page_title: Al Faiz family
section_title: Notable members
hierarchical_section_title: Al Faiz family / Al Tumah / Notable members
caption_attribution_description: English: King Faisal II visiting the Husayn shrine in 1957 العربية: زيارة الملك فيصل الثاني للحرم الحسيني عام 1957
context_page_description: The family of Al Faiz, also transliterated in a number of other ways, including Al Fa'iz, Al Fa'ez, Al Faez, or Al Fayez, is the oldest Alid family of Karbala, which they have occupied, on some occasions ruled, and held custodianship of its holy sites, since 861.
  They are the descendants of Ibrahim al-Mujab, the 9th-century grandson of the seventh Shi'ite Imam, Musa al-Kadhim. Their eponymous ancestor is considered to be Muhammad Abu al-Faiz, the 12th great-grandson of al-Mujab. In Karbala, the family holds a high prestige where they maintained the authority of the niqaba of Karbala's Sayyids and the sidana of Karbala's holy sites numerous times over different periods.
  The family is currently known by the families of Al Tumah, Al Nasrallah, Al Dhiya al-Din, Al Tajir, Al Ouj, and Al Sayyid Amin.
context_section_description: Khalifah Nimatullah Tumah (died 1697) was the grandson of Tumah III, he became the first of the descendants of Tumah III to hold the niqaba of Karbala, and this was in 1680. His grandson, Abbas also became naqib in 1773, but he died two months later.
  Muhammad Jafar Tumah was the saden of the Abbas shrine in 1834 until 1838.
  Wahab Muhammad-Ali Tumah (1801–1846) was the governor of Karbala and saden of the Husayn shrine from 1823 until 1826, and then reinstated in 1831 until 1842. He was also the saden of the Abbas shrine from 1826 until 1829. A plague epidemic in Iraq led to his death on August 29, 1846.
  Jawad 'al-Killidar' Hasan Tumah (died 1891) was the saden of the Husayn shrine in 1875 until his death in 1891. His descendants took his nickname - al-Killidar (holder of the key) - as their family name, and are known as 'al-Killidar' or 'al-Killidar Tumah'.
  Ali Jawad al-Killidar (died 1900) was the saden of the Husayn shrine in 1891 until his death in 1900.
  Muhammad-Hassan Kadhim Rozekhan (1864–1945) was a religious scholar and orator. He was a leader in the Iraqi revolt of 1920, and the first person to raise the Arab (Iraqi) flag over Karbala's civic centre, causing him to be imprisoned by the British. He was freed at the behest of a senior cleric. He died whilst on pilgrimage to Imam Ridha in Mashhad, in 1945, and his corpse was returned and buried in Karbala.
  Abd al-Husayn Ali al-Killidar (1881–1961) was the saden of the Husayn shrine in 1900, until he passed it down to his son, Abd al-Salih in 1927. He was also an authro, and wrote a number of books, including Baghiyat al-Nubala Fi Tarikh Karbala and Nash'at al-Adyan al-Samawiya.
  Dr. Abd al-Jawad Ali al-Killidar (1892–1959) was a doctor in Islamic history, and authored a number of books on the history of Karbala, including Tarikh Karbala and Ha'ir al-Husayn. He founded the al-Ahrar newspaper in the 1930s.
  Abd al-Saleh Abd al-Husayn al-Killidar (1911–2005) was a saden of the Husayn shrine in 1930 until he retired in 1981.
  Muhammad-Hassan Mustafa al-Killidar (1913–1995) was a celebrated author, most famous for his book Madinat al-Husayn (City of Hussain) which narrates a great deal of detail about the history of Karbala in numerous volumes. He was an advocate for women's rights, and issued a chain of articles titled 'The necessity of liberating women according to Islam'.
  Dr. Saleh Jawad Tumah (born 1929) is a doctor of Arabic and Comparative Literature. He is professor emeritus of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, and has been associated with the university since 1964.
  Salman Hadi Tumah (born 1935) is a renowned author and poet. He is a graduate of Baghdad University's college of education, with many leading books on the history and culture of Karbala, as well as its notable figures.
  Dr. Adnan Jawad Tumah (born 1941) is a doctor in Language. He is a professor at Philipps-Universität Marburg. He has authored a number of books and publications, focusing on Arabic calligraphy and religious manuscripts.
  Adel Abd al-Saleh al-Killidar (born 1942) was the saden of the Husayn shrine in 1981 until 1991. He was studying for his PhD in Cairo in 1979, however he left it to attend to his duty as saden, at the behest of his father.
caption: Abd al-Salih al-Killidar (centre left) during his sidanate with King Faisal II (centre) in the Imam Husayn Shrine, 1957.
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