Al-Hashimi (surname)

<p>Al-Hashimi, also transliterated Al-Hashemi , Hashemi, Hashimi, or Hashmi (<a href="/facts/Persian_language/jfUYbHbt">Persian</a>: هاشمی) is an <a href="/facts/Arabic/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a> and <a href="/facts/Persian_language/jfUYbHbt">Persian</a> surname. The definite article <a href="/facts/Al-/cRHRnCMF">Al-</a> usually distinguishes the Arabic from the more numerous form.
</p><p>It is the pronoun form of <a href="/facts/Hashim/4vP5cX4Y">Hashim</a> (<a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: هاشم) and originally designated a member or descendant of the <a href="/facts/Banu_Hashim/IgqYGgzU">Banu Hashim</a> clan of the <a href="/facts/Quraysh_tribe/pzkoyCK8">Quraysh tribe</a>.
The <a href="/facts/Prophets_and_messengers_in_Islam/WPWy6Gdp">Islamic prophet</a>, <a href="/facts/Muhammad/5VcA7XrT">Muhammad</a> was a member of this Arab tribe; his great-grandfather was <a href="/facts/Hashim_ibn_Abd_Manaf/BfuxUv0T">Hashim ibn Abd Manaf</a>, for whom the clan is named. Members of this clan are referred to as <a href="/facts/Hashemites_(disambiguation)/6xEB4Wwb">Hashemites</a>, Hashimis or <a href="/facts/Syeds/g5BAtTrk">Syeds</a>. This refers in particular to:
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<ul><li>the <a href="/facts/Sharifs_of_Mecca/NpfxSasC">Sharifs of Mecca</a>, the rulers of Mecca from the 10th century until 1924. As descendants of <a href="/facts/Hasan_ibn_Ali/FnaD4tHS">Hasan ibn Ali</a>, they belonged to the Bani Hashim.</li>
<li>the <a href="/facts/Hashemites/IESwVa7f">Hashemite royal family</a> of <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Hejaz/TCt9LLhV">Hejaz</a> (1916–1925), <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Iraq/s1XPzxuX">Iraq</a> (1921–1958), and <a href="/facts/Jordan/JC5sS1oJ">Jordan</a> (1921–present). As descendants of <a href="/facts/Sharif_Hussein_ibn_Ali/WN0QFyC4">Sharif Hussein ibn Ali</a>, they belong to the Dhawu Awn, a branch of the Sharifs of Mecca, and therefore also of the Bani Hashim.</li></ul>

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