Sharifate of Mecca

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Islamic polity hereditary principality vassal state

The Sharifate of Mecca was a hereditary Arab principality centered on Islam’s holiest city, historically led by sharifs claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad and wielding both religious prestige and local political authority under various larger empires.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ottoman guardianship of Mecca and Medina 1
Sharifate of Mecca canonical 1

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic polity ⓘ
hereditary principality ⓘ
vassal state ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Hejaz ⓘ
Mecca ⓘ
capital Mecca ⓘ
causeOfDestruction Saudi conquest of Hejaz ⓘ
conflict Arab Revolt ⓘ
Saudi–Hashemite War ⓘ
country Hejaz ⓘ
currency Egyptian currency ⓘ
Ottoman lira ⓘ
local Hejazi coinage ⓘ
dissolved 1925 ⓘ
endTime 1925 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
followedBy Kingdom of Hejaz ⓘ
Kingdom of Hejaz ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd

Saudi Arabia ⓘ
follows Abbasid Caliphate control of Mecca ⓘ
Ikhshidid control of Mecca ⓘ
governmentForm emirate ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasCapitalRole center of the Hajj pilgrimage ⓘ
hasClaim descent from the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
hasPart Jeddah ⓘ
Mecca ⓘ
Medina ⓘ
hasRole guardian of the Holy Cities ⓘ
local political authority in Hejaz ⓘ
organizer of the Hajj ⓘ
religious leadership in Mecca ⓘ
hasTitle Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques ⓘ
Sharif of Mecca ⓘ
surface form: Emir of Mecca

Sharif of Mecca ⓘ
headOfGovernment Sharif of Mecca ⓘ
headOfState Sharif of Mecca ⓘ
inception 10th century ⓘ
c. 967 ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ
notableFeature control of access to the Kaaba ⓘ
religious prestige in the Muslim world ⓘ
officeHolder Husayn I ibn Ali ⓘ
surface form: Husayn ibn Ali

Sharif Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
Sharif Abu Numayy II ⓘ
Sharif Awn al-Rafiq ⓘ
Sharif Barakat II ⓘ
Sharif Qatadah ibn Idris ⓘ
participantIn Arab Revolt ⓘ
partOf Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
ruledBy Banu Qatadah ⓘ
Hashemite dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hashemite family

Sharifs descended from Hasan ibn Ali ⓘ
sharesBorderWith Red Sea ⓘ
significantEvent Arab Revolt ⓘ
startTime 10th century ⓘ
c. 967 ⓘ
subordinateTo Al-Adil I ⓘ
surface form: Ayyubid Sultan

Mamluk rulers of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Mamluk Sultan of Egypt

Ottoman sultan ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Sultan

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Hashim → ruled → Sharifate of Mecca ⓘ
Battle of Ridaniya → religiousConsequence → Sharifate of Mecca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman guardianship of Mecca and Medina