Abd al-Mu'in ibn Musa'id

‘Abd al-Mu‘īn ibn Musā‘id ibn Sa‘īd (Arabic: عبد المعين بن مساعد بن سعيد) was a sharif of the Zayd clan who briefly served as Sharif and Emir of Mecca on two occasions – first in January 1788, and second during April–July 1803.[1]

Abd al-Mu'in ibn Musa'id
عبد المعين بن مساعد
Sharif and Emir of Mecca
ReignJanuary 1788
PredecessorSurur ibn Musa'id
SuccessorGhalib ibn Musa'id
ReignApril 1803 – July 1803
PredecessorGhalib ibn Musa'id
SuccessorGhalib ibn Musa'id
House
FatherMusa'id ibn Sa'id

He succeeded to the Emirate in January 1788 after the death of his brother Sharif Surur, but he abdicated to his brother Sharif Ghalib within a few days.[2] He assisted Ghalib during his rule, leading several military expeditions against the Saudi-Wahhabi Emirate of Diriyah. In April 1803 when Wahhabi forces marched on Mecca, Ghalib appointed Abd al-Mu'in as acting Emir before retreating to Jeddah. Abd al-Mu'in surrendered the city to Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz and was installed as Emir under Saudi suzerainty. In July 1803 he allowed Sharif Ghalib to enter the city with his army and drive out the Wahhabi garrison.[3][4][5]

Notes

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  1. ^ de Zambaur 1927, p. 23.
  2. ^ Daḥlan 2007, pp. 295–296.
  3. ^ al-Ghāzī 2009, pp. 15–19.
  4. ^ Uzunçarşılı 2003, pp. 192–193.
  5. ^ Uzunçarşılı 2003, pp. 197.

References

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  • de Zambaur, E. (1927). Manuel de généalogie et de chronologie pour l'histoire de l'Islam. Hanovre: Heinz Lafaire.
  • Uzunçarşılı, İsmail Hakkı (2003). Ashrāf Makkat al-Mukarramah wa-umarāʼihā fī al-ʻahd al-ʻUthmānī أشراف مكة المكرمة وأمرائها في العهد العثماني (in Arabic). Translated by Murād, Khalīl ʻAlī (1st ed.). Beirut: al-Dār al-‘Arabīyah lil-Mawsū‘āt.
  • al-Ghāzī, ‘Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad (2009). ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Duhaysh (ed.). Ifādat al-anām إفادة الأنام (in Arabic). Vol. 4 (1st ed.). Makkah: Maktabat al-Asadī.
  • Daḥlan, Aḥmad Zaynī (2007) [1887/1888]. Khulāṣat al-kalām fī bayān umarā' al-Balad al-Ḥarām خلاصة الكلام في بيان أمراء البلد الحرام (in Arabic). Dār Arḍ al-Ḥaramayn.
Abd al-Mu'in ibn Musa'id ibn Sa'id ibn Sa'd ibn Zayd
House of Zayd
Branch of the House of Qatadah
Regnal titles
Preceded by Sharif and Emir of Mecca
January 1788
Succeeded by
Preceded by Sharif and Emir of Mecca
April–July 1803
Succeeded by