Al-Zoubi

Al-Zoubi family الزعبي
Hashemite
Parent house	Gilan of Banu Hashim
Country	Syria  Palestine  Jordan  Lebanon  Iraq  Saudi Arabia  Yemen
Place of origin	Abbasid Empire
Founded	16th century AD

Al-Zoubi, El-Zoubi, Zoubi, or Al-Zubi, (Arabic: الزعبي) is a prominent Levantine family[1][2] whose members can be found throughout the Arab world, but are most concentrated in Palestine, Northern Jordan, and Southern Syria. The family is a Hasanite, Hashemite family that traces its lineage to the Hanbali Sunni Saint Abdul Qadir Al Gilani.[3]

The progenitor of the family name of Al-Zoubi is Ali Nour Al-Din Al Gilani, who was titled Al-Zoubi who lived in 16th century Ottoman Palestine, Syria, and Northern Jordan.

Lineage from Ali to Abdul Qadir

Ali Nour Al-Din is a 16th generation descendant of Abdul Qadir Al Gilani through his son Abdul Aziz. Abdul Qadir's father, Musa III bin Abdullah, is a descendant of Muhammad's grandson Caliph Hasan, while Abdul Qadir's mother, Fatima Bint Abdullah Al Soma'ai Al-Husseini, is a descendant of Muhammad through his grandson Hussein which makes him Ali Nour Al-Din a 29th generation descendant of Muhammad through both Al-Hasan and Al-Hussein.

Ali's patrilineal lineage to Abdul Qadir with "bin" denoting "son of":

Ali Nour Al-Din Al-Zoubi bin Mohammad Shihab Al-Din bin Ya'qoub bin Abu Bakr bin Ali Nour Al-Din bin Zaid Al Abidin Mohammad bin Ahmad Abi Al Baqa' bin Mohammad Shams Al-Din bin Musa Sharaf Al-Din bin Mohammad Shams Al-Din bin Ali Nour Al-Din bin Al Hussein Iz' Al-Din bin Mohammad Al-Akhal bin Hussam Al-Din Sharsheeq bin Mohammad Al-Hattak bin Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Qadir Al Gilani.

Notable Members

Notable members of the Al-Zoubi family include:

• H.E Mahmoud Al-Zoubi (1935–2000), Prime Minister of Syria from 1987 to 2000
• H.E Abdullah Raja Al-Zoubi (born 1932), United Nations Interregional Advisor.
• H.E Ghaleb Al-Zoubi, Jordanian Minister of Interior, 2017
• H.E Khaled Al-Zoubi, Minister of State for Parliamentary and Legal Affairs in Jordan, 1998
• H.E Muwaffaq Al-Zoubi, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities in Jordan, 1979
• H.E Akef Al-Zoubi, Minister of Agriculture in Jordan and currently acting Senator, 2005 and 2020
• H.E Hatim Al-Zoubi, Minister of Economy, Minister of Finance, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in Jordan, 1965-1969
• H.E Fawaz Hatim Al-Zoubi, Minister of Communications and Information Technology in Jordan, 2003
• H.E Sharif Ali Al-Zoubi, Minister of Industry and Trade in Jordan and Minister of Justice and Senator, 2005 and 2006
• Bashar al-Zoubi, Commander-in-Chief of the Free Syrian Army
• Walid Al Zoubi, Chairman of Tiger Group UAE, Philanthropist
• Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi (1926–1974), Palestinian Politician
• Abdel Rahman Zuabi (1932–2014), Palestinian Judge
• Ahmad Hasan Al Zoubi (born 1975), Jordanian Columnist, playwright and satirist
• Omran al-Zoubi (born 1959), Syrian Minister of Information
• Seif el-Din el-Zoubi (1913–1986), Israeli-Arab Politician
• Mohamed abdul Mawla Al-Zoubi (born 1940), chief editor of El Sayde news paper and international journalist
• Dr. Abdel Karim Al-Zoubi (1922–2009), Director of Health ministry, Deraa Province.
• H.E Professor Dr Zu'bi M.F. Al-Zu'bi FHEA, prominent academic leader and economic advisor
• Haneen Zoabi (born 1969), Palestinian/Israeli politician, Member of Knesset 2009-19

References

1. "Al-Zoubi Surname Distribution". forebears.io. Retrieved 2018-06-18. Approximately people bear this surname. Most prevalent in:Jordan; Highest density in: Jordan.
2. "Statistics and meaning of name Alzoubi". namespedia.com. Retrieved 2018-06-18. Surname Alzoubi is used at least 138 times in at least 8 countries.
3. الزعبي, مازن (2021). التحقيق الجيلاني (in Arabic). Dar Alketab Althaqafee for Publishing. ISBN 9923711765.