Al-Naghawi

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Calligraphy of Ali al Naqi, the forefather of the Al-Naghawi.

Al-Naghawi (Arabic: النقوي, romanized: Al-Naghawi) is a nisba (surname) derived from an epithet of Ali al-Hadi, namely “Al Naqi”. People bearing this nisba are descendants of him through their agnatic lineage.

Ali al-Hadi, the tenth of the Twelve Imams was a direct descendant of Muhammad through his younger grandson Husayn ibn Ali, thus connecting the Al Naghawi to him through the first ten Imams.

Members of this family can be found across the Middle East and South Asia from Lebanon and Palestine in the Levant, to Yemen, and then to Iran, through to Pakistan and finally India.

Lineage

The lineage of Ali al Naqi to Adnan, the forefather of the Adnanite Arabs is:

Al Naghawi descendants of Ali bin Muhammad bin Ali bin Musa bin Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Ali bin Husayn bin Ali bin Abu Talib bin Abdel Muttalib bin Hashim bin Abdel Manaf bin Qusayy bin Kilab bin Murrah bin Ka’ab bin Lu’ayy bin Ghalib bin Quraysh bin Malik bin Al-Nader bin Kinanah bin Khouzayma bin Mudrikah bin Ilyas bin Mudar bin Nizar bin Ma’add bin Adnan.

Adnan was a descendant of Ishmael, whose lineage to Adam is:

Ishmael bin Abraham bin Taher bin Nahr bin Saroukh bin Raqqa bin Falakh bin Hud bin Saleh bin Arphakhschad bin Sam bin Noah bin Lahmik bin Methuselah bin Enoch bin Jard bin Mahalalel bin Canaan bin Enosh bin Seth bin Adam.

People bearing the nisba al Naghawi are descendants of Ali al Naqi through any of these 7 sons:

1. Al-Hasan al-'Askarī and his brothers:
2. Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi
3. Husayn
4. 'Abdullāh
5. Zayd
6. Mūsā
7. Ja'far ibn 'Ali al-Hādi

Besides Al-Hasan Al-'Askarī, three of the sons, Husayn, Muhammad and Ja'far, and one daughter named 'Ayliyā' from different wives have been mentioned by various scholars, including Shaikh Mufeed.

Families of Naghawi descent

Middle East:

These families can be found all across the Middle East however they are mostly found in the Shia crescent with some exceptions like families in the Hadhramout. Some prominent families are:

• Bani Idris Abu Qassim: they reside in Nazareth, Palestine. Their lineage is as such:

Ayyash bin al Qassim bin Idris bin Yahya bin Ja’far bin Ali al Naqi.

• Bani al Mohsen: They reside in Al-Kadhimiyyah, Iraq. They are custodians of the Quraysh cemetery which houses the graves of 2 Imams, Musa al Kadhim and his grandson Muhammad al Jouad. Their lineage is as such:

Muhammad bin al Mohsen bin Yahya bin Ja’far bin Ali al Naqi.

Al Kadhimiyyah Mosque, which houses the Quraysh cemetery, and the tombs of Musa al Kadhim and Mohammed al Jouad.

• Ishaq bin Ahmad tribe: Descendants of a scholar and Islamic missionary whose family migrated across the Middle East from Samarra, Iraq, to Medina, settling in Hadhramout, Yemen and converting to the Shafi’i school of Sunni Islam. Ishaq ibn Ahmad travelled to Somalia, converting the northern Dir tribe to Islam, and his descendants formed a tribe 2 million strong. Their lineage is as such:

Ishaq bin Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hussein bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Hamza (Al Mudhar) bin Abdullah bin Ayoub bin Qassim bin Ahmad bin Ali bin Isa bin Yahya bin Ja'far bin Ali al Naqi.

• Naqvi Sadat: They reside in Iran, particularly Isfahan, and have provided many scholars.

South Asia:

Under the rule of the Ghaznavids in South Asia, many Alawi merchants and missionaries, either fleeing persecution in the Middle East or looking to preach Islam, migrated eastwards from Iraq and settled in the Indian Subcontinent. Their descendants are known as Sayyids (also spelled as Syed), and of those merchants and missionaries whose lineage leads to Ali al Naqi, their descendants are known as the Naqvi Syeds. Some prominent Naqvi Syed families are:

• Jalali clan: Descendants of a Sayyid missionary, Jalaluddin al Bukhari, who travelled from Bukhara, Uzbekistan (originally from Samarra), to Uch Sharef in Pakistan, converting many Rajput tribes to Islam as he settled there. Their lineage is as such:

Jalaluddin bin Ali al Mo’eed bin Amer bin Ja'far bin Muhammad Abu Fateh bin Mahmoud bin Ahmad bin Abdullah al Nazouk bin Ali bin Ja’far bin Ali al Naqi.

• Al Makki: Also known as Bakri Sayyids, they are descendants of Muhammad al Makki, a warrior from Mecca who travelled to Yemen, defeated the Abbasids, and began to travel to Sindh after having a dream where the prophet Muhammad commanded him to go east. As a distant cousin of Jalaluddin his lineage ties in to his after a few generations, making him a Naghawi Sayyid.

This map shows the journey Sayyid Muhammad al-Makki undertook from his birthplace to his resting place

•Sadat-e-Amroha: Descendants of a merchant named Abu Fara’ al Wasiti (birth name Abdullah al Husseini al Ma’rouf) from Wasit, Iraq. He travelled to Amroha. Members of this family carry the gene J-YFS4252908, attributed to the children of Husayn bin Ali. Their lineage is as such:

Abdullah bin Dawoud bin Hussein bin Ali bin Haroun bin Ja’far bin Ali al Naqi.

Notable people of Naghawi descent

Imams

• Hasan al Askari, the 11th Imam
• Muhammad al Qa’im, the 12th Imam

Sufi Saints

• Syed Jalaluddin Haydar Surkh-Posh, a Sufi saint from Bukhara of Suhrawardiyya Order descendant of Ali Al Askar Al Nazuk bin Jafar bin Imam Ali Al Hadi of Samarrah
• Makhdoom Syed Jalaluddin Husayn Jahaniyan Jahangasht, a Sufi saint from Uch Sharif, Pakistan of Suhrawardiyya Order paternal grandson of Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari
• Syed Muhammad al-Makki, a Sufi Saint in Pakistan and his Children are well known as Naqvi Al Bhakkari as they lived in Bhakkar and named this area (his son was the father in law of Syed Jalaluddin Haydar Surkh-Posh and are related through the common ancestor of Jafar bin Imam Ali Al Hadi of Samarrah
• Syed Nizamuddin Auliyah, a Sufi Saint from Delhi. One of the most popular Saint in India was descendant from Ali Al Askar Al Nazuk bin Jafar bin Imam Ali Al Hadi
• Syed Muhammad Shah e Alam also known as Syed Qutb e Alam Burhanuddin, a Sufi Saint from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Grandson of Makhdoom Jahaniyan Jahangasht.
• Shah Jewna, a Sufi saint from Kannauj. An early descendant of Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari through grandson Makhdoom Sadruddin Rajan Qatal the elder brother of Makhdoom Jahaniyan Jahangasht
• Syed Muhammad Jewan Shah Naqvi, a Sufi saint from Sialkot, Pakistan.
• Syed Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri, a Sufi saint from Allo Mahar, Pakistan of Naqshbandi Order.

Notable people

• Syed Samsam Bukhari prominent politician descendant through the Karmanwala Naqvi Al Bukhari lineage
• Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat Naqvi Al Bukhari the official caretaker and descendant of Shah Jewna Naqvi Al Bukhari he is also a prominent politician known across Pakistan.
• Brigadier Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi, a Pakistani military senior officer and a filmmaker.
• Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, a Pakistani calligrapher and painter
• Syed Shehanshah Hussain Naqvi, a Pakistani Shia scholar
• Allama Syed Jawad Naqvi, a Pakistani Shia scholar and Islamic cleric
• Ali Abbas Naqvi, An Indian Journalist from NDTV
• Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, an Indian politician
• Syed Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Pakistani politician
• Syed Kamal Amrohi, an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter
• Syed Imran Abbas Naqvi, a Pakistani actor, singer, former model and producer
• Syed Mahmood Naqvi, an Indian scientist, known for development of geochemistry in India and pre-Cambrian geology of South India
• Syed Zafar Ul Hassan Naqvi, a Major General in Pakistan Army
• Kalbe Jawad Naqvi
• H. M. Naqvi
• Mohsin Naqvi
• Arif Naqvi, Pakistani businessman and founder of the Dubai-based private equity firm, The Abraaj Group and Aman Foundation
• Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi
• Ghulam-us-Saqlain Naqvi
• Saeed Naqvi
• Kalbe Razi Naqvi
• Dildar Ali Naseerabadi
• Ali Naqi Naqvi
• Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi, a shia Islamic scholar and patron-in-chief of Shia Ulema Council Pakistan

See also

• Quraysh
• Banu Hashim
• Sayyid
• Husaynids
• Al-Musawi
• Rizvi
• Ali al Hadi