Alawi (disambiguation)

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The term Alawi (Arabic: علوي‎‎), also rendered Alewi, Alevi, Alawid, or Alawite (French: Alaouite), is an Arabic word meaning something of or related to Ali – the Prophet Muhammad's nephew and son-in-law – a revered figure in both Sunni and Shia Islam. At its root an adjective, the word has become a noun as it is used as a name by individuals, families, dynasties, and religious sects and organizations who identify as being either, descendants of, or followers of, Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib.

Places

• Alawi (sheikhdom), a historic principality in Yemen
• Alawite State, a French mandate territory in the coastal area of present-day Syria
• Alavi, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran

Groups

• Alavids, Zaydi Alid dynasty of the Tabaristan, Daylam and Gilan
• Alawites, a prominent religious Shia minority sect in Syria, also known as Nusayris or Arab Alawites
• Alevis, a religious community in Turkey
  • Bektashiyyah Tariqa, a religious community in Turkey, Balkans and Albania
  • Qizilbash, a religious community in Turkey
• Alavi Bohra, an Tayyibi–Mustaali–Ismāʿīlī Madh'hab in India and Pakistan
• Alaouite dynasty, the name of the current royal family of Morocco
• Ba 'Alawi sada, a family and social group in Yemen and descendants of Imam Ahmad al-Muhajir through Alawi bin Ubaydillah
• Ba 'Alawi tariqa, a Sufi brotherhood in Yemen, also known as "Tariqa Alawiyya"
• Chinarism, an alternative branch of Alevism in Turkey, also known as Ishik Alawis

People

• Alawi (name), a surname and given name
• Alavi (surname), a surname for descendants of Ali, especially in South Asia