In 2022, anti-government protestors in Iran knocked off black turbans indicating this status to scholars. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this status designated by the terms Sayyid (“sigh-eed”) and Sharīf, whose broadest definition is connected to the Banū Hāshim.
ANSWER: descendents of Muhammad [or Ahl al-Bayt; accept descriptions of a person being related to Muhammad; accept Muhammad’s bloodline; accept Muhammad’s family; prompt on descendents of Ali or Husayn or Hasan with “With what person does the descent typically start from?”]
[10e] Iranians with the surname Moosavi or Razavi claim descent from two of these people. The largest community of Shi’a’s believe that the Mahdi is the last of a series of these people beginning with Ali and who can rule over sharia law.
ANSWER: imams [accept the Twelve Imams; prompt on Twelvers]
[10e] In the Ottoman Empire, teseyyüd were people who claimed to be Sayyid for exemptions from one of these policies. The Quran outlined one of these policies called the jizya so non-Muslims could pay for their protection in a caliphate.
ANSWER: taxes [accept taxation; accept tribute]
<Ganon Evans, RMP - Islam> ~20169~ <Editor: Athena Kern>