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.
مولاي إسماعيل
Mawlāy Ismāʿīl
Died 1139/1727
ʿAlawī sultan 1672-1727
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 2, the best-sourced: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyyaمحمد النفس الزكية762
the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: unnamed generations between 145/762 and the Moroccan Ḥasanī houses (al-Dākhil d. c. 706/1306)sources differ
child of · Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya to al-Ḥasan b. Qāsim al-Dākhil · The community's own account
TDV Hasenîler gives the line through al-Nafs al-Zakiyya to al-Ḥasan al-Dākhil; Filâlîler says only 'descendants' of al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī with no named generations.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, HasenîlerTDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, FilâlîlerChecked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L1749-1758 · silentRecords al-Nafs al-Zakiyya's attested line through ʿAbd Allāh al-Ashtar and rejects other claimants; never mentions al-Ḥasan al-Dākhil.
- Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), ch.4-5, pp.82, 114-115 · silentThe book gives no named generations from al-Nafs al-Zakiyya to the Moroccan Ḥasanī houses.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV Filâlîler: no intermediate generations named, descent presented as established.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Filâlîler
al-Ḥasan b. Qāsim al-Dākhilالحسن الداخل1306the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: Mawlāy ʿAlī al-Sharīf (15th c.), Sharīf b. ʿAlī (from the 1630s) and generations between (TDV Filâlîler)sources differ
child of · al-Ḥasan b. Qāsim al-Dākhil to Mawlāy al-Rashīd · The community's own account
Later Filālī sharīfs (Mawlāy ʿAlī al-Sharīf, 15th c.; Sharīf b. ʿAlī from the 1630s) lead to al-Rashīd (took Fez 1666, d. 1672), then his brother Ismāʿīl (1672-1727).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, FilâlîlerChecked against
- classical sources (Ibn ʿInaba, al-Dhahabī, Ibn Khallikān), n/a#not applicable · silentPredates or falls outside the texts read.
- Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), whole book (search: Tafilalt) · silentNo chapter on Morocco; the Filālī/ʿAlawī sharīfs are not treated.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV: link between ʿAlī al-Sharīf (15th c.) and the 1630s sharīfs is not spelled out.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Filâlîler
- TDV Hasenîler dates the dynasty to 1075/1664.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Hasenîler
Mawlāy al-Rashīdمولاي الرشيد1672the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
child of · Mawlāy al-Rashīd to Mawlāy Ismāʿīl · The community's own account
Brother (listed under 'family').
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, FilâlîlerChecked against
- classical sources (Ibn ʿInaba, al-Dhahabī, Ibn Khallikān), n/a#not applicable · silent17th-c. rulers; outside the texts read.
- Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), whole book · silentNot treated.
Mawlāy Ismāʿīlمولاي إسماعيل1727
Other routes (1)
Route 2 of 2: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyyaمحمد النفس الزكية762
the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: unnamed generations between 145/762 and the Moroccan Ḥasanī houses (al-Dākhil d. c. 706/1306)sources differ
child of · Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya to al-Ḥasan b. Qāsim al-Dākhil · The community's own account
TDV Hasenîler gives the line through al-Nafs al-Zakiyya to al-Ḥasan al-Dākhil; Filâlîler says only 'descendants' of al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī with no named generations.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, HasenîlerTDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, FilâlîlerChecked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L1749-1758 · silentRecords al-Nafs al-Zakiyya's attested line through ʿAbd Allāh al-Ashtar and rejects other claimants; never mentions al-Ḥasan al-Dākhil.
- Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), ch.4-5, pp.82, 114-115 · silentThe book gives no named generations from al-Nafs al-Zakiyya to the Moroccan Ḥasanī houses.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV Filâlîler: no intermediate generations named, descent presented as established.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Filâlîler
al-Ḥasan b. Qāsim al-Dākhilالحسن الداخل1306the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: Mawlāy ʿAlī al-Sharīf (15th c.), Sharīf b. ʿAlī (from the 1630s) and generations between (TDV Filâlîler)sources differ
child of · al-Ḥasan b. Qāsim al-Dākhil to Mawlāy al-Rashīd · The community's own account
Later Filālī sharīfs (Mawlāy ʿAlī al-Sharīf, 15th c.; Sharīf b. ʿAlī from the 1630s) lead to al-Rashīd (took Fez 1666, d. 1672), then his brother Ismāʿīl (1672-1727).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, FilâlîlerChecked against
- classical sources (Ibn ʿInaba, al-Dhahabī, Ibn Khallikān), n/a#not applicable · silentPredates or falls outside the texts read.
- Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), whole book (search: Tafilalt) · silentNo chapter on Morocco; the Filālī/ʿAlawī sharīfs are not treated.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV: link between ʿAlī al-Sharīf (15th c.) and the 1630s sharīfs is not spelled out.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Filâlîler
- TDV Hasenîler dates the dynasty to 1075/1664.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Hasenîler
Mawlāy al-Rashīdمولاي الرشيد1672the community's own accountin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
child of · Mawlāy al-Rashīd to Mawlāy Ismāʿīl · The community's own account
Brother (listed under 'family').
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, FilâlîlerChecked against
- classical sources (Ibn ʿInaba, al-Dhahabī, Ibn Khallikān), n/a#not applicable · silent17th-c. rulers; outside the texts read.
- Morimoto (ed.), Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies (Routledge 2012), whole book · silentNot treated.
Mawlāy Ismāʿīlمولاي إسماعيل1727
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 Mawlāy Ismāʿīl
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Mohammed VILiving, as of Oct 2026محمد السادس
one sourcein The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linesomits: the sovereigns and ancestors between Mawlāy Ismāʿīl and Mohammed VI (not traced)sources differ
child of · Mawlāy Ismāʿīl to Mohammed VI · One source
The Moroccan state's official biography states the royal family traces direct descent from the Prophet and calls Mohammed VI the 23rd sovereign of the ʿAlawī dynasty; this is the house's own account.
the community's own account: Kingdom of Morocco, official biography of H.M. Mohammed VIChecked against
- Wikipedia, Alawi dynasty (via summary), web search 31 Oct 2026 · agreesDynasty described as claiming descent from the Prophet through al-Ḥasan; founder attribution varies (Sharif ibn Ali or Hasan al-Dakhil's line).
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- The dynasty's founder is named variously (Sharīf b. ʿAlī, or the line of Ḥasan al-Dakhil as ancestor) in the references; the sharifian descent itself is the house's own account.Wikipedia, Alawi dynasty
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Mawlāy Ismāʿīl”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/mawlay-ismail (data of 31 October 2026).