Al-Mūsawi (Arabic script: الموسوي, Gulf Arabic pronunciation: [ɪl'mu:səwi], Persian pronunciation: [mu:sævi]), is a surname that presumably indicates a person comes from a prestigious and highly respected Middle Eastern family with a transnational identity. Members of this family are referred to by the Anglicised version of their name as Hashemites. They are usually given the honorific title Sayyid before their first name. The literal translation of the Arabic word Sayyid is Sir or "liege lord" in the English language. This family is mainly based in the Mesopotamian region, they also live in other Middle Eastern, most notably Iraq. Though no written records or genetics studies done on this family, verbal history claims that the name implies that this person is a direct descendant of the Is