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Rizvi

Rizvi or Razavi is the Urdu variant of the Arabic surname Ridawi and the Persian surname Razavi. It is a Muslim surname commonly associated with the branch of Husaynids, who claim descent from the Imam Ali al-Rida, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Husayn ibn Ali and Hasan ibn Ali. Since the Rizvi clan traces their lineage to Fatimah, many of them often use the prefix Sayyid before their name.

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Rizvi or Ridhwi
رِضوي
Adnan
EthnicityArab
Nisbaal-Musawi al-Ridhwi al-Taghwi or Taqvi
Location
Descended fromAl-Musawi, Kazmi, Rizvi, Taqvi
Parent tribeBanu Hashim
BranchesMusawi,Kazmi,Rizvi,Taqvi,Al-Mushhadi
LanguageArabic
ReligionShia Islam
SurnamesShah, Syed,Al-Musawi , Kazmi, Rizvi,Taqvi,Mashhad/al-Mashhad

Rizvi or Razavi (Arabic/Urdu: رضوي) is the Urdu variant of the Arabic surname Ridawi and the Persian surname Razavi. It is a Muslim surname commonly associated with the branch of Husaynids, who claim descent from the Imam Ali al-Rida, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Husayn ibn Ali (patrilinealy, through his great great-grandfather Ali Zayn al-Abidin, who was the son of Husayn) and Hasan ibn Ali (through his great great-grandmother, Fatima bint Hasan, who was the daughter of Hasan). Since the Rizvi clan traces their lineage to Fatimah (the prophet's daughter), many of them often use the prefix Sayyid (or its synonyms) before their name.

Notable people with the surname

Rizvi or Razavi

Kazmi or Musawi

  • Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi (1617–1705), known as Bari Imam, Qalanderi poet and philosopher of Fiqh E Jafria IthnaAshria