The Ninety Hashemite al-Qawāsim al-Ḥusaynīs in Sudan

The name refers to ninety-nine noblemen (or "the complete hundred – al-Miʾah") from the descendants of Imām al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī (may Allāh be pleased with them both), who migrated from Iraq/Medina to Egypt and the Maghreb (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco), then returned to Egypt and later to Sudan, where they settled for more than ten centuries. They dedicated themselves to spreading Islam through peace, knowledge, and learning. They were the shaykhs of the Qawāriyya in the proud Sinnar Sultanate, the leaders of the Sinnar pilgrimage caravans to the Ḥijāz, generation after generation, and the chiefs of their people. Their branches are known as al-Maghāriba al-Qawāsima al-Ḥusaynīya ("the Maghrebi al-Qawāsim descendants of al-Ḥusayn").

Lineage:

They are a pure, authentic Ḥusaynī lineage descending directly from Imām al-Ḥusayn (may Allāh be pleased with him).

Their genealogical roots go back to: as-Sayyid ash-Sharīf ʿAlī al-Buṭnān al-Buḥayrī ibn Minhal (Hilāl) ibn Khalaf ibn as-Sayyid Minhal ibn as-Sayyid Muḥammad ibn as-Sayyid ʿAbdir-Raḥmān ibn as-Sayyid al-Qāsim (Fāris al-ʿArab) ibn Idrīs ibn as-Sayyid Jaʿfar az-Zakī ar-Rubḥī ibn al-Imām al-Hādī ibn al-Imām Muḥammad al-Jawād ibn al-Imām ʿAlī ar-Riḍā ibn al-Imām Mūsá al-Kāẓim ibn al-Imām Jaʿfar aṣ-Ṣādiq ibn al-Imām Muḥammad al-Bāqir ibn al-Imām ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (may Allāh be pleased with him) ibn al-Imām as-Sibṭ ash-Shahīd Abū ʿAbdillāh al-Ḥusayn (may Allāh be pleased with him) ibn Amīr al-Muʾminīn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (may Allāh be pleased with him), the husband of Lady al-Batūl Fāṭimah (may Allāh be pleased with her), daughter of the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdillāh al-Hāshimī.

Migration Journey

After unrest and oppression in Egypt nearly 960 years ago at the hands of the Fāṭimids, this generation—eleven noble princes—gathered in the Buḥayrah region. From there, they dispersed across the Muslim world, some of whom settled in Sudan. They entered Dongola in the year 460 AH, after which they spread throughout different states of Sudan.

Some of them moved to al-Buṭāna and then to the confluence of the two Niles (Baḥrī Abū Nugaylah), where their ancestor of the ninety-nine, ʿAdīlah, lived and passed away nearly nine centuries ago.

A large group settled in ad-Dabbah and al-Khalīlah, north of Baḥrī, ten centuries ago, where they built their mosques and takāyā during the era of the Christian Kingdom of Alwa and the Kingdom of Sūbah.

Their traces remain visible in Sudan until today.

Notable Figures

as-Sayyid ʿUthmān ibn Ḥamdullāh: Ancestor of the "Qawm al-Miʾah" east of the Nile, in ad-Dabbah and al-Khalīlah.

His grandson, as-Sayyid al-Ḥājj Maḥmūd al-Majdhūb, Sultan of the Rememberers: Shaykh of the Qawāriyya, known as Ballāʿ ad-Dabīb, Sinnar's Amir of Ḥajj. His descendants inherited leadership in the state of Sinnar and the Funj sajjādah (spiritual institution), documented in royal charters generation after generation.

as-Sayyid ʿUmar al-Mushammis ibn Ḥamdullāh: Ancestor of Qurashī Tām al-Miʾah (Māḥī al-Miʾah), who died five centuries ago in ad-Dabbah and al-Khalīlah.

ad-Sayyid Idrīs ibn Ḥamdullāh: Ancestor of the Tisʿīn ash-Shamāliyya (the Northern Ninety). Among his descendants are the Quraydāb (the sons of Mūsá Qurayd), along with the Daḥwāb Ashrāf.

Geographical Presence

They have descendants in al-Qaḍārif, al-Jazīrah, Northern Sudan, Sinnar, Western Sudan, and elsewhere.

They also lived in Rufāʿa and among the Jaʿaliyyīn.

The sons of Idrīs spread Islam and the Mālikī maḏhab in Dārfūr during the reign of Sulṭān Sulaymān Sūlūnj, and they intermarried with the Jawāmiʿa.

Among their prominent representatives today is Dr. ʿUmar al-Ḥusaynī al-Hāshimī, who is the successor and head of the Ninety Hashemite Ashrāf known as al-Qawāsim al-Ḥusaynīyīn in Sudan, as well as the General Head of the Ṭālibī Ashrāf Union. He has played significant religious, social, and pastoral roles both locally and abroad.

Lineage Verification

Their noble lineage is authenticated in all Ashrāf unions worldwide, documented through genealogical studies and manuscripts inherited for generations, as well as historical research by scholars such as the genealogist Dr. as-Sayyid ʿUmar ibn as-Sayyid al-Khalīfah Mirġanī al-Hilālī al-Qāsimī al-Ḥusaynī.

Their migration and branches are mentioned in ancient manuscripts more than eight centuries old.