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Ma'ruf al-Rusafi
Ma'ruf al-Rusafi 1929
Born(1875-Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".-{{{day}}})Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., 1875
Died8 September 1995(1995-09-08) (aged 78)
Occupation(s)teacher, writer, poet, journalist, translator, politician, historian
SpouseBilqis
Parent(s)'Abd al-Ghani Mahmud and Fatima bint Djasim


Hussein bin Ali, GCB (حسین بن علی Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī ; 1854 – 4 June 1931) was the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 until 1917, when he proclaimed himself and was internationally recognized as King of the Kingdom of Hejaz. He initiated the Arab Revolt in 1916 against the increasingly nationalistic Ottoman Empire during the course of the First World War. In 1924, when the Ottoman Caliphate was abolished, he further proclaimed himself Caliph of all Muslims. He ruled Hejaz until 1924, when, defeated by Abdul Aziz al Saud, he abdicated the kingdom and other secular titles to his eldest son Ali.

Early life

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Hussein bin Ali was born in 1853 in Istanbul as the eldest son of Sharif Ali ibn Muhammad and his wife, Salha Bani-Shahar. He was the last of the Hashemite rulers over the Hejaz to be appointed by the Ottoman Sultan.[1] As a Hashemite,[2] he was highly respected in the Islamic world. It was his "noble" lineage which granted him the status he maintained in the Hijaz. As a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, even the British, during his period as Emir, recognized this special status.

  1. ^ Al-Hashimi Dynasty, GENEALOGY. Royal Ark
  2. ^ Avi Shlaim. Lion of Jordan. page 2: Penguin Books, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-141-01728-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)