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.
عبيد الله بن أحمد
ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmad
Born in Basra
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
- Muḥammad al-Bāqirمحمد الباقر733
two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
successor of · Muḥammad al-Bāqir to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq · Two independent sources
Sixth Imam (d. 148/765).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L81498-81510, L81801-81803 · agreesJaʿfar b. Muḥammad, born 80; died 148.
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3672-3677 · agreesal-Ṣādiq was al-Bāqir's only child with offspring; born 80, died 148 (147 also given).
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L5685-5694 · agreesOne of the Twelve Imams for the Imāmiyya; born 80 (or 83); died Shawwāl 148 at Medina.
Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765the 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 أحمد
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muḥammad al-Bāqirمحمد الباقر733
two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
successor of · Muḥammad al-Bāqir to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq · Two independent sources
Sixth Imam (d. 148/765).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L81498-81510, L81801-81803 · agreesJaʿfar b. Muḥammad, born 80; died 148.
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3672-3677 · agreesal-Ṣādiq was al-Bāqir's only child with offspring; born 80, died 148 (147 also given).
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L5685-5694 · agreesOne of the Twelve Imams for the Imāmiyya; born 80 (or 83); died Shawwāl 148 at Medina.
Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765the 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 أحمد
Route 3 of 3: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Muḥammad al-Bāqirمحمد الباقر733
two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
successor of · Muḥammad al-Bāqir to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq · Two independent sources
Sixth Imam (d. 148/765).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L81498-81510, L81801-81803 · agreesJaʿfar b. Muḥammad, born 80; died 148.
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3672-3677 · agreesal-Ṣādiq was al-Bāqir's only child with offspring; born 80, died 148 (147 also given).
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L5685-5694 · agreesOne of the Twelve Imams for the Imāmiyya; born 80 (or 83); died Shawwāl 148 at Medina.
Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765the 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 أحمد
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 ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmad
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- ʿAlawī b. ʿUbaydallāhعلوي بن عبيد الله993
the 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.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “ʿUbaydallāh b. Aḥmad”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ubaydallah-b-ahmad (data of 31 October 2026).