Note 129 — APPENDICES. (continued 3)

The “Sherîfs” or “Shereefs,” in a special, princely or official sense, are lineal descendants of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima who was married to A’li, and have, perhaps, even a higher claim to the respect of the Faithful, than ordinary descendants or “Sayads.” The Grand Shereef of Mecca, the Shereefian dynasty of Morocco, the Shereef of Wazan, who also bears the title, like the Emperor of Morocco, of “Muláy,” or “Maulái,” show the great extent of the “House of A’li.”