Husaynids

The Husaynids are a part of the Alids and are descendants of Husayn ibn Ali who is the grandson of Muhammad. They and the Hasanids form the two main branches of the Alid family.

Family tree

Muhammad (Islamic prophet and messenger)

Khadijah bint Khuwaylid

Fatimah

Ali (1st Imam in Shia) (Rashidun Caliph in Sunni)

Muhsin ibn Ali

Hasan ibn Ali (Sunni Rashidun Caliph) (Imam in Twelver/Zaidi and Musta'li Shia)

Husayn ibn Ali (Imam in Twelver/Zaidi and Musta'li/Nizari Shia)

Umm Kulthum bint Ali

Zaynab bint Ali

Shahrbanu

Rubab bint Imra al-Qais

Layla bint Abi Murrah al-Thaqafi

Umm Ishaq bint Talhah

Fatima Sughra

Sakinah bint Husayn

Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn

Sukayna bint Husayn

Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn

Fatimah bint Husayn

Mother of ‘Umar

Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin 4th Twelver/Zaidi and 3rd Musta'li/Nizari Imam

Fatimah bint Hasan

Jayda al-Sindhi

Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn

‘Umar al-Ashraf

Muhammad al-Baqir 5th Twelver and 4th Musta'li/Nizari Imam

Umm Farwah bint al-Qasim (Umm Farwa)

Zayd ibn Ali 5th Zaidi Imam

Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn

‘Alī

Hamidah Khatun

Ja'far al-Sadiq 6th Twelver and 5th Musta'li/Nizari Imam

Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali

Zaynab bint Husayn

al-Ḥasan

Musa al-Kadhim 7th Twelver Imam

Abdullah al-Aftah

Isma'il ibn Ja'far 6th Musta'li/Nizari Imam

Unknown

Umm Kulthum bint Husayn

‘Alī

Ummul Banīn Najmah

al-Nāṣir al-Kabīr

Ali al-Ridha 8th Twelver Imam

Sabīkah a.k.a. Khayzurān

Muhammad ibn Isma'il 7th Sevener/Musta'li/Nizari Imam

Fatima

Sumānah

Muhammad al-Jawad 9th Twelver Imam

Unknown

Ahmad al-Wafi 8th Musta'li/Nizari Imam

Other issue

Ali al-Hadi 10th Twelver Imam

Hâdise (Hadīthah) / Suzan (Sūsan) / Sevil (Savīl)

Other issue

Muhammad at-Taqi 9th Musta'li/Nizari Imam

Unknown

Hasan al-Askari 11th Twelver Imam

Narjis

Radi Abdullah 10th Musta'li/Nizari Imam

Muhammad al-Mahdi 12th Twelver Imam