Husseini
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Husseini (also spelled Hecini, Hosseini, Hussaini, or Husayni, Arabic: حسیني) is an Arabic surname.
[edit] Etymology
It is a nisba derivation of the given name Hussein. People with the surname claim to be descendants of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad through the lineage of Imam Zainal Abidin son of Imam Hussein.
Hasan ibn Ali and Hussein ibn Ali, who were the sons of his daughter Fatima and son-in-law and Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib. Both Sunnis and Shias claim descent from Muhammad through his grand children.
Husseinis are primarily found in the Arab world, South Asia, Iran and Turkey.
[edit] People
- Adem Hecini, Algerian athlete
- Ahad Hosseini, Iranian Azeri sculptor
- Ayatollah al-Husaini al-Sistani, Grand Ayatollah
- Arif Hussain Hussaini, Pakistani politician
- Faisal Husseini, Palestinian politician
- Homa Hosseini, Iranian rower
- Hussein el-Husseini, Lebanese statesman
- Jalal Hosseini, Iranian footballer
- Kamil al-Husayni, Palestinian judge
- Khaled Hosseini, American novelist and physician
- Mansooreh Hosseini, Iranian contemporary artist
- Mehdi Hosseini, Persian composer
- Mohammed al-Husseini, Lebanese-Canadian member of Hezbollah
- Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, Palestinian Arab nationalist
- M. Yousuff Hussaini, American applied mathematician
- Rana Husseini, Jordanian journalist
- Safiya Hussaini, Nigerian prisoner
- Shamseddin Hosseini, Iranian politician
- Syed Shah Mohammed Hussaini, Indian educationalist
[edit] See also
- Hussein
- Al-Husayni, Palestinian Arab clan
- Hussaini (Hunza), Valley in Pakistan
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