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TheHusaynids (Arabic:بنو الحسين,romanized: Banū al-Ḥusayn or حسینیون, Ḥusayniyyūn) are a branch of theAlids who are descendants ofHusayn ibn Ali, a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is one of the two main branches of theashrāf (the other being the descendants of Husyan's brother Hasan, theHasanids).

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• the various lines of Shi'a imams are largely Husaynid, being descended patrilineally from Husayn ibn Ali, the third imam. This applies to theTwelver Shi'a imams, theZaydiyya, and the various lines ofIsma'ili imams.
• the Isma'iliFatimid dynasty and the laterAga Khans.
• a Zaydi dynasty, descended fromHasan al-Utrush, that intermittently ruled Tabaristan in the early 10th century.
• the position ofSharif of Medina was in the hands of the Husaynid Banu Muhanna dynasty.
• Al Qasimi ofSharjah andRas Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
• The House of Hasib of Rajhat in Bihar are descendants from Syed Yaqub Halabi, a Qazi from Aleppo who travelled with Muhammad of Ghor to India.
• Pontianak Sultanate of Indonesia ruled the region ofPontianak until 1950.
• Bendahara ofPahang andTerengganu, Malaysia.
• Temenggong dynasty ofJohor, Malaysia.
• Banu Ishaq fromSomaliland,Yemen andDjibouti
  • Tolje'lo Dynasty of theIsaaq kingdom
  • Guled Dynasty of theIsaaq Sultanate
• al-Husayni family, a prominent Palestinian clan formerly based in Jerusalem, which claims descent from Husayn ibn Ali

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