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The Naqvi sadah (Arabic: السادة النقاويين) are people with the last name "Naqvi" and who are direct descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the lineage of the Imam Ali al-Naqi. Ali Naqi was the 10th Twelver Shi'a imam and direct descendant of the daughter of Muhammad, Fatimah and her husband Ali, the first Shi'a imam, believed by them to be the successor of the Muhammad. Some Naqvis trace their ancestry back to Ali al-Naqi through his sons Ja'far al-Sani and Husain ul Asghar while others trace it through his other sons.
The descendants of Ali al-Naqi are spread across the globe. Most of the Naqvi's have Syed as a first name. While most Naqvis follow Shi'a Islam, many are Sunni.
Sons of Imam Ali Naqi
There are differing opinions about the number of sons of Imam Ali Al-Naqi. The statement of 7 sons has been made by Moulvi Syed Basheer Hussain compiler of book "Shajrat-e-Saddat-e-Amroha" who describes son names:
- Imam Hasan al-Askari,
- Syed Muhammad,
- Syed Hussain,
- Syed Abdullah,
- Syed Zaid,
- Syed Mussa,
- Syed Jaffar also known as Jaffar al Zaki or Jaffar-us-Sani.
These seven names have also been referred in by the writer of book "Anwar-e-Alsadat" remarking the point of controversy in number of sons.In addition, there are at least two personalities whose hand written pedigree from top (Imam Naqi) to bottom have been accepted and annexed to book. These pedigrees confirm the sons of Imam Ali Naqi Al Hadi as seven in number.
Besides Hassan Askari, three sons (i) Hussain (ii) Muhammad (iii) Jafar and one daughter “Ailia” from different wives have been mentioned by various biographic scholars, including Shaikh Mufeed.
Notable Naqvi Sayyids
- SYED SHUMAIL NAQVI
- Syed Waheed Akhtar, Renowned Philosopher, Poet and Writer, ex-Professor of Philosophy, Dean Faculty of Arts, AMU, Aligarh
Firdous Naqvi, a Pakistani politician who is the current leader of the opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
- Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari (Bukhari is a Sayyid from Naqvi denomination)
- Jahaniyan Jahangasht (Bukhari)
- Syed Imam Jafer Shah Bukhari known as Pir Chaker Shah ( Dewan of Attock )
- Syed Sader-u-Din Sakhi Sultan Bhakkri ( Attock )
- Syed Atiq-ullah Shah Bukhari known as Pir Shah Jee Kullah ( Kamra )
- Syed Jarrar Haider Naqvi (Meersahab Of Amroha)
- Syed Muhammad Jewan Shah Naqvi
- Pir Syed Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri
- Sayyid Muhammad Al-Makki
- Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah
- Syed Hussain Sharfuddin Shah Wilayat Naqvi
- Air Marshal (retd) Shabeer Hussain Shah two time SJ(M)
- Syed Shehanshah Hussain Naqvi
- Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi
- Kamal Amrohi, also known as Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi
- Zafar H. Naqvi
- Zameer Naqvi
- Kalbe Jawad Naqvi
- H. M. Naqvi
- Syed Khalid Hasan Shah
- Mohsin Naqvi
- Imran Abbas Naqvi
- Syed Mahmood Naqvi
- Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi
- Ghulam-us-Saqlain Naqvi
- Saeed Naqvi
- Kalbe Razi Naqvi
- Asad Naqvi
- Dildar Ali Naseerabadi, a.k.a. Syed Dildar Ali Naqvi
- Ali Naqi Naqvi
- Syed Kalbe Hussain Naqvi
- Kalbe Abid Naqvi
- Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi
- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
- Yasir Naqvi
- Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi