1631 - 1666 Sharif Zeid bin Muhsin, Grand Sharif of Mecca. b. at Wadi Bisha, October 1607, son of Sharif Muhsin I bin Husain, Sharif of Mecca, educ. at Sana'a, Yemen. Invited to return from exile in the Yemen and appointed as Deputy Sharif by his cousin early 1631. Fled to Medina after the battle of Wadi al-Abar, 18th March 1632. Installed at the Prophet's Mosque in Medina. He d. at Mecca, July 1666, having had issue, four sons (ancestor of the Bani Zeid clain):
1) Sharif Sa'ad Pasha, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
2) Sharif Ahmad bin Zeid, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
3) Sharif Husain bin Zeid. He had issue, a son:
a) Sharif Muhsin II bin Hussein, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
4) Sharif Muhammad Yahya bin Zeid. He had issue, two sons:
a) Sharif Mazi? bin Muhammad Yahya.
b) Sharif Rakhilu'llah? bin Muhammad Yahya. He had issue, a son:
i) Sharif Musaud bin Rakhilu'llah. He had issue, a son:
(1) Sharif Rakhilu'llah bin Musaid. He had issue, a son:
1670 Sharif Hamud bin 'Abdu'llah bin Hasan I, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Appointed June 1670, but removed in November that same year. He d. at Taif, 1674, having had issue, three sons:
1) Sharif 'Abu'l Kasim bin Hamud. He had issue, one son:
1672 - 1682 Sharif 'Abu'l Barakat III bin Muhammad, Grand Sharif of Mecca, son of Sharif Muhammad bin Ibrahim and great-great-grandson of Sharif Muhammad Abu Numay II bin Barakat. Appointed April 1672. Removed April 1682. He d. 1687, having had issue, four sons:
1) Sharif Said I bin Barakat, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
2) Sharif Yahya I bin Barakat, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
3) Sharif 'Abdu'llah bin Barakat. He had issue, five sons:
a) Sharif Said? bin'Abdu'llah. He had issue, a son:
i) Sharif Mubarak bin Said.
b) Sharif Barakat bin'Abdu'llah. He had issue, a son:
i) Sharif 'Abdu'l Muhsin? bin Barakat.
c) Sharif Muhammad bin'Abdu'llah. He had issue, a son:
i) Sharif Hamud bin Muhammad. He had issue, a son:
(1) Sharif Sa'ad bin Hamud.
d) Sharif 'Abdu'l Karim bin 'Abdu'llah. He had issue, two sons:
i) Sharif Mubarak bin 'Abdu'l Karim.
ii) Sharif Muhammad al-....q bin 'Abdu'l Karim. He had issue, a son:
(1) Sharif 'Abdu'l Karim bin Muhammad al-…q. He had issue, a son:
(a) Sharif Muhammad bin 'Abdu'l Karim. He had issue, a son:
(i) Sharif 'Abdu'l Karim bin Muhammad. He had issue, three sons:
1. Sharif 'Abdu'l Majid? bin 'Abdu'l Karim. He had issue, two sons:
a. Sharif 'Abdu'llah'Abdu'l Majid.
b. Sharif Muhammad bin 'Abdu'l Majid.
2. Sharif Muhammad bin Muhammad.
3. Sharif 'Abdu'l Hamid? bin Muhammad.
e) Sharif Musaud bin'Abdu'llah. He had issue, a son:
1669-1671 and 1684-1688 Sharif Ahmad bin Zeid, Grand Sharif of Mecca, second son of Sharif Zeid bin Muhsin, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Appointed as co-ruler with his elder brother, Sa'ad, 1669. Deposed with him in 1671. Governor of Kirklareli 1672-1684. Re-appointed as sole ruler October 1684. He d. March 1688, having had issue, three sons:
1) Sharif 'Abdu'l-Muhsin bin Ahmad, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
2) Sharif 'Abdu'l-Muttalib bin Ahmad.
3) Sharif Mubarak bin Ahmad, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
1688 - 1690 Sharif Ahmad bin Ghalib, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Appointed 4th January 1688. Removed April 1690. He d. at Constantinople, January 1701, having had issue, four sons (ancestor of the Dhawu Masud clan):
1690 - 1691 Sharif Muhsin II Pasha bin Hussein, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Installed April 1690, removed October 1691. Later a Vizier and a Pasha. He d. at Medina, 1695.
1694 Sharif 'Abdu'llah II bin Hashim, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Appointed August 1694, but removed in December that same year. He d. at Constantinople, Turkey, January 1701.
1666-1672, 1693-1694, 1694-1702 Sharif Sa'ad Pasha, Grand Sharif of Mecca. b. 1647, eldest son of Sharif Zeid bin Muhsin, Grand Sharif of Mecca, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, July 1666. Deposed April 1672. Re-appointed 13th March 1693, but deposed again August 1694. Re-appointed for the third time, December 1694 and deposed, March 1702. Governor of Viza 1672-1692, Hama and Hums 1692, and of Lakhsa 1698. He d. 1709, having had issue, three sons:
1) Sharif Said II bin Sa'ad, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
2) Sharif Masud bin Sa'ad.
a) Sharif Musaud bin Masud. He issue, a son:
i) Sharif 'Abdu'llah bin Musaid. He had issue, a son:
(1) Sharif Ahmad bin'Abdu'llah. He had issue, two sons:
(a) Sharif Rajih bin Ahmad.
(b) Sharif Muhammad bin Ahmad.
3) Sharif Yahya bin Sa'ad. He had issue, a son:
a) Sharif Sulaiman bin Yahya. He had issue, a son:
i) Sharif Mazi? bin Sulaiman. He had issue, a son:
1704 Sharif 'Abdu'l-Muhsin bin Ahmad, Grand Sharif of Mecca, eldest son of Sharif Ahmad bin Zeid, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Appointed and deposed in July 1704. He d. 1718, having had issue, a son:
1704-1705, 1705-1711 Sharif 'Abdu'l Karim bin Muhammad, Grand Sharif of Mecca, son of Sharif Muhammad bin Ya'ala, a descendant of Sharif Muhammad Abu Numay II. Appointed July 1704, removed February 1705, restored November 1705, removed again and exiled to Cairo, December 1711. He d. at Cairo, Egypt, 1719, having had issue, two sons:
1691-1694, 1702-1704, 1705, and 1711-1717 Sharif Said II bin Sa'ad, Grand Sharif of Mecca. b. 1674, eldest son of Sharif Sa'ad bin Zeid, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Installed October 1691, removed August 1692, restored March 1702, removed July 1704, restored March 1705, removed November 1705, restored December 1711, removed January 1717. He d. March 1717, having had issue, twelve sons:
1) Sharif 'Abdu'llah III bin Said, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
2) Sharif 'Ali bin Said, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
3) Sharif Hasain bin Said. He had issue, a son:
a) Sharif Said bin Hasan.
4) Sharif Madhar bin Said.
5) Sharif Masud II bin Said, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
1718 Sharif 'Ali bin Said, Grand Sharif of Mecca, second son of Sharif Said II, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Succeeded on the deposition of his brother, April 1718, but was himself deposed and k. November 1718.
1722 - 1723 Sharif Barakat bin Yahya, Grand Sharif of Mecca, eldest son of Sharif Yahya I, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Appointed on the deposition of Sharif Mubarak, September 1722. Removed from office, October 1723.
1720-1722 and 1723-1724 Sharif Mubarak bin Ahmad, Grand Sharif of Mecca, youngest son of Sharif Ahmad bin Zeid, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Appointed in May 1720 but removed from office September 1722. Re-appointed October 1723 but again removed March 1724. He d. in the Yemen, 1727, having had issue, six sons:
1) Sharif 'Abdu'llah bin Mubarak.
2) Sharif Faiz bin Mubarak.
3) Sharif Husain bin Mubarak. He had issue, one son:
a) Sharif Ahmad bin Husain. He had issue, two sons:
i) Sharif Musaud bin Ahmad.
ii) Sharif Yahya bin Ahmad.
4) Sharif Said bin Mubarak. He had issue, a son:
a) Sharif 'Ali bin Said. He had issue, a son:
i) Sharif Muhsin bin 'Ali.
5) Sharif Jasar bin Mubarak. He had issue, a son:
a) Sharif Hayin? Bin Jasar.
6) Sharif Madhi bin Mubarak. He had issue, one son:
1717-1718 and 1724-1731 Sharif 'Abdu'llah III bin Said, Grand Sharif of Mecca, eldest son of Sharif Said II, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Installed January 1717, removed April 1718, restored March 1724, removed again May 1731. He d. 1775, having had issue, six sons:
1) Sharif Muhammad bin 'Abdu'llah, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
2) Sharif Thaqaba bin 'Abdu'llah.
3) Sharif 'Abdu'l Aziz bin 'Abdu'llah. He had issue, a son:
a) Sharif Yahya bin 'Abdu'l Aziz.
4) Sharif Musaad bin 'Abdu'llah. He had issue, a son:
a) Sharif 'Abdu'l ... bin Musa'ad. He had issue, a son:
i) Sharif Said? bin 'Abdu'l …
5) Sharif 'Ubaidu'llah bin 'Abdu'llah. He had issue, a son:
a) Sharif Muhammad bin 'Ubaidu'llah.
6) Sharif Fuhaid bin 'Abdu'llah. He had issue, a son:
1731-1732 and 1733-1734 Sharif Muhammad bin 'Abdu'llah, Grand Sharif of Mecca. b. 1715, eldest son of Sharif 'Abdu'llah III, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Installed May 1731, removed November 1732 to January 1733, restored February 1734. He d. 1756, having had issue, a son:
1732-1733 and 1734-1752 Sharif Masud II bin Said II, Grand Sharif of Mecca, fourth son of Sharif Said II, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Installed November 1732, deposed January-February 1733, restored, February 1734. Deposed again, 18th February 1752. He d. at Mecca, 18th February 1752.
1759 - 1760 Sharif Ja'afar bin Said, Grand Sharif of Mecca, seventh son of Sharif Said II, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Succeeded on the deposition of his brother, 24th August 1759 but was removed, January 1760. He d. 1764.
1752-1759 and 1760-1770 Sharif Masa'ad bin Said II, Grand Sharif of Mecca, fifth son of Sharif Said II, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Succeeded his brother, 18th February 1752. Deposed 24th August 1759, but re-appointed January 1760. He d. at Mecca, 23rd May 1770, having had issue, seven sons:
1) H.H. Sharif Surur bin Masa'ad, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
2) Sharif Masud bin Masa'ad. He had issue, one son:
a) Sharif Masa'ad bin Masud. He d.s.p.
3) H.H. Sharif 'Abdu'l Muin bin Masa'ad, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
4) Sharif 'Abdu'l-Aziz bun Masa'ad.
5) H.H. Sharif Ghalib bin Masa'ad, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
6) Sharif Luwai bin Masa'ad. Governor of Nejd in 1797.
1770 Sharif Ahmad bin Said, Grand Sharif of Mecca, ninth son of Sharif Said II, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Installed, 23rd May 1770. Expelled from Mecca, 12th July 1770. Retreated to Taif and later to Lith. Raised an army and took Mecca with the help of the Thuqaif tribe in October 1770, and expelled again, later that same month. He d. at Jedda, 1781.
1770 - 1773 Sharif 'Abdu'llah IV bin Husain, Grand Sharif of Mecca, son of Sharif Husain bin Yahya, and grand son of Sharif Yahya I, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Installed at Mecca, 12th July 1770. Deposed by his cousin, Sharif Surur, 5th February 1773. Exiled 1779. He d. at Izmir, Turkey, 1788, having had issue, a son:
1) Sharif Sharaf bin 'Abdu'llah. He had issue, a son:
d) Sharif Muhammad Abu Nomay bin Sharaf. He had issue, a son:
i) Sharif 'Ali bin Muhammad Abu Nomay. He had issue, a son: