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| | Sayyid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Sayyid (also rendered as Sayid, Said or, in Malaysia and the The Subcontinent, as Syed) is an honorific title often given to descendants of The Prophet through his grandson, Husain and Hasan (Descendants of Hasan were known as Sharif in the Arab world.). |
 | | In the Arab world itself, with the exception of Iraq, the word is still used as a substitute for Mister, as in Syed John Smith. |
 | | There are also Hashimi Syeds, those who are the descendents of Abu Talib, uncle of the Prophet Mohammad, from his sons Jafar, Aqeel and Talib. |
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