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al-Hasani
الحسني
Hashemite Arab Tribe
Medallion bearing the name of Hasan inscribed with Islamic calligraphy in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey.
EthnicityArab
Nisbaal-Hasani
LocationArabia
Descended fromHasan ibn Ali
Parent tribeBanu Hashim
Demonym(s)Hasanis
Branches
ReligionIslam

The Ḥasanids (Arabic: بنو حسن, romanizedBanū Ḥasan or حسنيون, Ḥasanīyyūn) are the descendants of Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, brother of Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī and grandson of Muhammad. They are a branch of the Alids (the descendants of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib), and one of the two most important branches of the ashrāf (the other being the descendants of Ḥasan's brother Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī, the Ḥusaynids).[1]

In Morocco, the term is particularly applied to the descendants of Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, to distinguish them from the Idrisid dynasty, which is also of Ḥasanid descent. The Moroccan Ḥasanids proper have produced two dynasties, the Saadi dynasty and the Alawite dynasty, which still reign over the country.[1]

Dynasties

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Notable Ḥasanid dynasties in the Muslim world include:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Deverdun 1971, p. 256.

Sources

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  • Brett, Michael (2001). The Rise of the Fatimids: The World of the Mediterranean and the Middle East in the Fourth Century of the Hijra, Tenth Century CE. The Medieval Mediterranean. Vol. 30. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-47337-9. ISSN 0928-5520.
  • Deverdun, G. (1971). "Ḥasanī". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. J.; Heinrichs, W. P.; Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Vol. 3. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. pp. 256–257. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_2780. ISBN 978-90-04-16121-4.