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Ahmad bin Umar bin Ali bin Ahmad bin Asad Allah Muhammad bin Hasan bin Ali Ba Alawi
Ahmad bin Umar bin Ali bin Ahmad bin Asad Allah Muhammad bin Hasan bin Ali was a Ba Alawi scholar and Qur’an teacher of…
Abdullah bin Husayn bin Muhammad Bafaqih (Mawla Aidid)
Abdullah bin Husayn bin Muhammad Bafaqih, known as Mawla Aidid, was a Ba Alawi scholar born in Tarim.
Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Husayn al-Aydarus
Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Husayn al-Aydarus was a Ba Alawi scholar of Tarim born in 1002 AH.
Abd al-Rahman bin Ali Ba Hasan al-Huwayli
Abd al-Rahman bin Ali Ba Hasan al-Huwayli was a Ba Alawi scholar born in Tarim and associated in later life with al-Qarah in Hadramawt.
Salim bin Ahmad bin Shaykhan
Salim bin Ahmad bin Shaykhan was a Ba Alawi scholar, author and spiritual teacher associated with Mecca.
Ahmad bin Abi Bakr bin Ahmad al-Shilli
Ahmad bin Abi Bakr bin Ahmad al-Shilli was a seventeenth-century Ba Alawi scholar from Tarim.
Abd al-Rahman bin Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf
Abd al-Rahman bin Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf was a Ba Alawi scholar of Tarim known for hadith, jurisprudence, Arabic and the religious sciences.
Abdullah al-Aydarus al-Hafid (d. 1073 AH)
Abdullah al-Aydarus al-Hafid was a Ba Alawi scholar born in Tarim in 1027 AH.
Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Qadir bin Shaykh bin Abdullah al-Aydarus
Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Qadir bin Shaykh bin Abdullah al-Aydarus was a Ba Alawi scholar, historian and author born in Ahmadabad, India, in 978 AH.
Ahmad bin Umar bin Ahmad bin Aqil al-Hinduwan
Ahmad bin Umar bin Ahmad bin Aqil al-Hinduwan was a Ba Alawi scholar born in Tarim from the line of Muhammad Mawla al-Duwayla.