Al-Ali (tribe) - Other Influential People of Various Branches of Al-Azd

Other Influential People of Various Branches of Al-Azd

• The Ghassanids of Syria
• The Roman Emperor (Philip the Arab), a Ghassanid Arab from Syria, ruled between 244–249 AD.
• The Byzantine Emperor Leo III the Isaurian also known as the Syrian, ruled between 717-741 AD.
• The Nassrid Dynasty, ruled Granada between 1232 and 1492, the last Arab dynasty in Andalus (now Spain).
• The Xiberras (Gebara/Sceberras) nobility of Malta (Christian Ghassanid migrants from Alexanderia in Egypt).
• The Muscati Maltese nobility Siculo are of Arab origin (Azd Uman) converted to Chritianity in the 12th century.
• Maurice Xiberras the first leader of the Democratic Party of British Gibraltar. He is of the Maltese nobility (Sceberras/Gebara).
• Dawasir tribe of Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf.
• Jabir Ibn Hayyan, a famous alchemist and mathematician ( after whose name is Algebra )
• Ibn Duraid Al-Azdi, poet
• Khalil Ibn Ahmad Al-Farahidi, author of the first Arabic dictionary (Kitab Al-Ayn), and the teacher of the celebrated Arabic linguist Sibawayh.
• Kuthayyir, poet and legendary lover, called Kuthayyir of Azza (his sweetheart), reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet.
• Ibn al-Banna, mathematician and astronomer
• Jabir ibn Zayd Al-Azdi, the co-founder of the Ibadhi sect of Islam.
• Al Nahyan Dynasty ruling United Arab Emirates
• Al Bu Sa'idi Dynasty ruling Oman. Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said Al Said is the 14th-generation descendant of the founder of the dynasty Said bin Sultan
• Al Maktoum Dynasty of Dubai
• Mohalib Ibn Abi Suffrah, military commander of Persia and Arabia at the time of Umayyad caliphate, leader of the Islamic forays into India and Sindh.