Hussain
The martyr's name — Yorkshire and the Black Country know it well.
CoreHistoric reach
The seat of Hussain
Seat vacantChief
No chief yet. The seat awaits its first claimant — be the first to stake your name to Hussain.
Current mission
No mission proclaimed. The chief, once seated, sets the clan’s public focus — a campaign, a contest, a piece of restoration, a year of remembrance.
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Stake your name →What does the Hussain name mean?
Arabic Ḥusayn — little Ḥasan — the name of the Prophet's grandson, martyred at Karbala; venerated among Shia Muslims and fixed as surname in Urdu- and Punjabi-speaking families in Britain.
The history of Hussain
Hussain clusters in Bradford, Birmingham and the M62 corridor where Pakistani migration built the modern English mosque landscape from the 1960s onward.