S. V. Mir Ahmed Ali was born on 15 July 1902 in Madras, British India. He was born into a family whose paternal ancestors were descendants from the Fourth Holy Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin, who called themselves Sajjadis. Originally from Hejaz, they migrated to India through Iran and settled down at Bijapur. His great-grandfather Mir Abdul Ali Sajjadi served as a commander in the Mughal Army and earned the distinction with the title Vafakhani for his loyalty to the crown. Thereafter, the members of his family became popular as Sajjadi Vafakhani.

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Dr. Sayyid Abdurrauf Afzali born on March, 21rst, 1971 at Tabarghanak, a village located in the district of Ghazni province in Afghanistan. He is a faculty member of al-Mustafa University in Qom, Iran.