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 This site was created to clarify and archive the names of males who are legitimately direct descendants of H.H Khosrow Khan, son of H.R.H Hassan Khan (10th Wali of Luristan) and descendant of the royal (Khurshidi) dynasty

The hereditary monarchy in Luristan began in 1184 AD, when the well-known Emir of Luristan (Shuja al-Din Khurshid) established his emirate and his dynasty that bore his name (Khurshidi dynasty).

The rule of the Khurshidi dynasty fell in 1598 AD at the hands of their relative, the Safavi Shah of Iran (Emperor of Iran), and the rule was given to the dynasty (Vali/Al-Alawi). The Vali dynasty strain is descended from the Khurshidi dynasty through maternal lineage.

The princes of the Vali dynasty continued to rule since 1598 AD until the hereditary rule reached H.R.H Hassan Khan in 1797 A.D (Hassan Khan was the 10th Wali of Luristan and the 35th ruler of same country), Hassan Khan is the father of H.H (Khosrow Khan), who is the  great-grandfather of this family.

:Family genealogy details

H.R.H Hassan Khan I the great of Luristan (1797 - 1839 A.D), He Has nine sons, one of them was:

:H.H Khosrow Khan Vali-Alawi-

He is a member of the Khanate dynasty of Luristan (Vali dynasty) during the time period extending from the end of the eighteenth century AD; Until the middle of the nineteenth century AD. Four of his brothers ruled Luristan for 18 years, starting from 1839 AD until 1857 AD, in 1857 AD his brother, H.R.H Wali of Luristan (Haidar Khan) died. Haider in his will commanded that the rule of the country be given to his eldest son H.R.H (Hussain Goli Khan iii), because of this, H.H Khosrow Khan and four other brothers did not take over and were forever deprived of it, though, they were ruling several provinces under the tutelage of the H.R.H Wali of Luristan, Luristan fell in 1929 AD during the reign of Hussain Quli Khan III's son, H.R.H (Gulam Reza Khan) due to the Anglo-Persian occupation. Khosrow Khan died in his homeland, and may have been buried alongside his other brothers in the family cemetery located in the holy city of Najaf, southern Iraq.

:Khosrow Khan had two sons

:A) H.H Khalil Khan Al-Alawi

Khalil Khan was one of Khosrow Khan's sons, and thus he is the cousin of the Wali of Luristan and the Prince of Pushte-koh (Hussein Quli Khan III). Khalil Khan inherited the rule and administration of several lands far west of the city of Ilam (near the eastern Iraqi border) after the death of his father Khosrow Khan. Khalil Khan died naturally in West Luristan, he had only one known son:

:a) Hon. Ibrahim Khan Al-Alawi

Ibrahim Khan is the son of Khalil Khan, so he is the grandson of H.R.H Wali of Luristan (Hassan Khan) of the second generation. Ibrahim Khan was a contemporary of his second cousin, the last ruler of Luristan (Ghulam Reza Khan). It is said that Ibrahim Khan died in 1908 AD while fighting against an attack by the Ottoman Turkish forces that overran his private agricultural lands. A large number of Ibrahim Khan's family members were killed in this attack, and only a few of them survived, including one son of Ibrahim Khan, his name is Ismail:

:a) Hon. Ismail Khan Al-Alawi)

Ismail Khan survived the 1908 attack by fleeing to Baghdad on his father's orders before his death (according to elderly family members). In Baghdad there were many relatives of the family, and there Ismail began his new life naturally among them as a person of the middle class. In 1929 AD, Luristan fell and the rule of the Vali-Alawi dynasty fell. The last Wali of Luristan H.R.H (Ghulam Reza Khan) left the rule and also moved to the city of Baghdad with all his family after everyone was prevented from entering Luristan by order of the Reza Pahlavi government (which occupied Luristan). Ismail died in Baghdad and was buried in the holy city of Najaf in southern Iraq. He has a number of Children, one son and several daughters:

:A) Ahmed Ismail Al-Alawi

Ahmed Ismail lived an ordinary and simple life. His youth period coincided with the era of the last Iraqi king, the same king who was killed in 1958 AD and the system of government turned into a republic. Ahmed, through hard work, was able to own a small and simple fleet of taxis (3 cars) that he regularly ran on the streets of the capital, Baghdad, which enabled him to finance the costs of his sons' studies well. Ahmed Ismail died in his home in the center of Baghdad during the 1970s. He was buried in the holy city of Najaf. Ahmed married a woman descended from a Faili tribe (m. daughter of Abd Al-Hussein Faili), the couple has three sons and one daughter:

 :a) Shehab Ahmed Al-Alawi

Shehab Ahmed was the eldest of the male sons of Ahmed Ismail, therefore, Shehab is the eldest grandson of H.H (Khalil Khan) from the third generation. During his childhood, Shehab joined the ranks of the Iraqi scouts, which allowed him to travel to Moscow (the capital of Russia) with his fellow scouts at the age of only 17 years.

After returning to Baghdad and completing his secondary studies, he traveled to Tunisia to study a Bachelor of Physical Education, after two years he spent in Tunisia, the Iraqi students, including Shehab, were transferred to Paris (France) to complete their studies in the same major (due to poor diplomatic relations between Iraq and Tunisia), he studied Master's degree in the same field.

Shehab returned to Baghdad to work in government departments and held several jobs. Shehab became a member of the Iraqi Olympic Committee during the 1986 Asian Games. Several years later, Shehab studied a bachelor's degree in pathology analyzes and also opened a private lab in Baghdad.

Shehab was married twice, his first wife was of Hashemite origin (from Al-Araji Al-Hashemi tribe), and the second was of Lurian origin (from Luristan). Shehab died in 2019 in Baghdad, and .was buried in Najaf. Shehab has no children

:b) Fawzi Ahmed Al-Alawi

Fawzi Ahmed was born in Baghdad during the 1940s, completed his secondary education, starting from this period Fawzi began working in several commercial areas in central Baghdad. Fawzi also studied at the University of Baghdad although he did not finish his studies because of his preference for developing With his own business. Fawzy managed during his long career to establish a factory for plastic industries as well as a large general trading company.

Despite the great wealth that he accumulated at that time, Fawzi began to lose his money little by little due to the international embargo imposed on Iraq during the 1990s, as well as due to the encroachments of Saddam Hussein's dictatorial government on the (Lur Faili) minority. By 2003, Fawzi declared bankruptcy. He died in early September 2004 in southern Iraq (near Nasiriyah, when he was traveling on a business trip) from injuries sustained accidentally during the events that occurred after the 2003 war. He was buried in the holy city of Najaf.

Fawzi married in 1974 his cousin (m. daughter of Shaker Malimani). His wife’s family descends on the paternal side of Maliman (Maliman a family/clan descended from a family of local princes who ruled the lands of Pushte-koh during the eighteenth century under the guardianship of their relative, H.R.H Wali of Luristan Ismail Khan Vali-Alawi). Fawzi and his wife have three sons:

:i) Faiz Fawzi Al-Alawi

Faiz was born in late November 1974 in Baghdad, Faiz is the eldest of Fawzi's sons, therefore, Faiz is the eldest grandson of H.H (Khalil Khan) from the fourth generation.

Faiz completed his studies in the industrial field, then began working in his father Fawzi's factory, as well as in the company. Faiz lost his job due to the bankruptcy of his father and then his death in 2004. Nevertheless, Faiz began working in several jobs in the private sector.

Faiz got married in April 1999 (m. daughter of Haji Fadhel Khayrundi-Khaizli). His wife comes from the (Khaizli) clan. Khaizli is a clan of Faili Lurs, who owned several large agricultural lands in Luristan and Kermanshah. During the nineteenth century, many members of the Khaizli clan were able to marry with the offspring of H.M (Fath-Ali Shah Qajar), the shah (king) of Iran [1]. The well-known British politician (Gerotwood Bell) mentioned in her memoirs that the Khaizli clan are relatives of H.R.H (Hussein Quli Khan III, Wali of Luristan).

Fayez and his wife have:

1) Hassan Faiz Alawi:

Hassan was born on February 1th, 2000, in Karrada, central Baghdad.

Hassan is the eldest son of Faiz Fawzi, so Hassan Faiz is the eldest grandson of H.H (Khalil Khan) from the fifth generation.

Hassan Faiz studied his primary and secondary studies in central and southern Baghdad and was among the outstanding students. In 2022, Hassan obtained a bachelor’s degree in (renewable energy engineering) from the (University of Technology), in Baghdad. His bachelor's graduation project focused on water purification using a closed physical system with the help of sunlight, a project that benefits residents of remote areas in Central Africa and other areas that may lack modern electrical technologies.

During his university days and after graduating, Hassan worked in electrical appliance trading companies in Karrada.

As of 2023, Hassan works as a lecturer in secondary schools in Baghdad.

On the other hand, since his high school years, through university, and until now, Hassan has made a significant contribution through non-profit, civil humanitarian activity. For example, Hassan is a volunteer member of Amnesty International, and as of March 2024, he has been nominated for membership in the Youth Advisory Board of international members, Amnesty International.

Hassan is very active in blogging online to introduce Feylî Kurdish history and the history of the principality of Luristan (1598 - 1929 AD). Today, Hassan runs an blog called (The History of the principality of Lorestan) and several groups on the Facebook platform, and he is a regular blogger on Wikipedia (the free encyclopedia).

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