Naqvi (spelled "Naghavi" if transliterated from Persian, or "Naqawi" if from Arabic) is a family name. Naqvi are the descendants of Islamic Prophet Muhammad through the lineage of Ali al-Hadi (Arabic: الإمام علي الهادي). Born Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ali, he is considered the Tenth Imam of Shias.

"Syed" or "Sayyid" is an honorific title that is given to males accepted as descendants of Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, who were the sons of his daughter Fatimah and son-in-law and Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib. Shias claim descent from Muhammad through his grandchildren.^{[citation needed]}

The descendants of Ali al-Naqi are primarily found in South Asia, Iran and Turkey.^{[citation needed]} The earliest Naqvis' migrated into Sindh and Uchch in southern Punjab of present-day Pakistan. Many Naqvis reside in the city of Amroha, in Northern India.^{[citation needed]} _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Saeed Naqvi is senior Indian journalist, television commentator, interviewer, and a Distinguished Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. He has interviewed world leaders and personalities in India and abroad, which appear in newspapers, magazines and on national television, remained editor of the World Report, a syndication service on foreign affairs, and has written for several publication, both global and Indian, including the BBC News, The Sunday Observer, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Washington Post, The Indian Express and Outlook magazine. At the Indian Express, he started in 1977 as a Special Correspondent and eventually becoming, Editor, Indian Express, Madras, (1979 - 1984), and Foreign Editor, The Indian Express, Delhi in 1984, and continues to writes columns and features for the paper.

Currently anchoring a Primetime show “In Conversation” based on interviews with world statesman and other celebrities on NewsX, one of India’s most influential news channel. The transcripts are posted on the website of Observer Research Foundation.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is a prominent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Indian federal minister. He was born in Allahabad on October 15, 1957.

Naqvi studied at Allahabad University. He was jailed for activism during the Emergency of 1975–77.

His first bid at elected office was in 1980, when he ran for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly seat for the Allahabad West constituency representing the Janata Party. He ran again in 1989, this time for the Ayodhya constituency as an independent candidate.

He also contested in 1991 and 1993 from Mau Vidhansabha.

He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1998 from Rampur.

In 1998 he was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and was also given responsibility over the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

As of 2010^[update], he is a national vice-president of the BJP, and is the party's most prominent Muslim member. For the second time, he is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. He has written two books: Syah in 1991 and Danga in 1998.

Syed Mohsin Naqvi was a great Urdu language poet of Pakistan. He is believed to have been murdered on 15 January 1996. He was born in a village Sadat near Dera Ghazi Khan. He did his Graduation from Govt. College Bosan Road Multan. The secret of his life is that his actual Name was Ghulam Abbas. He did his masters from University of the Punjab Lahore. Before his arrival at Lahore he was well known as Mohsin Naqvi. He was also known as the Poet of Ahl al-Bayt. His poetry is well accepted and recited all over World.

Following are the famous Urdu poetry books of Syed Mohsin Naqvi

Arif Naqvi is the CEO of Dubai-based investment bank Abraaj Capital, the leading private equity firm in the Middle East and Northern Africa. He has spent 27 years in the banking, finance and investments industry.

Arif Masood Naqvi earned his BSc Economics in 1982 from the London School of Economics and is originally from Karachi, Pakistan.

In 1982, Naqvi began his career with Arthur Andersen in London. Later, he went back to Pakistan to join the American Express Bank and helped create Pakistan's first investment banks. He launched a private equity firm called Cupola.

Over the years, Naqvi has also overseen the acquisition and exit of Aramex International, Inchcape Middle East the first and largest leveraged buyout transaction in the region, and the privatisation by the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan of Jordan Aircraft Maintenance Company (JorAMCo). This is in addition to the acquisition of a significant stake in the leading supermarket chain in the Middle East – Spinneys, and the total acquisition of Septech, a controversial waste water treatment company.