Marashi (surname)

Marashi (Persian: مرعشی‎) is an Arabic-Persian family name indicating ancestry from Ali al-Marash, the grandson of the fourth Shia imam, Ali ibn Husayn, also known as Zayn al-Abidin. The surname is generally associated with a clan of Shi'ite Muslims who are descended from Ali ibn Husayn, who himself was a great-grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Today, members of the Marashi clan are mostly found in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Kashmir and the UAE.

For the village in Iran, see Marashi, Iran.

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