Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca

Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca

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. He is usually considered as the father of modern pan-Arabism. In 1908, in the aftermath of the Young Turk Revolution, Hussein was appointed Sharif of Mecca by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca has received more than 1,658,621 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca is the 1,284th most popular politician (up from 1,319th in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Turkey (up from 199th in 2019) and the 99th 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.