Al-Husayn I ibn Ali [SEP] noble family
Al-Husayn I ibn Ali
Al-Husayn I ibn Ali (1669 – 13 March 1740) (, ; ) was the founder of the Husainid Dynasty, which ruled Tunisia until 1957.
Biography.
Husayn was born a "kouloughli", which is a term used to refer to a Turkish father and a local North African mother. His father was a Turk living in Crete and his mother was a Tunisian. The Husaynids were called "Greek" by Habib Bourguiba.
In 1702 the janissary commander
Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
Ali ibn Husayn (), also known as Zayn al-Abidin (the adornment of the worshippers) and Imam al-Sajjad (The Prostrating Imam), was the fourth Muslim Imam from AhleBait, after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ibn Ali, and his grandfather Ali ibn Abi Talib. Ali ibn Husayn survived the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE, after which he and other surviving family members and companions of Husayn were taken to Yazid I in Damascus.