Zaidi (surname)
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For Other uses, see Zaidi (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Zaidiyah.
The surname Al-Zaidi (Az-Zaidi) can denote one or both of the following:
- The descendants of Zayd ibn Ali (the grandson of Husayn ibn Ali, who was the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad), who either stayed in Kufa, Iraq or returned to Hijaz (present-day Saudi Arabia. In the non-Arab Muslim majority countries, they often use the title Syed in their names.
- The use of the surname Al-Zaidi to designate association may be with the Zaidiyyah madhhab, whose adherents are found in Yemen. This is akin to the use of the surnames Al-Hanafi, Al-Maliki, Al-Shafi'i, etc.
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People with the surname Zaidi are descendants of Zaid ibn Ali who was the son of Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin who was the great-grandson of Muhammad. The descendants of Muhammad carry the honorific title of Sayyid. Zaidis can be found in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.