Abdullah al-Aydarus

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ʿAbdullāh Al-ʿAydarūs (العيدروس also spelled in romanized as Al-Aidrus, Al-Aidroos, Al-Aydarus, Al-Edrus or Al-Idrus) is the name of several people of Hadhrami heritage:

  • ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman as-Saqqāf Al-Aydarus, scholar and father of Abu Bakr al-Aydarus, the founder of the al-ʿAydarūs branch of the Bā ʿAlawiyyah clan
  • ʿAbdullāh al-ʿAydarūs (died 1582), a Gujarati Sufi scholar
  • Abdullah ibn Shaykh al-Aydarus (died 1609), Acehnese religious leader (naqib)