Atlas
About this atlas
The atlas holds the chains of transmission from the Prophet as the standard references and the classical sources record them: the Sufi orders, the chains of Qurʾān recitation, the teachers of the schools of law and ḥadīth, and the lines of the Prophet's family, with the places they spread and the living houses and teachers who carry them today. Every link shows its sources; where they differ, both readings are shown, and we do not rule on any community's claims. Ibn ʿArabī's own life, teachers and readers are on their own page.
علوي بن عبيد الله
ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh
Died 383/993
Eponym of the Bā ʿAlawī; died at Sumul, Ḥaḍramawt
Sources for this person
The chain up to the Prophet
Dates are given where the sources give them. Years are CE; the Hijri year is in each name's detail.
Route 1 of 3, the best-sourced: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765
the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, ʿĪsā (per Ibn ʿInaba's ʿUraydī line; the Bā ʿAlawī chain names them)sources differ
child of · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir · The community's own account
The Bā ʿAlawī sayyids are traced to al-Ḥusayn through Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā; TDV Bā Alevî as read links the line to ʿAlī through Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq and does not give the intermediates. Treated as the family's own genealogy.
TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3678, L4635-4646 · silentAttests Jaʿfar, ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī; does not name Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir.
- Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), ch.5 map notes pp.114-115 · silentGives no Bā ʿAlawī genealogy; the book's Ḥaḍramī coverage is ch.3 on the ʿAlawī-Irshādī dispute, not genealogy.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ibn ʿInaba traces al-Ṣādiq's son ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī to Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī, and (L6779-6783) reports al-ʿUmarī's statement that a ʿĪsā al-Azraq al-Rūmī al-ʿUraydī left twelve sons without descendants. The text read does not say whether this is the Bā ʿAlawī ancestor, and does not name Aḥmad al-Muhājir.Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI)
Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājirأحمد بن عيسى المهاجرthe community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
child of · Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir to ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmad · The community's own account
Aḥmad's son ʿUbaydallāh (ʿAbd Allāh), born in Basra.
TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#whole file (grep) · silentNo entry for ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmad or Bā ʿAlawī names found.
ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmadعبيد الله بن أحمدthe community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
child of · ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmad to ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh · The community's own account
ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh, d. 383/993, Sumul, Ḥaḍramawt.
TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#whole file (grep) · silentNo entry for ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh or Bā ʿAlawī names found.
ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāhعلوي بن عبيد الله993
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765
the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, ʿĪsā (per Ibn ʿInaba's ʿUraydī line; the Bā ʿAlawī chain names them)sources differ
child of · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir · The community's own account
The Bā ʿAlawī sayyids are traced to al-Ḥusayn through Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā; TDV Bā Alevî as read links the line to ʿAlī through Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq and does not give the intermediates. Treated as the family's own genealogy.
TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3678, L4635-4646 · silentAttests Jaʿfar, ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī; does not name Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir.
- Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), ch.5 map notes pp.114-115 · silentGives no Bā ʿAlawī genealogy; the book's Ḥaḍramī coverage is ch.3 on the ʿAlawī-Irshādī dispute, not genealogy.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ibn ʿInaba traces al-Ṣādiq's son ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī to Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī, and (L6779-6783) reports al-ʿUmarī's statement that a ʿĪsā al-Azraq al-Rūmī al-ʿUraydī left twelve sons without descendants. The text read does not say whether this is the Bā ʿAlawī ancestor, and does not name Aḥmad al-Muhājir.Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI)
Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājirأحمد بن عيسى المهاجرthe community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
child of · Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir to ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmad · The community's own account
Aḥmad's son ʿUbaydallāh (ʿAbd Allāh), born in Basra.
TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#whole file (grep) · silentNo entry for ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmad or Bā ʿAlawī names found.
ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmadعبيد الله بن أحمدthe community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
child of · ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmad to ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh · The community's own account
ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh, d. 383/993, Sumul, Ḥaḍramawt.
TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#whole file (grep) · silentNo entry for ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh or Bā ʿAlawī names found.
ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāhعلوي بن عبيد الله993
Route 3 of 3: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765
the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, ʿĪsā (per Ibn ʿInaba's ʿUraydī line; the Bā ʿAlawī chain names them)sources differ
child of · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir · The community's own account
The Bā ʿAlawī sayyids are traced to al-Ḥusayn through Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā; TDV Bā Alevî as read links the line to ʿAlī through Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq and does not give the intermediates. Treated as the family's own genealogy.
TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3678, L4635-4646 · silentAttests Jaʿfar, ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī, Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī; does not name Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir.
- Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), ch.5 map notes pp.114-115 · silentGives no Bā ʿAlawī genealogy; the book's Ḥaḍramī coverage is ch.3 on the ʿAlawī-Irshādī dispute, not genealogy.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ibn ʿInaba traces al-Ṣādiq's son ʿAlī al-ʿUraydī to Muḥammad and ʿĪsā al-Rūmī, and (L6779-6783) reports al-ʿUmarī's statement that a ʿĪsā al-Azraq al-Rūmī al-ʿUraydī left twelve sons without descendants. The text read does not say whether this is the Bā ʿAlawī ancestor, and does not name Aḥmad al-Muhājir.Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI)
Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājirأحمد بن عيسى المهاجرthe community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
child of · Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājir to ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmad · The community's own account
Aḥmad's son ʿUbaydallāh (ʿAbd Allāh), born in Basra.
TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#whole file (grep) · silentNo entry for ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmad or Bā ʿAlawī names found.
ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmadعبيد الله بن أحمدthe community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
child of · ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmad to ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh · The community's own account
ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh, d. 383/993, Sumul, Ḥaḍramawt.
TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#whole file (grep) · silentNo entry for ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh or Bā ʿAlawī names found.
ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāhعلوي بن عبيد الله993
How to read the marks
- Two sources: a solid rule. Two independent references give the same link.
- One source: a lighter rule, so labelled.
- The community's own account: a dotted rule. The order tells it; we have not yet read it against a reference source.
- A gap in the rule: the sources omit names between the two. The label says which.
- The sources differ: tap the ≠ to read each reading with its source.
- A ring: a spiritual link, without a meeting (uwaysī).
Who received from ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī (Khāliʿ Qasam line)علي بن علوي1133
the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: about 140 years of generations (TDV)sources differ
child of · ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh to ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī (Khāliʿ Qasam line) · The community's own account
TDV as read names only two links across about 140 years, so intermediate generations are missing from this summary.
TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)Checked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#whole file (grep) · silentNo entry for ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī or Bā ʿAlawī names found.
- Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), whole book · silentNo intermediate generations given for the Bā ʿAlawī line.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV: dates for Tarim settlement given as both 521/1127 and 1166; unclear.TDV, 'Bâ Alevî' (Sâmî es-Sakkâr, 1991, vol. 4, pp. 355-357)
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāh”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/alawi-b-ubaydallah (data of 31 October 2026).