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Wāsiṭī (Arabic: واسطي, also anglicized as Wasity or Wasti) is a toponymic surname originating from the city of Wasit, Iraq. Twelver Shias in India and Pakistan descending from Zayd ibn Ali also carry the surname along with Zaidi (see Zaidi Wasitis). Notable people bearing the name include:
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Wasiti, 11th-century Arab writer
Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 13th-century Arab painter and calligrapher
Hamza El Wasti, Moroccan professional footballer
Rizwan Wasti (1937–2011), Pakistani radio broadcaster
Tahira Wasti (1944–2012), Pakistani writer
Nasir Wasti (1967–2006), Pakistani cricketer
Wajahatullah Wasti (born 1974), Pakistani cricketer
Look up Wasiti in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wāsiṭī (Arabic: واسطي, also anglicized as Wasity or Wasti) is a toponymic surname originating from...
Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices. The Abbasid artist, Yahya Al-Wasiti, who probably lived in Baghdad in the late Abbasid era (12th to 13th-centuries)...
Irani in the late Mughal period. The children of Abdullah Abul Farah al wasiti settled in various towns, each eventually forming its own branch. Sayyid...
to be an important device that contributed greatly to the advancement of the Industrial Revolution. (scene from Al-Maqamat, painted by al-Wasiti 1237)...
as shown in miniatures by 13th-century illustrator Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti. 14th-century illustrations of the History of the Tatars by Hayton of Corycus...
Abbasid library (Maqamat al-Hariri) Illustration by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237 Location Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (now Iraq) Type Library Established...
as shown in miniatures by 13th-century illustrator Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti. 14th-century illustrations of the History of the Tatars by Hayton of Corycus...
in: Al-Hariri, Al-Maqamat (les Séances). Painted by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, Baghdad, 1237 See: Spinning, History & Gallery lhresources.wordpress.com...
Al-Dhahabi Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi Ibn Abd al-Hadi Ibn Muflih Imad al-Din Ahmad al-Wasiti Najm al-Din al-Tufi Al-Ba'labakki Al-Bazzar Ibn Qadi al-Jabal Ibn Fadl Allah...
Zaydīs or occasionally Fivers. However, there is also a group called Zaydī Wāsiṭīs who are Twelvers (see below). Zaydīs constitute roughly 42–47% of the population...
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