{"slug": "sharif-of-mecca", "label": "Sharif of Mecca", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharif_of_Mecca", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15109402", "qid": "Q15109402", "description": "title of the leader of the Sharifate of Makkah", "entries": 18, "years": 14, "span": [1315, 1666], "span_label": ["1315 CE", "1666 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Emir of Mecca", "Emirs of Mecca", "Grand Sharif of Mecca"], "related": [{"slug": "islamic-calendar", "label": "Islamic calendar", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "muhammad", "label": "Muhammad", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "islam", "label": "Islam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saudi-arabia", "label": "Saudi Arabia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hasan-ibn-ali", "label": "Hasan ibn Ali", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cairo", "label": "Cairo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mecca", "label": "Mecca", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ahmed-i", "label": "Ahmed I", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1315, "year_label": "1315 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 (4 Dhu al-Hijjah 714 AH) – The Emir of Mecca, Abu al-Ghayth, is defeated in a battle near Mecca by his brother Humaydah ibn Abi Numayy. Wounded in battle, then captured by the enemy, Abu al-Ghayth is executed by order of his brother at Khayf Bani Shadid.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332018303#January_–_March", "title": "1315", "revid": 1332018303, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1319, "year_label": "1319 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – (14 Dhu al-Hijjah 718 AH) Rumaythah ibn Abi Numayy and Sayf al-Din Bahadur al-Ibrahimi, both former Emirs of Mecca, are arrested by the incumbent Emir, Shams al-Din Aq Sunqur al-Nasiri and taken from Mecca to Cairo for imprisonment. Rumaythah is charged with having provided support to his brother, Humaydah ibn Abi Numayy and al-Ibrahimi is accused of allowing Humaydah to escape. Rumaythah is pardoned a month later after arriving in Cairo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361361432#January_–_March", "title": "1319", "revid": 1361361432, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1395, "year_label": "1395 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 28", "text": "July 28 – (7 Shawwal 797 AH) Ali ibn Ajlan, the Emir of Mecca is killed and is succeeded by his brother Muhammad ibn Ajlan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366019527#July–September", "title": "1395", "revid": 1366019527, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1396, "year_label": "1396 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – (24 Rabi II 798 AH) Hasan ibn Ajlan becomes the Emir of Mecca as his brother Muhammad ibn Ajlan steps aside.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360576293#January–December", "title": "1396", "revid": 1360576293, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1416, "year_label": "1416 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 (26 Shawwal 819 AH) – Hasan ibn Ajlan, the Vice Sultan of the Hejaz, becomes the Emir of Mecca again upon the surrender of Rumaythah ibn Muhammad, who usurped the Emirate in February.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368829186#October–December", "title": "1416", "revid": 1368829186, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1421, "year_label": "1421 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – 12 Rabi al-Awwal 824 AH: Ibrahim ibn Hasan ibn Ajlan and his brother Barakat ibn Hasan are confirmed by the Mamluk Egyptian Sultan Al-Muzaffar Ahmad as co-Emirs of Mecca.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365656442#January–March", "title": "1421", "revid": 1365656442, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1425, "year_label": "1425 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – (4 Dhu al-Hijjah 828 AH) Hasan ibn Ajlan becomes the Emir of Mecca for the third and last time, after having been replaced for 18 months by Ali ibn Inan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360580047#October_–December", "title": "1425", "revid": 1360580047, "section": "Events › October –December"}}, {"year": 1426, "year_label": "1426 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 (17 Jumada II 829 AH) – Hasan ibn Ajlan, who has been allowed to leave Cairo after being appointed by the Egyptian Mamluk Sultan as the Emir of Mecca and paying the first installment of a fee of 30,000 dinars, dies on the way back to Mecca. The Sultan, Al-Ashraf Sayf ad-Dīn Barsbāy, summons Hasan's sons Barakat ibn Hasan and Ibrahim ibn Hasan to Cairo to complete payment of the remaining 25,000 dinars owed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360579570#April–June", "title": "1426", "revid": 1360579570, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1426, "year_label": "1426 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 16", "text": "August 16 (11 Shawwal 829 AH) – Barakat ibn Hasan, son of the late Hasan ibn Ajlan, is confirmed by the Egyptian Sultan Barsbay as the new Emir of Mecca, conditioned on paying the remaining 25,000 dinars owed by Hasan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360579570#July–September", "title": "1426", "revid": 1360579570, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1426, "year_label": "1426 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17 (15 Dhu al-Qidah 829 AH) – Barakat ibn Hasan arrives in Mecca to officially assume the powers of the Emir of Mecca, after taking back over from his brother Abu al-Qasim.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360579570#July–September", "title": "1426", "revid": 1360579570, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1441, "year_label": "1441 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 2", "text": "October 2 – (16 Jumada I, 845 AH) In what is now Saudi Arabia, Ali ibn Hasan ibn Ajlan is appointed as the new Emir of Mecca by the Mamluk Sultanate and his brother Barakat ibn Hasan is deposed, but the news does not reach Barakat for nearly two months.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361382363#October–December", "title": "1441", "revid": 1361382363, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1441, "year_label": "1441 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – (14 Rajab 845 AH) Barakat ibn Hasan learns that he is deposed as Emir of Mecca and leaves that evening.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361382363#October–December", "title": "1441", "revid": 1361382363, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1441, "year_label": "1441 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 – (2 Sha'ban 845 AH) Ali ibn Hasan ibn Ajlan takes office as the new Emir of Mecca.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361382363#October–December", "title": "1441", "revid": 1361382363, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1604, "year_label": "1604 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 7", "text": "July 7 – On 11 Safar 1013 AH in the Islamic calendar, the decree of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I is read aloud in the Great Mosque of Mecca, declaring that Idris ibn Hasan has been proclaimed the new Sharif of Mecca, in partnership with Idris's brother Fuhayd ibn Hasan and Idris and Fuhayd's nephew, Muhsin ibn Husayn", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348862771#July–September", "title": "1604", "revid": 1348862771, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1629, "year_label": "1629 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – (5 Safar 1039 AH) Ahmad ibn Abd al-Muttalib, who had become Emir of Mecca and King of the Hejaz by force 16 months earlier, is assassinated by order of Kansuh Pasha, Governor of Yemen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365103352#July–September", "title": "1629", "revid": 1365103352, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1630, "year_label": "1630 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – (28 Rabi II 1040 AH) Abd Allah ibn Hasan is selected as the new Emir of Mecca after the death from tuberculosis of Mas'ud ibn Idris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351974391#October–December", "title": "1630", "revid": 1351974391, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1631, "year_label": "1631 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – (1 Safar 1041 A.H.) Abd Allah ibn Hasan, Emir of Mecca, abdicates in favor of two successors, his son Muhammad ibn Abd Allah and his great-nephew Zayd ibn Muhsin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356869091#July–September", "title": "1631", "revid": 1356869091, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1666, "year_label": "1666 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – On 3 Muharram 1077 AH on the Muslim calendar, Sa'd ibn Zayd, a descendant of Hasan ibn Ali and of Muhammad (founder of Islam) becomes the new Sharif of Mecca, in modern-day Saudi Arabia. His ascension to the post follows the death of his father, Zayd ibn Muhsin, who had been the Sharif since 1631.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988943#July–September", "title": "1666", "revid": 1365988943, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}