows Ali ibn Abi Talib
Hasan ibn Ali
hasAncestralFigure Fatimah bint Muhammad
Husayn ibn Ali
hasSubgroup Hasanids
Husaynids
hasTitleForDescendants Sayyids
surface form: Sayyid

Sharif
historicallyInfluentialIn Hejaz
Iran
Iraq
Yemen
honorificUsedForMembers Alawis
surface form: Alawi

Sayyids
surface form: Sayyid

Sharif
languageOfReligiousTexts Arabic
linkedToConcept Shia Imams
surface form: Imamate

Wilayah (spiritual authority)
legitimate leadership of the Muslim community
namedAfter Ali ibn Abi Talib
originatedInCentury 7th century
originatedInRegion Arabian Peninsula
playsRoleIn Sufism
surface form: Islamic mysticism

Islamic political history
Islamic theology
regardedAs Ahl al-Bayt
family of the Prophet Muhammad
religiousBranch Shia Islam
religiousStatus venerated family of the Prophet in Shia Islam
religiousTradition Islam
veneratedIn Ismaili Shia
surface form: Ismaili Shia Islam

Twelver Shia
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam

Zaydi Shia
surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam
viewedAs bearers of the Prophetic lineage in Shia thought

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Hasan ibn Ali dynasty Alids