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Zaidi, n. (and a.) Islam.|ˈzaɪdɪ|
Also Zaydi, formerly Zeidee, Zeidi. Pl. Zaidi(s), Zaidiyah, Zioud, etc.
[ad. Arab. (collect. pl.) az-Zaydiyya, f. the name Zayd (see def.) + -ī sing. adj. ending.]
(A member of) one of the three principal Shiite sects, mainly established in Yemen, and owing allegiance to Zayd ibn ꜥAlī (c 700–740). Also attrib. or as adj.
1709A. Hill Full Acct. Ottoman Empire viii. 60 Another Sect, call'd, Zeidee, believe that long before the World shall end, a Persian Prophet shall be sent by God to dis-annul the Laws of Mahomet, and teach a new and surer way to Joys hereafter. 1717M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 317 The Zeidi, Kadari, Jabari, etc. put me in mind of the Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, etc. 1859R. L. Playfair Hist. Arabia Felix iv. 29 The throne of Yemen was hereditary in the family of the Imáms of Sanäa; they were of the Zeidee sect. 1885T. P. Hughes Dict. Islam 574/1 There have been two great schisms in the succession of the Imāms, the first upon the death of ꜥAlī Zainu'l-ꜥAbidīn, when part of the sect adhered to his son Zaid, the founder of the Zaidīyah sect. 1911D. S. Margoliouth Mohammedanism v. 167 The Zaidis are still to be found in Yemen, and dynasties belonging to their sect have at various times ruled in the country. 1930A. Rihani Arabian Peak & Desert xviii. 190 Madani..genuflected as frequently as a Zaidi. Ibid. 192 These ever-praying Zioud! 1951A. S. Tritton Islam vi. 76 Zaidī imams ruled in Tabaristan, south of the Caspian Sea, from 864 to 928. 1979W. Madelung Relig. Schools & Sects in Medieval Islam (1985) viii. 121 Shiism was represented in the early kalām discussions by its two major branches, the Imāmiyya and the Zaydiyya. |