 Ashraf

The Ashraf (, "Ashrāf") are persons descended (or claiming descent) from Muhammad by way of his daughter Fatimah.The word with long "ā" in the second system, is the plural of "sharīf" "noble", from "sharafa" "to be highborn", but "ašhraf" (), with short "a", is the elative of "sharīf" meaning "very noble", "nobler", "noblest".