Note 466 — THE JEWISH KAZI AND HIS PIOUS WIFE.
Richard Francis Burton translation
As a rule (much disputed) the Sayyid is a descendant from Mohammed through his grandchild Hasan, and is a man of the pen; whereas the Sharif derives from Husayn and is a man of the sword. The Najíb al-taraf is the son of a common Moslemah by a Sayyid, as opposed to the “Najib al-tarafayn,” when both parents are of Apostolic blood. The distinction is not noticed in Lane’s “Modern Egyptians.” The Sharif is a fanatic and often dangerous, as I have instanced in Pilgrimage iii. 132.