Sayyids

E68259

Muslim community religious lineage group social group

The Sayyids are a Muslim community traditionally claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad, historically influential in South Asia and elsewhere in the Islamic world.

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All labels observed (23)

Label	Occurrences
Sayyid	27
Sayyids canonical	6
Syeds	3
South Asian Sayyids	2
Bohra Sayyids	1
Bukhari Sayyids	1
Gilani Sayyids	1
Hamadani Sayyids	1
Hasani Sayyids	1
Husaini Sayyids	1
Indian Sayyids	1
Mashhadi Sayyids	1
Naqvi Sayyids	1
Qadri Sayyids	1
Rizvi Sayyids	1
Sabzwari Sayyids	1
Sayyid lineage	1
Sayyid means master or leader	1
Sayyid minorities	1
Shirazi Sayyids	1
Sistani Sayyids	1
Tirmizi Sayyids	1
considered Ashraf in South Asian Muslim social hierarchy	1

Statements (91)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Muslim community ⓘ religious lineage group ⓘ social group ⓘ
alsoCalled	Ashraf (in some South Asian classifications) ⓘ Sadaat ⓘ Anwar Sadat ⓘ surface form: Sadat Sayyids ⓘ surface form: Syeds
associatedWith	Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ Alid descent ⓘ Sharif ⓘ
culturalRole	Islamic jurists ⓘ Sufi pirs and saints ⓘ custodianship of shrines ⓘ religious leadership ⓘ teachers of Islamic sciences ⓘ
diaspora	present in Europe ⓘ present in North America ⓘ present in Western countries ⓘ
ethnicRegion	Afghanistan ⓘ Arabian Peninsula ⓘ People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Central Asia ⓘ East Africa ⓘ India ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Syria ⓘ Yemen ⓘ
genealogicalDocumentation	often maintain family trees ⓘ often rely on hereditary genealogists ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Musavi Sayyids ⓘ surface form: Alavi Sayyids Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bohra Sayyids Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bukhari Sayyids Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gilani Sayyids Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hamadani Sayyids Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hasani Sayyids Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Husaini Sayyids Musavi Sayyids ⓘ surface form: Jafri Sayyids Musavi Sayyids ⓘ surface form: Kadhimi Sayyids Musavi Sayyids ⓘ surface form: Kazmi Sayyids Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mashhadi Sayyids Musavi Sayyids ⓘ Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Naqvi Sayyids Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Qadri Sayyids Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rizvi Sayyids Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sabzwari Sayyids Sadaat-e-Amroha ⓘ Sadaat-e-Bara ⓘ Sadaat-e-Kintoor ⓘ surface form: Sadaat-e-Bilgram Sadaat-e-Kintoor ⓘ Sadaat-e-Sadaat ⓘ Sadaat-e-Zaidpur ⓘ Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Shirazi Sayyids Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sistani Sayyids Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tirmizi Sayyids Zaydi Shia ⓘ surface form: Zaidi Sayyids
historicallyInfluentialIn	Islamic politics ⓘ Islamic scholarship ⓘ Muslim dynasties ⓘ Sufism ⓘ
historicalRole	established madrasas ⓘ founded Sufi orders and khanqahs ⓘ played key roles in Islamization of South Asia ⓘ served as advisors to Muslim rulers ⓘ
identityMarker	use of green turban or scarf in some regions ⓘ use of specific nisbas indicating lineage ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Persian ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu various regional South Asian languages ⓘ
lineageBasis	patrilineal descent ⓘ
lineageLinkedTo	Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ Fatimah bint Muhammad ⓘ Hasan ibn Ali ⓘ Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
marriagePattern	often marry within Sayyid families ⓘ often prefer endogamous marriages ⓘ
namingConvention	often use honorific title Sayed ⓘ often use honorific title Sayedna ⓘ often use honorific title Sayyid ⓘ often use honorific title Seyyed ⓘ often use honorific title Syed ⓘ
recognizedBy	many Shia Muslims ⓘ many Sunni Muslims ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
socialClassification	Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: considered Ashraf in South Asian Muslim social hierarchy
socialStatus	traditionally high status in Muslim societies ⓘ
traditionalClaim	descent from the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ descent from the family of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Delhi Sultanate → ethnicGroupInPower → Sayyids ⓘ

Husayn ibn Ali → honorific → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naqvi Sayyids

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rizvi Sayyids

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Husaini Sayyids

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hasani Sayyids

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bukhari Sayyids

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tirmizi Sayyids

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gilani Sayyids

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qadri Sayyids

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mashhadi Sayyids

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sistani Sayyids

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sabzwari Sayyids

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shirazi Sayyids

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamadani Sayyids

Sayyids → hasSubgroup → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bohra Sayyids

Sayyids → alsoCalled → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syeds

Sayyids → socialClassification → Sayyids self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: considered Ashraf in South Asian Muslim social hierarchy

Ahl al-Bayt → honorificTitleForMembers → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Hazara → ethnicGroup → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syeds

Daykundi Province → populationGroup → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid minorities

Sayyid al-Taifa → component → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani → hasHonorific → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Mir Muhammad Taqi → ethnicity → Sayyids ⓘ

subject surface form: Mir Taqi Mir

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Sayyid al-Shuhada → hasComponentWord → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Sayyid al-Shuhada → componentMeaning → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid means master or leader

Mahmud Barzanji → title → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin → title → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn → honorificTitle → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Sayyid Shabab Ahl al-Jannah → hasComponent → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Alids → associatedWith → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid lineage

Alids → hasTitleForDescendants → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Alids → honorificUsedForMembers → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Zayd ibn al-Hasan → hasHonorific → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Wallajah dynasty → ethnicOrigin → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Sharif → associatedWith → Sayyids ⓘ

Sharif → contrastedWith → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Sadaat-e-Bara → ethnoReligiousIdentity → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Sadaat-e-Bara → socialClassification → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Sadaat-e-Kintoor → ethnoReligiousIdentity → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Sadaat-e-Kintoor → subgroupOf → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Sayyids

Sadaat-e-Kintoor → subgroupOf → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Asian Sayyids

Sadaat-e-Zaidpur → hasAncestralLineage → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Sadaat-e-Zaidpur → selfIdentification → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

often use honorific title Syed → hasVariantSpelling → Sayyids ⓘ

subject surface form: Sayyid

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Musavi Sayyids → subclassOf → Sayyids ⓘ

Musavi Sayyids → associatedWithTitle → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Musavi Sayyids → ethnoReligiousIdentity → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Sadaat-e-Amroha → ethnoReligiousIdentity → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayyid

Sadaat-e-Amroha → partOf → Sayyids ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Asian Sayyids