This gives reasons to think that this title is founded later on. This can be substantiated by historic records about Abdul Qadir Gilani and Bahauddin Naqshband, who did not refer to themselves with any title, despite their lineages to Muhammad. In fact the title Sayyid as a unified reference for descendants of Muhammad did not exist according to Monimoto until the Mongol conquests. The foundation of the title Sayyid is unclear.
Sayyid ( UK: / s aɪ ɪ d, ˈ s eɪ j ɪ d/, US: / ˈ s ɑː j ɪ d/ Arabic: سيد Persian: meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master' Arabic plural: سادة sādah feminine: سيدة sayyidah Persian: ) is an honorific surname of Muslims recognized as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, : 31 sons of Muhammad's daughter Fatima and his cousin and son-in-law Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib).
Portrait of Sayyid Abdul Qadir Gilani who is venerated by Sunnis as the highest Sayyid ( Persian: Mir-e-Miran) with the title Ghaus-e-Azam. Mirza, Alids (mainly Hasanids and Husaynids)
In the Mughal and Ottoman Empire, Muhammad's descendants formed a kind of nobility with the privilege of wearing green clothes (shawls, turbans and mantles).Īrabic, Persian, Somali, Urdu and others Portrait of the Grand Sayyid Hazrat Ishaan.
