Al-Zahrani

Al-Zahrani, al-Zahrani or Alzahrani (Arabic: الزهراني) is a surname in Saudi Arabia belonging to the royal Zahran tribe.

The Zahran tribe is one of the oldest and largest Arab tribes. They dominated the world in the pre-Islamic times and even after Islam. They were the first Arab Kings over Iraq, Oman, Levant, Andalusia and Persia.

They’ve also helped Al Saud establish Saudi Arabia as they were a strong ally along with other tribes making Saudi Arabia the only Arab country that has never been colonized by any European power.

Notable people with the surname include

• Abu Hurayra was one of the companions of Islamic prophet Muhammad and the most prolific narrator of hadith.(c. 603–681)
• Fatimah bint Sa’ad, third great grandmother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
• Āmir Al Jadir (translation: Aamir the wall-mason), is said to be the first to reconstruct the walls of the Kaaba after Abraham and Ishmael, and is the father of the clan of Banu Āmir[22]
• Malik ibn Fehm, pre-Islamic king and founder of Oman and Tanukh[21]
• Ahmed ibn Sa’eed Al Busaidi, Imam and founder of the Al Busaid Dynasty (House of Al Said)
• Jamaz ibn Malik, pre-Islamic poet and king.
• Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, Arabian lexicographer and philologist who made the first dictionary of the Arabic language.
• Fahad Al-Zahrani (born 1979), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Khamis Al-Zahrani (born 1976), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Saad Al-Zahrani (born 1980), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Saeed Al-Zahrani (footballer, born 1992), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Saeed Al-Zahrani (footballer, born 1995), Saudi Arabian footballer

See also

• Yasser Talal Al Zahrani (1984–2006), Saudi Arabian man detained in Guantanamo Bay