zaidihttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zaidi_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZaidi, n.
First published 1993; not fully revised

Zaidinoun (& adjective)

Islam.
  1. 1709–
    (A member of) one of the three principal Shiite sects, mainly established in Yemen, and owing allegiance to Zayd ibn ʿAlī (c700–740). Also attributive or as adj.
    1. 1709
      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.
      A. Hill, Full Account Ottoman Empire viii. 60
    2. 1717
      The Zeidi, Kadari, Jabari, etc. put me in mind of the Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, etc.
      Lady M. W. Montagu, Letter 1 April (1965) vol. I. 317
    3. 1859
      The throne of Yemen was hereditary in the family of the Imáms of Sanäa; they were of the Zeidee sect.
      R. L. Playfair, Hist. Arabia Felix iv. 29
    4. 1885
      There have been two great schisms in the succession of the Imāms, the first upon the death of ʿAlī Zainu'l-ʿAbidīn, when part of the sect adhered to his son Zaid, the founder of the Zaidīyah sect.
      T. P. Hughes, Dictionary of Islam 574/1
    5. 1911
      The Zaidis are still to be found in Yemen, and dynasties belonging to their sect have at various times ruled in the country.
      D. S. Margoliouth, Mohammedanism v. 167
    6. 1930
      Madani..genuflected as frequently as a Zaidi.
      A. Rihani, Arabian Peak & Desert xviii. 190
    7. 1930
      These ever-praying Zioud!
      A. Rihani, Arabian Peak & Desert xviii. 192
    8. 1951
      Zaidī imams ruled in Tabaristan, south of the Caspian Sea, from 864 to 928.
      A. S. Tritton, Islam vi. 76
    9. 1979
      Shiism was represented in the early kalām discussions by its two major branches, the Imāmiyya and the Zaydiyya.
      W. Madelung, Relig. Schools & Sects in Medieval Islam (1985) viii. 121

Zaidi, n. was first published in 1993; not fully revised.

Zaidi, n. was last modified in December 2024.