Alawi (Arabic: علوي), also transliterated as Alevi, Alevi, Alavi, Alvi, Alawid, or Alawite (French: Alaouite), 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
- Alevis, a Shia minority sect in Turkey
- 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
- Hawaiʻi creeper, also known as ʻalawī
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Alawi.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Category: