the sayyid families in iraq are so numerous that there are books written especially to list the families and connect their trees. some of these families are the alyassiri, al aqeeqi, al-nasrullah, al-wahab, al-hashimi, al-quraishi, al-obaidi,al-mayali, al-samarai, al-zaidi, al-a'araji, al-hasani, al-hussaini, al-shahristani, al-qazwini al-qadri, tabatabaei, al-alawi, al-ghawalib (al-ghalibi), al-musawi, al-awadi (not to be confused with the al-awadhi huwala family), al-gharawi, al-sabzewari, al-shubber, al-hayali, al-kamaludeen and many others.