Aḥmad ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Ḥasan ibn Abī Numayy (Arabic: أحمد بن عبد المطلب بن حسن بن أبي نمي) was Emir of Mecca and ruler of the Hejaz from 1628 to 1629.[1]
| Aḥmad ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib أحمد بن عبد المطلب | |
|---|---|
| Emir of Mecca | |
| Reign | 21 May 1628 – 22 September 1629 |
| Predecessor | Muhsin ibn Husayn |
| Successor | Mas'ud ibn Idris |
| Died | 22 September 1629 Mecca, Hejaz |
| House | Banu Qatadah |
He was proclaimed Emir in Jeddah in late Safar 1037 AH (November 1627) by Kurji Ahmad Pasha, the governor of Yemen, after the latter had a dispute with Sharif Muhsin ibn Husayn.[2][3] After Muhsin surrendered, Ahmad entered Mecca as Emir on Sunday, 17 Ramadan 1037 AH (21 May 1628).[4][5]
He was assassinated by order of Kansuh Pasha, governor of Yemen, in the 5th hour of the night, on Sunday, 5 Safar 1039 (around 10–11 pm on Saturday night, 22 September 1629).[6][7]
Notes edit
- ^ de Zambaur 1927, p. 22.
- ^ al-Ghāzī 2009, pp. 385–386.
- ^ al-‘Aṣimī 1998, pp. 420–421.
- ^ al-Ghāzī 2009, p. 389.
- ^ al-‘Aṣimī 1998, p. 426.
- ^ al-Ghāzī 2009, p. 397.
- ^ al-‘Aṣimī 1998, p. 430.
References edit
- al-Ghāzī, ‘Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad (2009) [Composed 1930]. ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Duhaysh (ed.). Ifādat al-anām إفادة الأنام (in Arabic). Vol. 3 (1st ed.). Makkah: Maktabat al-Asadī.
- al-‘Aṣimī, ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Ḥusayn (1998) [Composed before 1700]. ‘Ādil Aḥmad ‘Abd al-Mawjūd; ‘Alī Muḥammad Mu‘awwaḍ (eds.). Samṭ al-nujūm al-'awālī fī anbā' al-awā'il wa-al-tawālī سمط النجوم العوالي في أنباء الأوائل والتوالي (in Arabic). Vol. 4. Bayrūt: Dār al-Kutub al-‘Ilmīyah.
- Uzunçarşılı, İsmail Hakkı (2003) [First published in Turkish in 1972]. 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.). Bayrūt: al-Dār al-‘Arabīyah lil-Mawsū‘āt.
- de Zambaur, E. (1927). Manuel de généalogie et de chronologie pour l'histoire de l'Islam (in French). Hanovre: Heinz Lafaire.