'''Al-Hashimi''', also transliterated '''Al-Hashemi''' ({{langx|ar|الهاشمي}}), '''Hashemi''', '''Hashimi,''' or '''Hashmi''' ({{langx|fa|هاشمی}}) is an Arabic and Persian surname.<ref name="np"> [https://forebears.io/surnames/al-hashimi Al-Hashimi], [https://forebears.io/surnames/al-hashemi Al-Hashemi], [https://forebears.io/surnames/hashemi Hashemi], [https://forebears.io/surnames/hashimi Hashemi], [https://forebears.io/surnames/hashmi Hashmi] surname distribution at {{Cite web |url=http://forebears.io/surnames/al-hashimi |title=Forebears.io |accessdate=2018-01-15 |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.namespedia.com/details/Alhashimi |title=Statistics and meaning of name Alhashimi |accessdate=2018-01-15 |work=namespedia.com |publisher=}}</ref> The definite article Al- usually distinguishes the Arabic from the more numerous form.
It is the pronoun form of Hashim ({{langx|ar|هاشم}}) and originally designated a member or descendant of the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe. The Islamic prophet, Muhammad was a member of this Arab tribe; his great-grandfather was Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, for whom the clan is named. Members of this clan are referred to as '''Hashimids''', '''Hashemites''', '''Hashimis''' or Hashmis. This refers in particular to:
* the Sharifs of Mecca, the rulers of Mecca from the 10th century until 1924. As descendants of Hasan ibn Ali, they belonged to the Bani Hashim. * the Hashemite royal family of Hejaz (1916–1925), Iraq (1921–1958), and Jordan (1921–present). As descendants of Sharif Hussein ibn Ali, they belong to the Dhawu Awn, a branch of the Sharifs of Mecca, and therefore also of the Bani Hashim.
== List == Notable people with this family name include:
{{Div col}} * 'Abd al-Ilah (died 1958), Regent of Iraq * 'Abd al-Rahim ibn Ja'far ibn Sulayman al-Hashimi (died c. 844), Abbasid personage and governor of the Yemen * Abdullah Hashmi'ties I of Jordan, king of Jordan * Abdullah Hashmi II, king of Jordan, kings of Jordan 1999- present * Abdullah Al-Hashimi, Bruneian royal * Abdul Razak al-Hashimi, former Iraqi diplomat * Alaa Al Hashimi (born 1953), Iraqi politician * Ali bin Hussein al-Hashimi (1879–1935), King of Hejaz * Ali Hashemi (born 1991), Iranian weightlifter * Ali ibn Sulayman al-Hashimi (ninth century), Muslim scholar * Amir Hashemi (born 1966), former Iranian football player * Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi (born 1971), Iranian politician * Aqila al-Hashimi (1953–2003), Iraqi politician * Asad al-Hashemi, Iraqi politician * Bagher Hashemi (born 1994), Iranian footballer * Bashir Al-Hashimi (born 1961), British academic * Bobby Hashemi (born 1991), British entrepreneur * Cyrus Hashemi (1942–1986), Iranian arms dealer * Ehsan Ghazizadeh Hashemi (born 1976), Iranian politician * Emraan Hashmi (born 1979), Indian film actor * Fahad Hashmi (born 1989), Pakistani artist, actor and broadcaster * Farhat Hashmi a Pakistani Canadian Islamic scholar * Farideh Hashemi (born 1939), Iranian politician * Farshad Hashemi (born 1997), Iranian footballer * Fatemeh Hashemi (born 1969), Iranian television actress * Fawaz al-Hashimi (died 2004), member of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula * Faisal I of Iraq (died 1933), Hashemite King of Syria and Iraq * Faisal II of Iraq (died 1958), last Hashemite King of Iraq * Ghazala Hashmi (born 1964), American politician from Virginia * Gita Hashemi (born 1961), Iranian-born Canadian artist, writer and curator * Harun ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Hashimi (died 901), Abbasid personage and governor of Mecca, Medina and al-Ta'if * Hashim Al-Hashimi, American biochemist * Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi (born 1959), Iranian ophthalmologist * Hisham al-Hashimi (1973–2020), Iraqi researcher * Hossein Hashemi (born 1953), Iranian politician * Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca (Hashemites), Ottoman Empire, King of Hejaz, King of the Arab Countries * Ibn Sa'd Hashmi, (Katib al-Waqidi), was a scholar and Arabian biographer, Book (Book of the Major Classes) * Ishaaq bin Ahmed bin Muhammad al-Hashimi, scholar and patriarch of the Somali Isaaq clan-family * Ishaq ibn al-Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Hashimi (ninth century), Abbasid personage and governor of the Yemen * Jamshid Hashemi (1936–2013), Iranian arms dealer * Jassem Al-Hashemi (born 1996), Qatari footballer * Javad Hashemi (born 1966), Iranian actor, film director, writer and composer * Kioumars Hashemi, Iranian sports executive *Kinza Hashmi, Pakistani actress * Manouchehr Hashemi (1918–2007), SAVAK intelligence agency officer * Maryam Hashemi (born 1977), Iranian visual artist * Marzieh Hashemi (born 1959), American-born Iranian journalist and television presenter * Maysoon al-Hashemi (1946–2006), Iraqi politician * Mehdi Hashemi (1946–1987), Iranian Shi'a cleric * Mehdi Hashemi (actor) (born 1946), Iranian actor, screenwriter, and director * Mirhani Hashemi (born 1983), Iranian footballer * Mohamed Al-Hashimi (born 1965), Omani sprinter * Mohsen Al-Hashemi (born 1990), Emirati footballer * Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi, Iranian politician * Muhammad al-Hashimi al-Tilimsani (1881–1961), Algerian (by birth) and Syrian (by residence) Sufi saint and scholar * Muhammad Yusuf Hashmi, Reformer and Leader of the Pakistan Movement, who achieved high distinction in English studies in British India * Nadia Hashimi (born 1977), Afghan-American pediatric physician, novelist, and politician * Sayed Rahman Hashemi, Afghan politician * Reem Al Hashimy, Emirati politician * Sahar Hashemi, British entrepreneur * Sajjad Hashemi (born 1991), Iranian sprint athlete * Saud al-Hashimi (born 1963), Saudi Arabian human rights activist * Sayed Abdul Karim Hashimi, Afghan politician * Sayed Maqsood Hashemi (born 1984), Afghan footballer * Sayed Mohammad Hashemi (born 1994), Afghan footballer * Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi (born 1978), Afghan diplomat * Sayed Zafar Hashemi (born 1985), Afghan politician * Seyed Zia Hashemi (born 1968), Iranian politician * Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi (born 1964), Iranian politician * Shakiba Hashemi, Afghani politician * Shamim Hashimi (born 1947), Urdu and Persian poet * Taha al-Hashimi (1888–1961), Iraqi politician * Talal Hashmi, kings of Jordan * Tariq al-Hashemi (born 1942), Iraqi politician * Wijdan Ali Al-Hashemi (born 1939), Jordanian artist, educator and diplomat * Wissam S. al-Hashimi (died 2004), Iraqi geologist * Yasin al-Hashimi (1884–1937), Iraqi politician * Zakaria Hashemi (born 1936), Iranian actor and film director * Zarina Hashmi (1937–2020), Indian-American artist {{end div col}}
== See also == * Banu Hashim, the clan in the Quraysh tribe, to which the surname refers to * Hashemites (disambiguation) * Hashem, given name and surname * Hashim, male Arabic given name * Al Hashemi, United Arab Emirates-based architectural firm * Sayyid, Sharif, Ashraf, honorific titles denoting descendants of the Ahl al-Bayt, the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
== References == {{Reflist}} {{surname|Al-Hashimi}}
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