ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn

by Ochsenwald, William

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ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn (1879–1935), last of the Hāshimite sharīf s to rule the Muslim holy cities in the Ḥijāz, was the eldest son of al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī, amīr of Mecca (r. 1908–16) and king of the Ḥijāz (r. 1916–24). In the revolt against the Ottomans during the First World War, ʿAlī was a leader of the Arab army and nominal prime minister of the Ḥijāz, although his father was actually in control. After the First World War, Ḥusayn rejected ʿAlī’s advice to accept a

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ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn (1879–1935), last of the Hāshimite sharīf s to rule the Muslim holy cities in the Ḥijāz, was the eldest son of al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī, amīr of Mecca (r. 1908–16) and king of the Ḥijāz (r. 1916–24). In the revolt against the Ottomans during the First World War, ʿAlī was a leader of the Arab army and nominal prime minister of the Ḥijāz, although his father was actually in control. After the First World War, Ḥusayn rejected ʿAlī’s advice to accept a

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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