Al-Qazwini family

House of Qazwini
آل القزويني

Qazwinis
Founded1783; 241 years ago (1783) in Karbala
FounderMuhammad-Baqir al-Qazwini
Muhammad-Ali al-Qazwini
Current headMurtadha al-Qazwini

The family of al-Qazwini (Arabic: آل القزويني, romanized: ʾĀl al-Qazwīnī), also transliterated in a number of other ways, including al-Qazweeni or al-Qazvini are an Iraqi religious Shia family that settled in Karbala from Qazvin, in the late 18th century.[1]

The family rose to great prominence in Iraq .[2] Members of the family are notable for being the Ayatollahs of Karbala. Some of its members are founders of a number of Islamic centres in the United States.[3][4] Additionally the family claim agnatic descent from Muhammad's daughter Fatimah, carrying the honorific title of Sayyid, and the children of the females of this family whose fathers are non Sayyids carry the title Mirza.

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  2. ^ Khalidi, Rashid (2008-01-06). "Red, White, Blue and Green". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  3. ^ "About us – The Islamic Institute of America". Archived from the original on 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  4. ^ "Start of IECOC". IECOC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2020-04-08.