Ali bin Husayn bin Umar bin Husayn bin Umar was a Ba Alawi scholar born in Lahj in Yemen. Al-Mashra al-Rawi records that he grew up there, memorised the Quran and studied with a number of scholars and spiritual teachers before travelling to Mecca.
In the Holy City he studied with a broad scholarly circle that included Ahmad bin Ibrahim Allan, Muhammad bin Ali Allan, Umar bin Abd al-Rahim al-Basri, Muhammad al-Habashi known as al-Ghazali, Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Hadi bin Shihab and Muhammad Makki bin Farrukh. He also visited Medina repeatedly and studied there with Ahmad al-Qushashi and Muhammad bin Alawi.
Ali eventually settled in Mecca. The primary biography presents him as a scholar devoted to prayer, Quran recitation, study and service, and notes that he assembled a substantial library which he endowed for students of knowledge. It also preserves devotional descriptions of his piety and the reverence in which he was held; these are treated as part of the received traditional biography.
Al-Mashra al-Rawi records that Ali died in 1069 AH while returning from a visit to Medina and was carried for burial at Jeddah. Independent modern scholarship on the teaching network of Muhammad Makki bin Farrukh identifies the same Ali bin Husayn bin Umar bin Husayn bin Umar as a Yemeni scholar from Lahj, while a Hadrami scholarly chronology independently records Ali bin Husayn bin Umar Ba Alawi dying in 1069 AH.
Lineage and source note
Primary source: Al-Mashra al-Rawi fi Manaqib al-Sada al-Kiram Al Abi Alawi, volume 2, full mapped biography section. The source explicitly preserves his Ba Alawi lineage, Lahj origin, Meccan and Medinan study, scholarly library endowment and death in 1069 AH. Independent modern scholarship corroborates the exact multi-generation name and Lahj/Mecca scholarly setting; a separate Hadrami chronology independently gives the same 1069 AH death year.
Scholarly connections
The primary source names numerous teachers in Mecca and Medina. None is linked to a live BaAlawi profile unless the corresponding historical person can be resolved exactly; no relationship is inferred from surname or chronology alone.