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sayyid
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also sayid, Islamic title of honor, applied to descendants of Hussein, Muhammad's grandson, 1788, from Arabic sayyid "lord, chief," perhaps literally "speaker, spokesman."
Wikipedia
Sayyid (also spelled "Seyd", "Syed", "Sayed", "Sayyad", "Sayyed", "Saiyid", "Seyed", "Said" and "Seyyed") (, ; meaning Mister) (plural Sadah , , also spelled "Sadat") is an honorific title denoting males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhammad's daughter Fatimah and his son-in-law Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib). Conventionally, descent is patrilineal.
Daughters of sayyids are given the titles Sayyida, Alawiyah, or Sharifa. In some regions of the Islamic world, e.g., India, the descendants of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) are given the title Amir or Mir, meaning "commander", "general", or "prince". Children of Sayyida mother but a non Sayyid father are referred to as Mirza.
In the Arab world, it is the equivalent of the English word " liege lord" or "master" when referring to a descendant of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم), as in Sayyid Ali Sultan. This is the reason the word sidi (from the contracted form sayyidī, 'my liege') is used in the Arabic.
Although not verified many Arabic language experts state that it has its roots in the word "Al Asad" meaning "Lion" probably because of qualities of valour and leadership.
In the early period, the Arabs used the term Sayyid and Sharif to denote descendants from both Hasan and Husayn. However, in the modern era, the term 'Sharif' (for female it is called ''Sharifah '') has been used to denote descendants from Hasan and the term 'Sayyid' (for female it is called Sayyidah) has been used to denote descendants from Husayn.
Although reliable statistics are unavailable, conservative estimates put the number of Sayyids in the tens of millions.
Sayyid (, , also transliterated as Sayed, or Syed, ) is a masculine given name derived from the title Sayyid, it is not to be confused with the similar looking name Sayid (often spelled Saeed, ). These people are not necessarily considered to be Sayyid; they only use Sayyid as a given name. Some people however with the name may be considered as being Sayyid (males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husain ibn Ali).
Usage examples of "sayyid".
More ominously, the activist Shia Islam preached by the leader of the revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, threatened to upset the delicate Sunni-Shia balance in Iraq, and a hostile Iran would threaten Iraqi security in the Gulf.
In the summer of 1980, Saddam Husayn ordered the executions of presumed Ad Dawah leader Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Baqr as Sadr and his sister.
Sayyid felt a cold sweat trickling between his shoulders, as though an enraged Tusker were breathing down his back.
It is Ashura, the tenth day of Muhurram, according to a real-time clock still tuned to the pace of a different era: the one thousand, three hundred and fortieth anniversary of the martyrdom of the third Imam, the Sayyid ash-Shuhada.
It is Ashura, the tenth day of Muhurram, according to a real-time clock still tuned to the pace of a different era: the one thousand, three hundred and fortieth anniversary of the martyrdom of the Third Imam, the Sayyid ash-Shuhada.
Mau-dudi and Sayyid Qutb, they declared jihad against the forces of heresy and degeneracy, and he was with them.
The almost general veneration of the sayyids and sherifs, as the descendants of Mohammed are entitled, is due to this influence.
Ibn Taimiyyah, through the founders of Wahhabism, through the Muslim Brotherhood, to Sayyid Qutb.
In his stateroom four decks down, Maja bin Sayyid was on the phone to General al Hez, who had returned to Ahman with the body.