Calling All Researchers of the Kawayne Family
Are you a descendant of Hasan Kawayni (aka Kawayne, Kilwayne)? Or are you a researcher interested in the Ashraf of Ogaden and Somalia?
What is some work that you can do to help the Kawayni tribe?
1. Can anyone take photos of the grave of Hasan Kawayni, his children, or his father Umar? The locations of their graves are allegedly in locations known as Fayr-fayr and Wayr-Dayr. Do they have tombstones that mention their lineage (nasab)? As this book and genealogists of the Ashraf explain, tombstones are some of the best historical proofs for establishing the lineage of a person.
2. Does anyone have any documentary proof of his lineage? The Ba'Alawi tribe in Tarim will not recognize the ancestry of Hasan Kawayni until the tribe can show documented, historical evidence like a Contract, Waqf or any document signed by a Qadi (judge) from previous centuries which shows proof that Hasan Kawayni was a Sharif and the descendent of the Ba'Alawis.
3. Did any foreign writers or researchers (from Europe, the Middle East, Africa) meet the descendants of Hasan Kawayni and mention them in their writings over the centuries?
Please email me if you have any of these documents.
Why is this documentary proof important?
1. If Ali and Fatima are considered the first ancestors (level 1), Hasan and Husayn (level 2), Zayn al-Abidin (level 3), counting all the way down: Shaykhān b. ‘Alawī is considered (level 29). The lineage between Shaykhān b. ‘Alawī and Hasan Kawayni requires revision and cannot be correct because there are simply too many names.
How do I know there are too many names?
(a) The Quran manuscript mentions Zayn "ibn" Abidin - (Zayn al-Abidin is one person not two!)
(b) The Quran manuscript mentions Abdallah b. Ahmad b. Ahmad b. Isa (Same error, Ahmad is one person not two!). We know (a) and (b) because we have so many other historical sources to help us.
(c) It mentions : Abdullah b. 'Ubayd b. Ali b. Muhammad (when Abdullah is one not two! Ubayd is a nickname)
(d) Now for our main problem: Hasan Kawayni b. Umar b. Ali b. Adam b. Ibrahim b. Musa b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Alawi b. (#29) Shaykhān
Problem with (d): Besides this old Quran, we have no other proof for this lineage. We need to verify it with other sources. If those sources are more accurate then they can rectify the large number of names. For example, "Muhammad" is mentioned four times, which is highly unusual. "Adam" and "Ibrahim" are also unusual names in the Ba'Alawi tribe in Tarim.
Next, the great-granddaughter of Hasan al-Kawayni (if the tree is correct) is Ayute bint Hajji Aliyye b. Sā‘id b. Hasan Kawayni b. Umar. Ayute married a Muslim ruler of Cambate, and their descendants ruled as the Oyeta dynasty (named after her) and were recognized as noblemen centuries later. Ayute's husband Hamalmal met a Jesuit priest (Manoel de Almeida) who visited the region in 1614 CE according to the priest's diary, which has been translated into English.
If the great-granddaughter of Hasan Kawayne lived in the 1600s, then there is no way Shaykhān could have lived in the 1500s or 1400s CE given the number of names between them.
Muhammad Mawla al-Dawayla (#21 in the tree) died in 765 AH/1363 CE. This means his 8th generation descendant, (#29) Shaykhān, lived at least two hundred years after him (in the 1500s CE). This provides a big chronological problem because this leaves Shaykhān - Hasan Kawayne - and Ayute all living in about the same era if not the same century. The only solution for this tree to make any historical sense is to review the lineage between Hasan Kawayne and Shaykhān - as the genealogists of Tarim have requested. There cannot be more than 2-5 generations between them.
2. The only record we have for the Kawayni lineage is the old Quran inherited by the Kawayni family shown below. This is the only source of evidence that mentions the current lineage and it comes solely from the those "making the claim." For the lineage to be accepted by the Ba'Alawi family in Tarim, there must be supporting evidence from outsiders who can substantiate this claim. For example, a government official, a judge, a historian, or two witnesses who mentioned or recognized the Kawayni lineage in documents.
3. Shaykhān b. ‘Alawī (level 29) is the last Ba'Alawi mentioned in the family tree in Tarim. It is not a coincidence that the family tree mentions that he traveled to East Africa (Sawāhīl). However, according to the records in Tarim, his children died out. Of course this can be a mistake given when there is no communication between a branch and the tribe in Tarim, but that is why it is important for the Kawayne family to find further evidence linking them to Shaykhān b. ‘Alawī.
What is some work that you can do to help the Kawayni tribe?
1. Can anyone take photos of the grave of Hasan Kawayni, his children, or his father Umar? The locations of their graves are allegedly in locations known as Fayr-fayr and Wayr-Dayr. Do they have tombstones that mention their lineage (nasab)? As this book and genealogists of the Ashraf explain, tombstones are some of the best historical proofs for establishing the lineage of a person.
2. Does anyone have any documentary proof of his lineage? The Ba'Alawi tribe in Tarim will not recognize the ancestry of Hasan Kawayni until the tribe can show documented, historical evidence like a Contract, Waqf or any document signed by a Qadi (judge) from previous centuries which shows proof that Hasan Kawayni was a Sharif and the descendent of the Ba'Alawis.
3. Did any foreign writers or researchers (from Europe, the Middle East, Africa) meet the descendants of Hasan Kawayni and mention them in their writings over the centuries?
Please email me if you have any of these documents.
Why is this documentary proof important?
1. If Ali and Fatima are considered the first ancestors (level 1), Hasan and Husayn (level 2), Zayn al-Abidin (level 3), counting all the way down: Shaykhān b. ‘Alawī is considered (level 29). The lineage between Shaykhān b. ‘Alawī and Hasan Kawayni requires revision and cannot be correct because there are simply too many names.
How do I know there are too many names?
(a) The Quran manuscript mentions Zayn "ibn" Abidin - (Zayn al-Abidin is one person not two!)
(b) The Quran manuscript mentions Abdallah b. Ahmad b. Ahmad b. Isa (Same error, Ahmad is one person not two!). We know (a) and (b) because we have so many other historical sources to help us.
(c) It mentions : Abdullah b. 'Ubayd b. Ali b. Muhammad (when Abdullah is one not two! Ubayd is a nickname)
(d) Now for our main problem: Hasan Kawayni b. Umar b. Ali b. Adam b. Ibrahim b. Musa b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Alawi b. (#29) Shaykhān
Problem with (d): Besides this old Quran, we have no other proof for this lineage. We need to verify it with other sources. If those sources are more accurate then they can rectify the large number of names. For example, "Muhammad" is mentioned four times, which is highly unusual. "Adam" and "Ibrahim" are also unusual names in the Ba'Alawi tribe in Tarim.
Next, the great-granddaughter of Hasan al-Kawayni (if the tree is correct) is Ayute bint Hajji Aliyye b. Sā‘id b. Hasan Kawayni b. Umar. Ayute married a Muslim ruler of Cambate, and their descendants ruled as the Oyeta dynasty (named after her) and were recognized as noblemen centuries later. Ayute's husband Hamalmal met a Jesuit priest (Manoel de Almeida) who visited the region in 1614 CE according to the priest's diary, which has been translated into English.
If the great-granddaughter of Hasan Kawayne lived in the 1600s, then there is no way Shaykhān could have lived in the 1500s or 1400s CE given the number of names between them.
Muhammad Mawla al-Dawayla (#21 in the tree) died in 765 AH/1363 CE. This means his 8th generation descendant, (#29) Shaykhān, lived at least two hundred years after him (in the 1500s CE). This provides a big chronological problem because this leaves Shaykhān - Hasan Kawayne - and Ayute all living in about the same era if not the same century. The only solution for this tree to make any historical sense is to review the lineage between Hasan Kawayne and Shaykhān - as the genealogists of Tarim have requested. There cannot be more than 2-5 generations between them.
2. The only record we have for the Kawayni lineage is the old Quran inherited by the Kawayni family shown below. This is the only source of evidence that mentions the current lineage and it comes solely from the those "making the claim." For the lineage to be accepted by the Ba'Alawi family in Tarim, there must be supporting evidence from outsiders who can substantiate this claim. For example, a government official, a judge, a historian, or two witnesses who mentioned or recognized the Kawayni lineage in documents.
3. Shaykhān b. ‘Alawī (level 29) is the last Ba'Alawi mentioned in the family tree in Tarim. It is not a coincidence that the family tree mentions that he traveled to East Africa (Sawāhīl). However, according to the records in Tarim, his children died out. Of course this can be a mistake given when there is no communication between a branch and the tribe in Tarim, but that is why it is important for the Kawayne family to find further evidence linking them to Shaykhān b. ‘Alawī.
١ - النسب ما بين السيد الشريف حسن الكويني
الى شيخان بن علوي ما زال يحتاج الى التصحيح. عندما زرت آل عبد الرحمن
باعبود في تريم نظرت الى انسابهم و وجدت ان نسبهم وصل الى درجة ٣٨ او ٤٠ و
نسبنا وصل الى اكثر من ٥٢. معناه انه يوجد زيادة في نسبنا كثيرا.
٢ - المخطوط القديم الذي اعتمدنا عليه كان
عنده زيادات واضحة مثلا كُتب فيها أحمد المهاجر مرتين و كُتب " زين بن
عابدين" . هذه علامة انه يوجد زيادات في المخطوط
٣ - بعض الاسماء من اجداد الشريف حسن الكويني غريب جدا في ثقافة ال باعلوي مثلا اسم "ادم " و ابراهيم و اكرار اسم محمد ثلاثة مرة
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- شيخان بن علوي كان حيا في قرن العاشر . و آيته بنت الحاج علي بن ساعد
تزوجت من رئيس كمباتا في ايثويبيا في قرن الحادي العشر يعني 1600 ميلادي
ومات زوجها في سنة 1614 ميلادي. واولادها اشراف كمباتا يسمون القبيلة
باسمها. ما هو قصدي؟ يعني عندنا وثائق تاريخية انها كانت ملكة كمباتا في
1020 هجري. ومعناها ان ابوها الحاج علي بن ساعد كان حيا قبل ذلك. فاذا لا
يمكن ان يكون بينه و بين شيخان بن علوي الذي عاش قبله مائة سنة اكثر من ٤
او ٥ اجداد. فهو مرفوض عقلا ان يكون ١٢ اجداد بينهما كما هو مكتوب في الشجرة . لا بد من حذف بعض الاسماء - يمكن بعضهم اسماء الاخوة ؟؟ الوثائق
عندنا في زواج بنت الحاج علي هي المسيحين من برتغال الذين زاروا البلد في
عام 1614 والحمد لله
ما
هي الغاية من كلامي كلها؟ لا بد من تصحيح و بينات . في هذه السنوات هل
وجدتم بينات في الارض الشريفة التي دفن فيها الشهيد الحسن الكويني؟ هل
مكنكم السفر الى فرفر او ويردر؟ هل يوجد مخطوطات او وثائق اخرى تبين النسب؟
هل يمكن السفر الآن؟
posted by Syed Alawi at 1:36 PM
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