Shahidi

Shahidi
Family name
Pronunciation Sha-HEE-dee
Meaning witness
martyr
Region of origin Central Asia
Language(s) of origin Arabic
Related names Shahid (given name)

Shahidi (Persian: شهیدی‎‎) is a common surname in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Like the given name Shahid, it is a Muslim theophoric name, from Ash-Shaheed (الشهيد), one of the 99 names of God in the Qur'an. It is derived from the Arabic word for witness or martyr in the way of country or honesty .

Sadat Shahidi/ Ale Shahidi

The Shahidi family of Khorasan are a distinguished and influential family that dominated the prominent religious positions in Mashhad for approximately 150 years, and thereby deeply influenced the contemporary history of Iran. They are descended from Ayatollah Mirza Mohammad Mehdi Khorasani (Persian: آيت الله میرزا محمد مهدی حسينی اصفهانی خراسانی شهید رابع‎‎), who traced his lineage to Imam Jafar Sadeq (AS) through Shah Nematollah Vali. In 1803, Mirza Mehdi became the fourth enumerated martyr (shahid) of Shia Islam and, as such, his descendants became known as the Shahidi family. Mirza Mehdi was one of the most distinguished clerics of his time, teaching Theology, Islamic Jurisprudence, Philosophical Sciences and Mathematics. He was also the Custodian of the Shrine of Imam Reza (AS) and the Friday Prayer Leader. In 1927, when family names were chosen in Mashhad, most of Mirza Mehdi's descendants chose a name that contained Shahidi (e.g. Ghavam Shahidi, Nezam Shahidi, Vosough Shahidi, Emami Shahidi, etc.). However, other descendants chose different last names (e.g. Elm al-Hadi, Khorasani, Habibollahi, Habib, etc.).

Notable people with this surname

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