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Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca

1853 - 1931

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Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi (Arabic: ٱلْحُسَيْن بِن عَلِي ٱلْهَاشِمِي, romanized: al-Ḥusayn bin 'Alī al-Hāshimī ; 1 May 1854 – 4 June 1931) was an Arab leader from the Banu Qatadah branch of the Banu Hashim clan who was the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 and, after proclaiming the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire, King of the Hejaz, even if he refused this title, from 1916 to 1924. He proclaimed himself Caliph after the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate in 1924 and stayed in power until 1925 when Hejaz was invaded by the Saudis. His Caliphate was opposed by the British and French empires, the Zionists and the Wahhabis alike. However, he received support from a large part of the Muslim population of that time and from Mehmed VI. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca has received more than 1,730,790 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca is the 784th most popular politician (up from 1,282nd in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 183rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Turkish Politician.

Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca is most famous for being the leader of the Hashemite dynasty and the Emir of Mecca. He was the son of Ali bin Hussein, who was the son of Hussein bin Ali, who was the son of Ali bin Abi Talib, who was the son of Abi Talib, who was the son of Muhammad.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca ranks 784 out of 19,576. Before him are Edmund Burke, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Gyula Andrássy, Islam Karimov, Viktor Yushchenko, and Philip the Arab. After him are Amr ibn Hishām, Sariputta, Vladislaus II of Hungary, Zewditu, William III of the Netherlands, and Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca ranks 5. Before him are Vincent van Gogh, Cecil Rhodes, Hendrik Lorentz, and Wilhelm Ostwald. After him are Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Carl Larsson, Chulalongkorn, Albrecht Kossel, Aleksei Brusilov, José Martí, and Vladimir Solovyov. Among people deceased in 1931, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca ranks 6. Before him are Thomas Edison, Gustave Le Bon, Khalil Gibran, Anna Pavlova, and Otto Wallach. After him are Omar Mukhtar, Albert A. Michelson, Arthur Schnitzler, Geli Raubal, Lili Elbe, and Joseph Joffre.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca ranks 100 out of 1,347. Before him are Ephrem the Syrian (306), Ignatius of Antioch (35), Mustafa IV (1779), Pedanius Dioscorides (40), Enver Pasha (1881), and Irenaeus (130). After him are İsmet İnönü (1884), Cassius Dio (155), Andromache (null), Antinous (111), Nikephoros I (760), and Anna Komnene (1083).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca ranks 53. Before him are Manuel I Komnenos (1118), Şehzade Cihangir (1531), Romanos IV Diogenes (1030), Leo III the Isaurian (675), Mustafa IV (1779), and Enver Pasha (1881). After him are İsmet İnönü (1884), Andromache (null), Nikephoros I (760), Zeno (425), Gordian I (159), and Basil II (958).

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