Hashmi (Arabic: هَاشÙÙ…Ùي‎‎, Urdu: Ûاشمی‎‎, Bengali: হাশমী, Hindi: हाशमी) is a surname, referring descent from the Banu Hashim clan of Quraish with a unique maternal bloodline of Israelite ancestry through Salma bint Amr of Banu Najjar.
Etymology. It is a nisba derivation of the given name Hussein or Husain from the name of Caliph Imam Husain ibn Ali. People with the surname Al-Husseini, Al-Husaini or Husseini are (nominally) descendants of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad through the lineage of his grandson Imam Husain ibn Ali.
