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Muhammad Ali bin Harun bin Hasan Ba Alawi
Muhammad Ali bin Harun bin Hasan was a scholar of the Ba Alawi tradition in Tarim.
Abu Bakr bin Abdullah al-Aydarus
Abu Bakr bin Abdullah al-Aydarus was a prominent Ba Alawi scholar born in Tarim in 851 AH (1447 CE).
Abu Bakr bin Abd al-Rahman bin Shihab al-Din Ba Alawi
Abu Bakr bin Abd al-Rahman bin Shihab al-Din was a Ba Alawi scholar of Tarim, widely known in his family as Ibn Shihab.
Abu Bakr bin Said bin Abu Bakr Ba Alawi
Abu Bakr bin Said bin Abu Bakr was a Ba Alawi scholar from Qasam in Hadramawt.
Abu Bakr bin Ahmad Ba Alawi
Abu Bakr bin Ahmad was a Ba Alawi scholar born in Tarim in 990 AH.
Muhammad al-Baqir bin Umar bin Aqil Ba Alawi
Muhammad al-Baqir bin Umar bin Aqil was a Ba Alawi scholar born in Tarim in 1026 AH.
Abu Bakr bin Alawi bin Abdullah Ba Alawi
Abu Bakr bin Alawi bin Abdullah was a Ba Alawi scholar of Tarim, remembered in al-Mashra al-Rawi by the epithet al-Shaybah.
Abu Bakr bin Umar al-Aydarus
Abu Bakr bin Umar al-Aydarus was a Ba Alawi figure of Tarim from the al-Aydarus family.
Abu Bakr bin Muhammad Ba Shayban Ba Alawi
Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin Hasan was a Ba Alawi scholar of Tarim known as Shayban and identified by al-Mashra al-Rawi as an ancestor…
Abu Bakr bin Ali bin Muhammad Kharid Ba Alawi
Abu Bakr bin Ali bin Muhammad Kharid was a Ba Alawi scholar of Tarim.