Alawi

Alawi (), also transliterated as Alevi, Alevi, Alavi, Alvi, Alawid, or Alawite (), is an adjective denoting "of or related to Ali", the Prophet Muhammad's cousin. As a proper noun it is used by individuals, dynasties, places, and religious sects and organizations who identify as being either descendants or followers of Ali. It may refer to:

Places

• Alawi (sheikhdom), a historic principality in Yemen
• Alawi Sultanate, the pre-colonial state in Morocco ruled by the Alawi dynasty
• Alawite State, a French mandate territory in the coastal area of present-day Syria
• Alavi, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran

Groups

Dynasties

• Alawids, the descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib, through his wives whom he married after the death of Fatima, the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
• Alawi dynasty, the current royal family of Morocco since the 17th century
• Alawiyya dynasty, the former royal family of Egypt and Sudan
• Alavids, the Zaydi Alid dynasty of Tabaristan in northern Iran during the 9th and 10th centuries
• Ba 'Alawi sada, a family and social group in Yemen and descendants of Imam Ahmad al-Muhajir through Alawi bin Ubaydillah

Religion

• Alawites, a minority sect in Syria, also known as Nusayris
• Aleviler in Turkey
• Alevis, a Shia minority sect in Turkey
• Bektashiyyah, a related school or sect in Turkey and the Balkans
• Kızılbaşlar, a sub-sect of the Alevis
• Alavi Bohra, an Tayyibi-Isma'ili Shia minority sect in India and Pakistan
• Ba 'Alawiyya, a Sunni Sufi order in Yemen, also known as Tariqa Alawiyya

Other uses

• Alawi (name), a surname and given name
• Alavi (surname), a surname
• HawaiÊ»i creeper, also known as Ê»alawÄ«

See also

• Alvi (disambiguation)