Alawi

Alawi (علوي), also transliterated as Alevi, Alevi, Alavi, Alvi, Alawid, or Alawite (Alaouite), is an adjective denoting "of or related to Ali", the Prophet Muhammad's cousin. As a proper noun it is used by individuals, dynasties, places, and religious sects and organizations who identify as being either descendants or followers of Ali. It may refer to:

Places

 * Alawi (sheikhdom), a historic principality in Yemen
 * Alawi Sultanate, the pre-colonial state in Morocco ruled by the Alawi dynasty
 * Alawite State, a French mandate territory in the coastal area of present-day Syria
 * Alavi, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran

Dynasties

 * Alawids, the descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib, through his wives whom he married after the death of Fatima, the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
 * Alawi dynasty, the current royal family of Morocco since the 17th century
 * Alawiyya dynasty, the former royal family of Egypt and Sudan
 * Alavids, the Zaydi Alid dynasty of Tabaristan in northern Iran during the 9th and 10th centuries
 * Ba 'Alawi sada, a family and social group in Yemen and descendants of Imam Ahmad al-Muhajir through Alawi bin Ubaydillah

Religion

 * Alawites, a minority sect in Syria, also known as Nusayris
 * Aleviler in Turkey
 * Alevis, a Shia minority sect in Turkey
 * Bektashiyyah, a related school or sect in Turkey and the Balkans
 * Kızılbaşlar, a sub-sect of the Alevis
 * Alavi Bohra, an Tayyibi-Isma'ili Shia minority sect in India and Pakistan
 * Ba 'Alawiyya, a Sunni Sufi order in Yemen, also known as Tariqa Alawiyya

Other uses

 * Alawi (name), a surname and given name
 * Alavi (surname), a surname
 * Hawaiʻi creeper, also known as ʻalawī