there are a notable number of sayyids in tamil nadu mostly concentrated in the cities like erwadi, nagore, madurai and kayalpattinam. badusha sulthan syed ibrahim shaheed of ervadi a hussaini descendant of mohammed and a ruler of madinah travelled to south india in the mid 12th century. his descendants who live at ervadi with the clan name of levvai are from a single forefather and are sayyids. the heirs of shahul hamid abdul qadir badusha of nagore who live there and are called with clan name of sahib or saab or saabu are sayyids. kazi syed tajuddin the son of mufti jamaluddin al ma'abari who founded the kazimar big mosque in the 13th century the first mosque in madurai is a hussaini descendant of prophet mohammed and hence belong to syed family. till today his descendants (syeds-qazis-huqdars) have managed to live in the same kazimar street locality in the center of madurai city for over 7 centuries and are managing the kazimar big mosque constructed by their forefather. syed tajuddin's younger son kazi alauddin lived in kayalpattinam and his shrine is found there. his female descendants live there.