Genealogical Trees
This is a table of the interrelationships between the different parts of the Alid dynasties:
Below is a simplified family tree of Husayn ibn Ali. For the ancestors of ibn Ali see the family tree of Muhammad and the family tree of Ali. People in italics are considered by the majority of Shia and Sunni Muslims to be Ahl al-Bayt (People of the House). Twelver Shia also see the 4th to 12th Imamah as Ahl al-Bayt.
| Muhammad |
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid |
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| Fatimah |
Ali |
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| Muhsin ibn Ali |
Hasan ibn Ali |
Husayn ibn Ali |
Umm Kulthum bint Ali |
Zaynab bint Ali |
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| Shahrbanu |
Rubab bint Imra al-Qais |
Layla bint Abi Murrah al-Thaqafi |
Umm Ishaq bint Talhah |
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| Fatema Sugra bint Husayn |
Sakinah bint Husayn |
Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn |
Sukayna bint Husayn |
Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn |
Fatimah bint Husayn |
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| Ali ibn Husayn |
Fatimah bint al-Hasan |
Jayda al-Sindhi |
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| Muhammad al-Baqir |
Umm Farwa | Zayd ibn Ali |
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| Ja'far al-Sadiq |
Hamidah Khatun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abdullah al-Aftah ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq |
Musa al-Kadhim |
Isma'il ibn Jafar |
Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ummul Banīn Najmah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ali ar-Ridha |
Sabīkah a.k.a. Khayzurān | Muhammad ibn Ismail |
Fatima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sumānah | Muhammad al-Taqi |
Unknown | Ahmad al-Wafi |
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| Ali al-Hadi |
Hadīthah or Sūsan or Salīl | Other issue | Muhammad at-Taqi |
Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hasan al-Askari |
Narjis | Rabi Abdullah |
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| Muhammad al-Mahdi |
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The Hashemites of Sharifs of Mecca, Kings of Jordan, Syria and Iraq are descended from the other brother Hasan ibn Ali:
The Alaouites, Kings of Morocco, are also descended from the other brother Hasan ibn Ali through Al Hassan Addakhil:
The Idrisid dynasty, rulers of Fez and Morocco, the Husainid Dynasty, Beys and Kings of Tunis, and the Senussi dynasty, founders and heads of the Libyan Senussi Order and Kings of Libya are also descended from the other brother Hasan ibn Ali through Al Hassan Addakhil:
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