HIJAZ

Al-Hashimi Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1908-1916 and 1916-1924 Al Munquiz Al A'zam H.M. Hussein ibn 'Ali, Caliph al-Islam, King of the Hijaz, Commander of the Faithful, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca, GCB (c 11.3.1920). b. at Constantinople, Turkey, 1854, eldest son of Sharif 'Ali bin Muhammad, by his wife, Salha, educ. privately at Constantinople. Mbr. Turkish Cncl. of State 1891. Appointed by the Sultan of Turkey as Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca 29th October 1908. Proclaimed the Arab Revolt at Mecca, Taif, Jeddah and other towns 10th June 1916. Deposed as Grand Sharif and Amir by the Sultan of Turkey 1st July 1916. Proclaimed the independence of the Arabs 29th October 1916. Proclaimed at the Holy Mosque, Mecca as Malik al-Bilad al-'Arabiyya and Amir al-Mumenin (King of the Arab and Commander of the Faithful) and assumed the style of His Majesty, 2nd November 1916. Recognised by the allied powers only as King of the Hijaz, Commander of the Faithful, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca, 6th November 1916 (confirmed in public 3rd January 1917). Founded the Orders of the Renaissance in 1917 and Independence in 1921. Proclaimed as Caliph al-Islam, 7th March 1924. Abdicated the temporal crown in favour of his eldest son, 3rd October 1924. Rcvd: the Collar of the Order of Muhammad 'Ali of Egypt, and GC of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, the Imperial Orders of Glory (Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar) (29.10.1908) and the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) of Turkey. m. (first) at Mecca, 1879, Sharifa Abidiya Khanum (d. 1888), eldest daughter of H.H. Amir 'Abdu'llah Kamil Pasha, Grand Sharif of Mecca. m. (second) Madiha Khanum, a Circassian. m. (third) 1882, Sharifa Khadija Khanum (b. 1866; d. at Amman, Jordan, 4th July 1921), daughter of daughter of H.H. Amir 'Abdu'llah Kamil Pasha, Grand Sharif of Mecca. m. (fourth) 1895, H.M. Queen Adila Khanum (b. at Constantinople, Turkey, 1879; d. at Larnaca, Cyprus, 12th July 1929, bur. there at the Hala Sultan (Umm Haram) Tekke), daughter of Salah Bey, and grand-daughter of H.H. Mustafa Rashid Pasha, sometime Grand Vizier of Turkey. He d. at Amman, Jordan, 4th June 1931 (bur. outside the western wall of the Haram as-Sharif, Jerusalem), having had issue, five sons and three daughters:
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1924 - 1925 H.M. 'Ali ibn Hussein, King of the Hijaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca, GBE (m11.3.1920). b. at Mecca, 1879, eldest son of H.M. Hussein ibn 'Ali, Caliph al-Islam, King of the Hijaz, Commander of the Faithful, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca, GCB, by his first wife, Sharifa Abidiya Khanum, eldest daughter of H.H. Amir 'Abdu'llah Kamil Pasha, Grand Sharif of Mecca, educ. at Ghalata Serai Coll., Constantinople. Joined his father in the Arab Revolt against Turkish rule and served as C-in-C of the Harb Army 1915-1916, Cdr. Arab Southern Army 1916-1919, Grand Vizier of the Hijaz 1916-1924, and C-in-C Arab Hijaz Army 1919-1924. Succeeded on the abdication of his father, 3rd October 1924. Forced to abdicate when the forces of ibn Saud overran the Hijaz, 19th December 1925. Went into exile in Baghdad. Served as Regent of Transjordan during the absence of King 'Abdu'llah on several occasions. Rcvd: the Grand Order of the Hashimites (1932), and the Order of the Two Rivers 1st class of Iraq (1922), GC of the Orders of the Renaissance (1917) and Independence (1921) of the Hijaz, and Leopold of Belgium (15.3.1930).  m. at Yenikoy, Bosphorus, 1906, as his only wife, H.M. Queen Nafissa Khanum (b. at Constantinople, Turkey, 1886; k. by the military plotters outside the Rihab Palace, Baghdad, Iraq, 14th July 1958), second daughter of H.H. Amir 'Abdu'l-Ilah bin Muhammad Pasha, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca. He d. at Baghdad, Iraq, 13th February 1935 (bur. at the Royal Mausoleum, Adhamiyah), having had issue, one son and four daughters:
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