Alawi ( ar, علوي), also transliterated as Alevi, Alevi, Alavi, 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
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Alawi (sheikhdom), a historic principality in Yemen
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Alawite State, a French mandate territory in the coastal area of present-day Syria
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Alavi, Iran (disambiguation) Alavi ( fa, علوي) in Iran may refer to:
* Allahlu, Varzaqan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Alaviq, Varzaqan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Alavi, Hamadan, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran
* Alavi, Isfahan, ...
, places in Iran
Groups
Dynasties
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'Alawi dynasty
The Alawi dynasty ( ar, سلالة العلويين الفيلاليين, translit=sulālat al-ʿalawiyyīn al-fīlāliyyīn) – also rendered in English as Alaouite, Alawid, or Alawite – is the current Moroccan royal family and reigning d ...
, the current royal family of Morocco since the 17th century
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Alavids
Alid dynasties of northern Iran or Alavids (). In the 9th–14th centuries, the northern Iranian regions of Tabaristan, Daylam and Gilan, sandwiched between the Caspian Sea and the Alborz range, came under the rule of a number of Arab Alid dyna ...
, the Zaydi Alid dynasty of Tabaristan in northern Iran during the 9th and 10th centuries
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Ba 'Alawi sada, a family and social group in Yemen and descendants of Imam Ahmad al-Muhajir through Alawi bin Ubaydillah
Religion
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Alawites, a Shia minority sect in Syria, also known as ''Nusayris''
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Aleviler
Aleviler is an idiom, being used synonymously in Turkish language with Shi'ites, to characterize the Zaydids of Tabaristan, Daylam and Gilan; the Bātinī-IsmāʿīlīsBalcıoğlu, Tahir Harimî, ''Türk Tarihinde Mezhep Cereyanları – Th ...
in Turkey
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Alevis, a Shia minority sect in Turkey
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Bektashiyyah
The Bektashi Order; sq, Tarikati Bektashi; tr, Bektaşi or Bektashism is an Islamic Sufi mystic movement originating in the 13th-century. It is named after the Anatolian saint Haji Bektash Wali (d. 1271). The community is currently led ...
, a related school or sect in Turkey and the Balkans
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Kızılbaşlar, a sub-sect of the Alevis
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Alavi Bohra, an Tayyibi-Isma'ili Shia minority sect in India and Pakistan
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Ba 'Alawiyya
The Ba'Alawi tariqa ( ar, طريقة آل باعلوي), also known as the Tariqa Alawiyya is a Sufi order centered in Hadhramawt, Yemen, but now spread across the Indian Ocean rim along with the Hadhrami diaspora. The order is closely tie ...
, a Sunni Sufi order in Yemen, also known as ''Tariqa Alawiyya''
Other uses
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Alawi (name) Alawi ( ar, علاوي) means "follower of Ali" or "descendant of Ali", and is a common surname (and sometimes as a given name) in the Muslim world. In Arab countries occupied by the British Empire, the name is transliterated as "Alawi". In Arab cou ...
, a surname and given name
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Alavi (surname), a surname
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Hawaiʻi creeper
The Hawaii creeper, Hawaii creeper or ʻalawī (''Loxops mana'') is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. Its natural habitats are dry forests and montane moist forests at elevations of . There are a total of ...
, also known as ʻalawī
See also
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Alvi (disambiguation)
Alvi ( ar, علوی) is a name and surname. It may refer to:
People
* Abdul Qadeer Alvi, Pakistani politician
* Abrar Alvi (1927–2009), Indian film writer, director and actor
* Alvi Ahmetaj (born 1998), Albanian football player
* Alvi Fokou Fo ...
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