Hasanids
The Ḥasanids are the descendants of Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, brother of Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī and grandson of Muhammad. They are a branch of the Alids, and one of the two most important branches of the .
In Morocco, the term is particularly applied to the descendants of Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, to distinguish them from the Idrisid dynasty, which is also of Ḥasanid descent. The Moroccan Ḥasanids proper have produced two dynasties, the Saadi dynasty, and the Alawite dynasty, which still reigns over the country.
Dynasties
Notable Ḥasanid dynasties in the Muslim world include:- Alawite dynasty of Morocco
- Alavid dynasty of Tabaristan
- Banu Ukhaidhir of Central Arabia
- Bolkiah dynasty of Brunei
- Hammudid dynasty of Southern Spain
- Idrisid dynasty of Morocco
- the various dynasties providing the Sharifs of Mecca; including the Hashemites of the Hejaz, Syria, and Iraq, now ruling only in Jordan
- Rassid dynasty of Yemen
- Saadi dynasty of Morocco
- Senussid dynasty of Algeria and Libya
- Sulaymanids of Mecca, Jizan, and Yemen
- Sulaymanid dynasty of Western Algeria