Al-Zahrani

Al-Zahrani, al-Zahrani or Alzahrani (Arabic: الزهراني) is a surname in Saudi Arabia belonging to the royal Zahran tribe.

The Zahran tribe is one of the oldest and largest Arab tribes. They dominated the world in the pre-Islamic times and even after Islam. They were the first Arab kings over Iraq, Oman, the Levant, Andalusia and Persia.

They’ve also helped Al Saud establish Saudi Arabia as they were a strong ally along with other tribes making Saudi Arabia the only Arab country that has never been colonized by any European power.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Abu Hurayra was one of the companions of Islamic prophet Muhammad and the most prolific narrator of hadith.(c. 603–681)
• Fatimah bint Sa’ad, third great grandmother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
• Āmir Al Jadir (translation: Aamir the wall-mason), is said to be the first to reconstruct the walls of the Kaaba after Abraham and Ishmael, and is the father of the clan of Banu Āmir[22]
• Malik ibn Fehm, pre-Islamic king and founder of Oman and Tanukh[21]
• Ahmed ibn Sa’eed Al Busaidi, Imam and founder of the Al Busaid Dynasty (House of Al Said)
• Jamaz ibn Malik, pre-Islamic poet and king.
• Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, Arabian lexicographer and philologist who made the first dictionary of the Arabic language.
• Fahad Al-Zahrani (born 1979), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Khamis Al-Zahrani (born 1976), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Saad Al-Zahrani (born 1980), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Saeed Al-Zahrani (footballer, born 1992), Saudi Arabian footballer
• Saeed Al-Zahrani (footballer, born 1995), Saudi Arabian footballer

See also

• Yasser Talal Al Zahrani (1984–2006), Saudi Arabian man detained in Guantanamo Bay