Zaidi (surname)

The surname Al-Zaidi (Az-Zaidi) can denote one or both of the following:

The descendants of
Syed
in their names.
The use of the surname Al-Zaidi to designate association may be with the
Zaidiyyah madhhab, whose adherents are found in Yemen
. This is akin to the use of the surnames Al-Hanafi, Al-Maliki, Al-Shafi'i, etc.

People with the surname Zaidi are descendants of Zaid ibn Ali who was the son of

Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin who was the great-grandson of Muhammad. The descendants of Muhammad carry the honorific title of Sayyid

. Zaidis can be found in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The Wasitis/Zaidis in South Asia

The Zaidis of the Indian subcontinent use the proper noun "Wasiti" as a form of self-identification.

Siege of Baghdad in 1258. Most of them are settled in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.^[1]

The largest group among those identifying themselves as Zaidi is

Urdu. There are many interpretations of word bara and many spellings are current: Bara, Bahera, Barha (as spelled in Tuzuk-e-Jahangiri, Akbarnama and other Moghul sources) and Bahira meaning "bright" in Arabic language. One explanation of the word is as mentioned above; another is that there are twelve villages in Muzaffarnagar district

and their residents were called Sadat Barha. Zaidi sadats are found in Kandipur and Sikandarpur villages of Uttar Pradest East and are descendants of Abul Farah Wasti.
Aurangzeb wrote about the Syeds of Barha:[2]
"You should be extremely cautious in dealing with the Syeds of Barha...because a strong partner in government would soon seize the kingship for himself."

The Barha Sayyids in Muzaffarnagar rose as the de facto rulers of the Mughal empire, under their leaders
Ihtimam-ul-Mulk who deposed the Emperors Jahandar Shah, Farrukhsiyar, Rafi ud-Darajat and Shah Jahan II.^[3]

Qutb-ul-Mulk Hassan Ali Khan Barha

Amir-ul-Umara Hussain Ali Khan Barha

These Sayyeds are descendants of Sayyid Abu'l Farah Al Hussaini Al Wasti who came to India from Wasit (Iraq) in the 11th century along with his four sons who settled in four villages of Punjab, Kundliwaal, Chhatbanur, Tihanpur and Jajner giving names to all four clans of Sadat Barha. Their numbers are highest in Karachi (Pakistan) and Muzaffarnagar (India). The Kundliwal clan mainly live in Mujhera, Hashimpur, and Sikrehra Khola. The Chhatraudi clan mainly live in Sambalhera. Many of them migrated to Pakistan during the partition of India.

Notable people with the surname Al-Zaidi

Muntadhar al-Zaidi (born 1979), Iraqi broadcast journalist who serves as a correspondent for Iraqi-owned, Egyptian-based Al-Baghdadia TV

Notable people with the surname Zaidi

Art and literature

Ali Jawad Zaidi, Urdu poet and writer of India

[ [ Adnan Haider Zaidi]], Research Scientist in USA

Ali Naqi Zaidi (Safi Lakhnavi), Urdu poet of India

Annie Zaidi, India English-language writer

Askari Mian Zaidi (Askari Mian Irani), Pakistani artist, professor at National College of Arts

Mohsin Zaidi, Indian Urdu poet

Mustafa Zaidi, Urdu poet of Pakistan

Nusrat Zaidi, Pakistani Urdu poet

Sajida Zaidi, Indian educationist, Urdu writer and poet

Ustad Sibte Jaafar Zaidi
, poet, professor and head of various institutions in Pakistan

Zahida Zaidi, Indian writer and critic

Architecture

Nayyar Ali Zaidi, Pakistani architect

Government

Shabbar Zaidi, 26th Chairman of Federal Board of Revenue

Ijlal Haider Zaidi, Pakistani civil servant

Ali Haider Zaidi, Pakistani Politician,Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs

Bashir Hussain Zaidi, member of the first Lok Sabha and Vice Chancellor of AMU

Nasim Zaidi
, Chief Election Commissioner of India

Sibte Hasan Zaidi, Indian toxicologist, head of the Industrial Toxicology Research Center

Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi, Chief Election Commissioner of India

Media

Ashar Zaidi, Pakistani broadcast sports journalist

Yumna Zaidi, Pakistani Actress

Hasan Zaidi, Indian television actor

Hussain Zaidi
, Indian journalist and screenwriter

Laila Zaidi, British actress

Tanveer Zaidi, Indian actor, businessman and educationist

Salman Zaidi
, Indian television personality

Shama Zaidi, Indian designer and filmmaker

Zaigham Zaidi, Pakistani photographer

Religion

soazkhawan
of Pakistan

Sibt-e-Jaafar Zaidi, Pakistani educator

Sport

Ashar Zaidi, Pakistani first-class cricketer

Ashish Zaidi, Indian cricketer

Mehdi Hassan Zaidi (Syed Modi), Indian badminton singles champion

Zulqarnain Zaidi
, former Pakistani cricketer

Farhan Zaidi, President of Baseball Operations for the San Francisco Giants

See also

Zaidiyah

Sayyid

Saadat-e-Bara

Wasti
, lists notable people with the surname Wasti

References

^ Article by Sayyid 'Ali ibn 'Ali Al-Zaidi, التاريخ الصغير عن الشيعة اليمنيين (A short History of the Yemenite Shi‘ites, 2005)

^ Sarkar (1912). Anecdotes of Aurangzib: Translated Into English with Notes and Historical Essays. M.C. Sarkar & Sons. p. 54.

ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4
.

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[Sayyid-1] Article by Sayyid 'Ali ibn 'Ali Al-Zaidi, التاريخ الصغير عن الشيعة اليمنيين (A short History of the Yemenite Shi‘ites, 2005)

[2] Sarkar (1912). Anecdotes of Aurangzib: Translated Into English with Notes and Historical Essays. M.C. Sarkar & Sons. p. 54.

[sen2-3] ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4
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