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Ahmed Al-Waeli – one of the most well-known Shi'a Islamic prominent clerks in the 20th century; Aga Khan IV – imam of the Nizari Ismaili tariqah of Shia Islam; Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi – well-known Twelver Shia scholar who promoted Shia Islam in East Africa; Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi – well-known Twelver Shī'ah scholar, speaker, author ...
Indian former Shia Muslims (4 P) I. Ijtihadi family (10 P) Indian Ismailis (5 C, 86 P) R. Rizvi family (4 P) Pages in category "Indian Shia Muslims"
Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.
Pages in category "Shi'ite surnames" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abidi; Al-Ja'fari;
Ja'fari (Arabic: الجعفري Persian: جعفری) is a surname commonly associated with descendants of Ja'far al-Sadiq, an important Muslim scholar and the 6th Shia Imam. In South Asia, Persia and the Levant, those of this genealogy, also often take the honorific title of Sayyid.
Shia Muslims form a majority of the population in four countries across the Muslim world: Iran, Iraq, Bahrain and Azerbaijan. Significant Shia communities are also found in Lebanon, Kuwait, Turkey, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent. Iran stands as the world's only country where Shia Islam forms the foundation of both ...
Isma'ilism is a branch or sub-sect of Shia Islam. The Ismailis get their name from their acceptance of Imam Ismaʻil ibn Jafar. Ismaili (Arabic: اسماعيلي) is also a common surname or patronymic meaning coming from Ismail or Ishmael, the first son of Prophet Abraham.
Since most of the population embraced Sunni Islam, and an educated version of Shiism was scarce in Iran at the time, Ismail imported a new group of Shia Ulama who predominantly were Sayyids from traditional Shiite centers of the Arabic-speaking lands, such as Jabal Amel (of southern Lebanon), Syria, Bahrain, and southern Iraq in order to create ...