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.
علي بن علوي
ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī (Khāliʿ Qasam line)
Died 527/1133 · Tarīm
First of the family to settle at Tarim (521/1127) per TDV as read
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
- Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājirأحمد بن عيسى المهاجر
the 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 الله993the 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)
ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī (Khāliʿ Qasam line)علي بن علوي1133
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājirأحمد بن عيسى المهاجر
the 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 الله993the 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)
ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī (Khāliʿ Qasam line)علي بن علوي1133
Route 3 of 3: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā al-Muhājirأحمد بن عيسى المهاجر
the 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 الله993the 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)
ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī (Khāliʿ Qasam line)علي بن علوي1133
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 ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī (Khāliʿ Qasam line)
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddamالفقيه المقدم محمد بن علي1255
the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
child of · ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī (Khāliʿ Qasam line) to Muḥammad b. ʿAlī, al-Faqīh al-Muqaddam · The community's own account
Al-Faqīh al-Muqaddam is Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad; father not named in the text read.
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 al-Faqīh al-Muqaddam or Bā ʿAlawī names found.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “ʿAlī b. ʿAlawī (Khāliʿ Qasam line)”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ali-b-alawi (data of 31 October 2026).