MECCA

Al-Hashimi Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1773 - 1788 H.H. Sharif Surur bin Masa’ad, Grand Sharif of Mecca. b. 1744, eldest son of Sharif Masa’ad bin Said II, Grand Sharif of Mecca, educ. privately. Entered Mecca at the head of and army and deposed his uncle, 5th February 1773. Deposed 21st January 1788. m. 1779, her distant cousin, Lalla Lubaba, daughter of his distant cousin, H.M. Sultan ‘Alawi Sidi Muhammad III, Sultan of Morocco, etc. He d. at Mecca, 20th September 1788, having had issue, six sons:
  • 1) H.H. Amir Yahya II bin Surur, Grand Sharif of Mecca - see below.
  • 2) Sharif ‘Abdu’llah bin Surur. b. at Mecca, ca. 1776, educ. privately. Rebelled against his uncle at the age of 12. He had issue, seven sons:
    • a) Sharif Masa’ad bin ‘Abdu’llah.
    • b) Sharif Hashim bin ‘Abdu’llah. He d. at Constantinople, 1850, having had issue, one son:
      • i) Sharif ‘Atiq ‘Ali Pasha.(1) H.E. Sharif Ghazi bin Rakan Nasser
    • c) Sharif ‘Ali bin ‘Abdu’llah.
    • d) Sharif Muhammad bin ‘Abdu’. He had issue, two sons.
    • e) Sharif Mansur bin ‘Abdu’llah.
    • f) Sharif Zaid bin ‘Abdu’llah. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • g) Sharif Nami bin ‘Abdu’llah.
  • 3) Sharif Said bin Surur. He had issue, two sons:
    • a) Sharif ‘Ali bin Said.
    • b) Sharif Muhammad bin Said. He had issue, a son:
      • i) Sharif Surur bin Muhammad. He had issue, a son:
        • (1) Sharif ‘Abdu’llah bin Surur. He had issue, a son:
          • (a) Sharif Hasan bin ‘Abdu’llah.
  • 4) Sharif Hasan bin Surur.
  • 5) Sharif Ahmad bin Surur. He had issue, a son:
    • a) Sharif ‘Abdu’llah bin Ahmad.
  • 6) Sharif Muhammad bin Surur.
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1788 H.H. Sharif ‘Abdu’l-Muin, Grand Sharif of Mecca. b. 1747, educ. privately. Appointed 21st January but was deposed, 31st January 1788. He d. July 1803.
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1788 - 1813 H.H. Sharif Muhammad Ghalib bin Musa’ad bin Said bin Sa’ad al-Zaidi, Grand Sharif of Mecca. b. 1750, son of Sharif Masa’ad bin Said II al-Barakati, Grand Sharif of Mecca, educ. privately. Succeeded on the deposition of his brother, 31st January 1788. Deposed by the Turks 2nd November 1813 and exiled with his family to Salonika. A merchant foremost and ruler second, he did much to foster relations with Britian, the East India Company, France, Russia and Morocco and secure the commercial importance of the Red Sea ports. He completed the fortress and constructed several palaces for his large family, but never forgot his obligations, setting up several charitable institutions and endowments. m. several wives including (a) Sharifa Kamar (k. (poisoned) at Salonika, Greece, before 18th February 1817 (bur. there). He d. from plague, while in exile at Salonika, Greece, before 18th February 1817 (bur. there), having had issue, eight sons and two daughters:
  • 1) Sharif Hussein Hussein bin Ghalib al-Zaidi. He d. at Salonika, before 21st May 1833 (bur. there).
  • 2) Sharif ‘Abdu’llah bin Ghalib al-Zaidi. He was k. (poisoned) at Salonika, Greece, with his wife and son, before 21st May 1833 (bur. there), having had issue one son:
    • a) Sharif Muhammad Sharif bin ‘Abdu’llah al-Zaidi. He was k. (poisoned) at Salonika, before 21st May 1833 (bur. there).
  • 3) H.H. Amir ‘Abdu’l Mutalib bin Ghalib al-Zaidi, Grand Sharif of Mecca – see below.
  • 4) Sharif ‘Ali bin Ghalib al-Zaidi. He had issue, two sons:
    • a) Sharif Husain bin ‘Ali al-Zaidi. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • b) Sharif ‘Abdu’l Muhsin bin ‘Ali al-Zaidi. He had issue, two sons:
      • i) Sharif ‘Abdu’l Ilah bin ‘Abdu’l Muhsin al-Zaidi.
      • ii) Sharif Nasir bin ‘Abdu’l Muhsin al-Zaidi.
  • 5) Sharif Hashim bin Ghalib al-Zaidi. He d.s.p. young.
  • 6) Sharif Adnan bin Ghalib al-Zaidi. He had issue, a son.
  • 7) Sharif Ahmad bin Ghalib al-Zaidi. He d.s.p. young.
  • 8) Sharif Yahya bin Ghalib al-Zaidi. He had issue, a son:
    • a) Sharif Loay bin Yahya al-Zaidi.
  • 1) Sharifa Muzeyma bint Ghalib al-Zaidi (eldest child). Escaped the extermination of her family in 1816.
  • 2) Sharifa Emira bint Ghalib al-Zaidi (d/o Kamar). She was k. (poisoned) at Salonika, Greece, before 18th February 1817 (bur. there).
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1813 - 1827 H.H. Amir Yahya II, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca. Appointed by the Turks to succeed his uncle, 2nd November 1813. Deposed August 1827. He d. at Cairo, Egypt, 1838, having had issue, two sons:
  • 1) Sharif Mansur bin Yahya. He had issue, a son:
    • a) Sharif Husain bin Mansur.
  • 2) Sharif Hasan bin Yahya.
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1827 H.H. Amir ‘Abdu’l-Mutalib Pasha, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca (first time) - see below.
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1827 - 1836 H.H. Amir Muhammad III bin ‘Abdu’l Muin al-'Aun, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca (first time) - Copyright© Christopher Buyers
1836 - 1840 Interregnum.
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1840 - 1851 H.H. Amir Muhammad III bin ‘Abdu’l Muin al-‘Aun, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca (second time) - see below.
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1851 - 1856 H.H. Amir ‘Abdu’l-Mutalib Pasha, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca (second time) - see below.
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1827-1836, 1840-1851 and 1856-1858 H.H. Amir Muhammad III bin ‘Abdu’l Muin al-‘Aun, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca. b. at Mecca, 1767, son of Sharif ‘Abdu’l Muin bin ‘Aun, educ. privately in Egypt. Proclaimed as Grand Sharif and Amir at Mecca in succession to his cousin, September 1827. Deposed in 1832, but restored in 1840. Deposed again July 1851, re-appointed for the third time 6th January 1856. Installed at Mecca, 17th April 1856. m. (first) … (d. after 23rd January 1864). m. (second) at Bicha, a daughter of ‘Ali of Asir. m. (third) at Ménader, 15th September 1834, Méreï (?), the sister of a widow of ‘Ali of Asir [Ali-Séhéri]. He d. at Mecca, 28th March 1858, having had issue, six sons and four daughters, including:
  • 1) H.H. Amir ‘Abdu’llah Kamil Pasha, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca (s/o the first wife) - see below.
  • 2) Sharif ‘Ali Bey. b. 1833. m. (first) a Circassian lady. m. (second) Shaikha Salha bint Gharam al-Shahar, a Yemeni widow. He d. at Istanbul, Turkey, 1871, having had issue, two sons and four daughters:
    • a) H.M. Hussein ibn ‘Ali , King of the Hijaz (s/o Salha) - see below.
    • b) H.H. Prince Nasser bin ‘Ali Pasha. b. at Istanbul, Turkey, 1863, educ. at Istanbul, Turkey. Appointed as Deputy Grand Sharif to his brother Hussein, 29th October 1908. Senator of the Ottoman Empire 1908-1916. Granted the personal title of Prince (Amir) with the style of His Highness by his brother, King Hussein ibn ‘Ali of the Hijaz. Rcvd: GC of the Orders of the Renaissance (1917), and Independence (1921), the Ma’an (1918) and Arab Independence (1921) medals, the Imperial Orders of the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) 2nd class and of Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) 2nd class of Turkey, etc. m. (first) at Mecca 1879, Dilber Khanum. m. (second) Perendis Khanum. m. (third) Munira Khanum. m. (fourth) Nafi’a Khanum Effendi (d. 1922), sister of Lieutenant- General H.E. Ahmad Naji (Naji) Pasha Eldeniz, sometime ADC General to Sultan Muhammad VI, and daughter of H.E. General Khalil Pasha, of Monastir, Macedonia. He d. before 4th February 1925, having had issue, six sons and four daughters:
      • i) Sharif Jamil ‘Ali Bey (s/o Dilber). Mbr Governing Council of the Hijaz 1908, Senator of the Ottoman Empire, Governor of the Hauran 1920, Special Envoy between the King of the Hijaz and the Sultan of Turkey 1920-1921, Rais al-Dewan (Court Chamberlain) to 1938. m. Wijdan Khanum, daughter of H.E. Shakir Pasha, grand nephew of H.H. Muhmmad Kamil Pasha ‘the Cypriot’, sometime Grand Vizier. He d. at Amman, Transjordan, August 1938, having had issue:
        • (1) Sharif‘Abdu’llah bin Jamil. Fl 1908.
        • (2) Lieutenant-General Sharif Nasser bin Jamil. b. at Amman, Jordan, 7th August 1927, educ. Freres Coll, Jerusalem, and Athamiya High Sch, and Royal Military Coll, Baghdad, Iraq. Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut Jordan Arab Army 1851, Col Royal Guards 1956-1959, cdr Royal Guards Bde 1959-1961, Brig cdg Armoured Bde 1961-1964, Maj-Gen & Deputy C-in-C 1965-1967, ADC General to the King 1966, Lt-Gen and C-in-C 1969-1970, Senator of the Kingdom of Jordan 1974-1979. Hon Presdt Faisali Football Club 1956-1970. m. (first) (div.) Sharifa Fatima Newzad bint Rakan, daughter of Sharif Rakan bin Nasser. m. (second) Hind Mango Nasser (b. at Jerusalem, Palestine, 1935), educ. St Joseph’s Sch, Jerusalem, Beirut Women’s Coll, Lebanon (BA), and Royal Inst of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan, abstract artist, Chair Cttee of the National Music Conservatory. He d. from heart failure, 23rd March 1979, having had issue, two sons and three daughters by his first wife, and one son and two daughters by his second:
          • (a) H.H. Sharif Jamil bin Nasser. b. at Amman, Jordan, 27th December 1952 (s/o Fatima Newzad). Chair and CEO Jordan French Insurance Co PLC. m. Maqbula bint Zaben. He has issue, two sons and one daughter:
            • (i) Sharif Nasser bin Jamil, educ. RMA Sandhurst. Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut Jordan Arab Army 2002. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
            • (ii) Sharif Faisal bin Jamil, educ. The City Univ, and Imperial Coll, London, and Oxford Univ. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
            • (i) Sharifa Al-Anoud bint Jamil, educ. Georgetown Univ, Washington DC, USA, and London Sch of Economics (LSE), London.
          • (b) H.H. Sharif Hussein bin Nasser. b. at Amman, 1962 (s/o Fatima Newzad). m. (first) (div.) Seema Tabba’a, Co-owner TRS Learning Centre, sister of H.H. Princess ‘Aliya Tabba’a, and daughter of Sayyid Tawfik al-Tabba’a, Founder and Presdt Royal Jordanian Air Lines (ALIA), from a family originally from Damascus, Syria, by his wife, Lamia Addem. m. (second) Jemman Ammary, educ. Acad of Fine Art, Florence, Italy, Founder-Designer at Scrumptious Children’s Décor Co since 2005. He has issue, one son by his first wife, and three sons by his second:
            • (i) Sharif Jamil bin Hussein (s/o Seema).
            • (ii) Sharif Aoun bin Hussein (s/o Jemman).
            • (iii) Sharif Hashim bin Hussein (s/o Jemman) (twin with ‘Abdu’llah).
            • (iv) Sharif ‘Abdu’llah bin Hussein (s/o Jemman) (twin with Hashim).
          • (c) H.H. Sharif Nasser bin Nasser. b. posthumously at Amman, 1979 (s/o Hind), educ. Princeton Univ (MA 2003), New Jersey, USA. Hon Chair The Jordanian Soc for Therapeutic Riding (JSTR). Dir Jordan French Insurance Co PLC. m. 21st July 2006, Nadine Al-Sharif Nasser, née Al Olabi.
          • (a) H.H. Sharifa Zein al-Sharif bint Nasser. b. at Amman, 1954 (d/o Fatima Newzad), educ. St Stevens Coll, Kent, Hatchlands Coll, Surrey, and Infosystems, San Diego, California, USA. Financing Mngr Jordan Badia Research and Development Programme 1998, Dir of Finance & International Relations at the Higher Council for Science & Technology, Dir Development Dept of the Royal Court 2003-2006, Assist for Youth, Women, Education & Development at HM's Tribal Affairs Advisory since 2006. Chair National Bedouin Women's Cttee, National Water Harvesting Cttee, and the Hashemite Fund for Badia Development since 2004. Hon Presdt Rweished Women's Soc. Mbr Royal Cttee tasked with setting up IT & community service centres and the Royal Committee for Camel Conservation, International Assembly for Arid & Semi-Arid Regions, International Arid Lands Consortium (IALC) Brd, the Steering Cttee for Badia Rehabilitation Program (UNCC), National Cttee for Housing the Poor, Low & Middle Income Groups, Royal Cttee for Development of Higher Education & Vocational Training, and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources. m. (first) (div.) Muhammad Madi. m. (second) Omar Shoter, Assist Dir-Gen Arabsat, CEO NoorSat since 2004.
          • (b) H.H. Sharifa Nur bint Nasser. b. at Amman, 1956 (d/o Fatima Newzad). m. H.E. ‘Abdu’llah bin ‘Abdu’l Hamid Siraj, Ambassador to Spain 2001-2006, rcvd: GC of the Orders of Independence of Jordan, and Civil Merit of Spain (24.2.2006). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
          • (c) H.H. Sharifa Rajiha bint Nasser. b. at Amman, 1959 (d/o Fatima Newzad). m. (div.) Dr Nidal Arafat.
          • (d) H.H. Sharifa Nofa bint Nasser. b. at Amman, 1974 (d/o Hind). Resident Archaeologist Jordanian Tourism Brd. Vice-Presdt. Friends of Archaeology since 2000.
          • (e) H.H. Sharifa Zeinab bint Nasser. b. at Amman, 1976 (d/o Hind).
        • (1) Sharifa Zein bint Jamil ‘Ali [H.M. Queen Zein of Jordan]. b. at Alexandria, Egypt, 2nd August 1915, educ. at a Convent in Egypt. Rcvd: GC with collar of the Order of Hussein ibn ‘Ali. m. at Amman, 27th November 1934, H.M. Talal I, King of Jordan (b. at Mecca, 26th February 1909; d. at Istanbul, Turkey, 8th July 1972), eldest son of H.M. ‘Abdu’llah I, King of Jordan, GCMG, GBE, by his first wife H.M. Queen Musbah, elder twin daughter of H.H. Amir Nasser Pasha. She d. at Lausanne, Switzerland, 26th April 1994, having had issue, three sons and one daughter  - see Jordan.
        • (2) Sharifa Nafi'a bint Jamil ‘Ali. m. Sharif Fawwaz al-Muhanna (b. 1906; d. 1967), City Architect of Amman Municipality 1933-1937, in private practice from 1937, architect of Amman Municipality buildings, Basman Palace, and the French and Turkish ambassadorial residences in Amman. She had issue, a daughter:
          • (a) Sharifa Wijdan bint Fawwaz al-Hashimi [H.R.H. Princess Wijdan Ali]. b. at Baghdad, Iraq, 29th August 1939, educ. Sisters of Nazareth Convent Sch, Amman, Jordan, Beirut Univ Coll (BA 1961), Beirut, Lebanon, Univ Coll and the Sch of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), London (MA 1991, PhD 1993). Entered Jordanian Foreign Service (first woman) 1962, Representative at UN General Assembly New York 1962, and UNESCO Geneva 1962, resig 1966, Editor of Islamic art for the Encyclopaedia of Islamic Culture, Dir of Research & Studies at Amman Inst of Diplomacy, teacher and lecturer at Yarmouk Univ, and the Higher Inst for Islamic Art & Architecture, Dean Faculty of Arts & Design of the Univ of Jordan 2001-2006, Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative to the FAO 2006-2017. Painter, teacher and author since 1964. Presdt Royal Soc of Fine Arts (Amman) since 1979 and the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts since 1980. Vice-Presdt Jordan Inst of Diplomacy. Mbr Arab Thought Forum, World Affairs Council and the Brd of Governors of International Centre for Islamic Studies (London). Hon Dr Kabardino Balkarian State Univ (Moscow) (2004). Author of "Contemporary Art From the Islamic World" (1989), "Modern Islamic Art: Development and Continuity" (1997), and "Introduction to Islamic Art: Umayyads, Abbasids, Andalusians and Fatimids". Rcvd: Al-Hussein Gold Medal for Artistic Achievement (1995), Officer of the Order of Arts & Letters of France (1987), etc. m. at Amman, 11th April 1969, as his first wife, H.R.H. Prince 'Ali bin Naif (b. 10th August 1941), elder son of Colonel H.R.H. Prince Naif of Jordan, by his wife H.I.H. Princess Mihr-i-Mah Sultana, daughter of Major-General H.I.H. Prince Sultan Muhammad Zia ud-din Effendi of Turkey, GCVO. She had issue, one son and three daughters - see Jordan.
      • ii) H.H. Prince (Amir) Ja’afar bin Nasser Bey. b. at Constantinople, 1902 (s/o Munira). Granted the personal title of Prince (Amir) with the style of His Highness by King ‘Abdu’llah I of Jordan.
      • iii) Sharif Zamil bin Nasser Bey (s/o Munira). Mbr Governing Council of the Hijaz.
      • iv) Sharif Rakan bin Nasser Bey (s/o Nafa'a). m. Qudrat, née Badrakhan. He had issue, one son and four daughters:
        • 1) H.E. Sharif Ghazi bin Rakan Nasser. b. at Cairo, Egypt, 1939, educ. Victoria Coll, Alexandria, Egypt, and RAF Coll, Cranwell, Lincolnshire. Cmsnd as Pilot Officer RJAF, Dir-Gen of Civil Aviation in Jordan 1971-1972 and 1974-1982, MD Arab Wings Co Ltd 1982. Mbr RACJ. m. Khuzaima bint Abd al-Jabbar Mahmoud [H.H. Sharifa Huzeima Nasser], CVO (19.7.1966) (b. at Karrada, Baghdad, 20th June 1940), sometime Lady in Waiting to Princess Muna al-Hussein of the Jordan and Sec. to King Hussein, elder daughter of Nabil ‘Abdu’l Jabbar Mahmoud Al-Tai, by his wife H.R.H. Princess Rajiha, second daughter of H.M. Faisal I, King of Iraq, GCB, GCMG, Royal Victorian Chain. He d. at Amman, 2nd August 2001, having had issue, one son and three daughters:
          • (a) Sharif Rakan bin Ghazi Nasser. b. at Amman, Jordan, 30th August 1965, educ. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ, Dayona Beach, Florida, USA. m. Karima (m. second, Tarq Hijazi, of Manama, Bahrain), née Yolanda Bravo Herradon. He d. 16th July 1992, having had issue, an only daughter:
            • (i) Sharifa Haya Sofia bint Rakan Nasser. b. 3rd July 1989, educ. The Manhattan Sch of Music, and Teachers Coll, Columbia Univ (M.Ed. 2014), New York, USA. Second Assist Dir Oper Bonn, Teacher and Coach American Sch of Dubai, Assist Dir Vienna Volksoper 2016.
          • (a) Sharifa Rajha bint Ghazi Nasser. b. at Amman, Jordan, October 1969, educ. Roedean Sch, Brighton, Sussex, and the Sch of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), London. Settled in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. m. Amer Al-Muhaisen (b. at Amman, Jordan, July 1966), educ. Brown Univ (B.Eng.), Providence, Rhode Island, USA, CEO Oryx Transactions, MD of Hatif Telecom Industries, Dir The Foundation for International Education Ltd (FIE) since 2004, Education International Services Ltd since 2004 (Co Sec since 2008), etc, only son of Brigadier-General Bahjat Al-Muhaisin, sometime cdr Al-Hussein bin Ali Bde and Military Attaché at the Jordanian embassy in London, by his wife, Bahja al-Bitar. She has issue, two sons and one daughter:
            • (i) Rakan Muhaisen.
            • (i) Hamza Muhaisen.
            • (ii) Ayyat Muhaisen. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
          • (b) Sharifa Sarra bint Ghazi. b. at Guildford, Surrey, 4th May 1971, educ. Roedean Sch, Brighton, Sussex, RMA Sandhurst, Univ Coll, London (B.Sc.) and Royal Inst of Counselling, Glasgow (cert.). Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut Jordan Arab Army 1990, Directorate of Women's Affairs Head of Manpower 1993-1994, Head of Training 1994-1996, and Head of Cadet Programme Royal Hashemite Court since 2006. m. at Amman, Jordan, 4th August 1993, Raad Al-Rifai (b. at Amman, Jordan, 3rd April 1965), educ. Univ of Hartford, Connecticut (BSc), and Boston Univ., Massachusetts (MSc), USA, CEO The International Foundation for Investment Co Ltd, Vice-Chair Jordanian Public Payphones (JPP) Co Ltd until 1999, elder son of H.E. Ghazi bin Munir Al-Rifai, sometime Minister for Transport & Postal Services of Jordan, by his wife, Jacqueline Al-Rifai, née Chagniot, from France. She has issue, one son and three daughters:
            • (i) Faisal Al-Rifai. b. 30th August 1995.
            • (i) Huzaima Al-Rifai. b. 15th September 1997.
            • (ii) Sumaya Al-Rifai. b. 1st June 2000.
            • (iii) Cathra Al-Rifai. b. 1st November 2001.
          • (c) Sharifa Nafisa bint Ghazi. b. at Amman, Jordan, February 1976, educ. Roedean Sch, Brighton, Sussex. m. at Amman, Jordan, 1998, Muhammad Alayyan (b. at Amman, Jordan, 1973), educ. Georgetown Univ, Washington DC, USA, Chair United Jordan Press Co, CEO & Publisher "Al Waseet" classified newspaper since 1998, Al Faridah Specialized Printing Co since 2000, and "Al Ghad" newspaper, Chair & MD Jordanian United TV Broadcasting Co. (ATV) 2007, Vice-Presdt International Advertising Assoc (Jordan Chapter), Mbr IFRA Brd, etc, son of Khalid M.B. Alayyan, Chair Suma Fruits International, National Arab Motors Co, Al Quds Insurance Co., etc. She has issue, one son and two daughters:
            • (i) Khalid Alayyan. b. 20th June 2001.
            • (i) Sara Alayyan. b. 1st December 1999.
            • (ii) Zain Alayyan. b. 4th June 2004.
        • (1) Sharifa Nafa’a bint Rakan Nasser Al-Aoun. She d. at London, 2001. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        • (2) Sharifa Fatima Newzad bint Rakan. m. as his first wife, (div.) Lieutenant-General Sharif Nasser bin Jamal 'Ali (b. at Amman, 7th August 1927; d. 23rd March 1979), son of Sharif Jamil ‘Ali Bey, sometime Governor of the Hauran, by his wife, Wijdan Khanum, daughter of Shaker Pasha. She had issue, two sons and three daughters - see above.
        • (3) Sharifa Huzaima bint Rakan. b. 13th April 1942. m. 18th October 1962, H.E. Dr Suleiman Al-Dajani (b. at Jerusalem, Palestine, 20th November 1931), educ. Univ of Florence (PhD 1952), Italy, Private Sec to the King ca 1963, Minister Plen Austria ca 1969, Delegate UN General Assembly 1976, Permanent Representative for Jordan to FAO in Rome 1979, Charge d’Affaires Rabat 1964-1969 and Copenhagen 1969-1972, Ambassador to Bahrain 1972-1975, Italy 1979-1982, Australia 1982-1990 (conc to New Zealand), and India 1990 (conc to Sri Lanka). She had issue, four daughters:
          • (a) Hiba Dajani. b. at Rabat, Morocco, 10th May 1964, educ. Univ of Canberra (BA 1986), ACT, Australia, and the Sch of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), London (MA 1994). Works in Social Development.
          • (b) Dr. Haya Dajani. b. at Copenhagen, Denmark, 23rd February 1971, educ. Univ of Bath (BSc, MSc), Somerset, and Univ of Strathclyde (PhD 2007), Glasgow, Scotland. Lecturer at the Norwich Business Sch in the Univ of East Anglia. m. 23rd September 1998, Professor Nikolaos X. Tzokas, Professor of Marketing, Head of Business Sch & Assoc Dean of Research & KT in the Univ of East Anglia. She has issue, one son and one daughter.
          • (c) Danah Dajani. b. at Manama, Bahrain, 3rd May 1973, educ. Univ of Bath (BSc, MSc), Somerset, and Univ of Sussex (MPhil), Brighton, East Sussex. Dir Princess Basma Youth Resource Centre, External Relations Dir & Youth Development Advisor for Jordanian Hashimite Fund for Human Development 2005-2007, CSR Mngr at Abdali Investment & Development plc 2007, Dir of Madrasati, Eisenhower Fellow 2005.
          • (d) Noor Dajani [Noor Dajani Abukishk]. b. at Rome, Italy, 22nd december 1979, educ. Univ of Southampton (BSc), and Nottingham Trent Univ (MA). Works in the field of Health Promotion, Injury Prevention and Youth. m. at Amman, Jordan, 27th May 2011, Saif Mufid Abukishk (b. at Houston,Texas, USA, 26th April 1978), educ. Jordan Univ of Science & Technology (B.Eng.), Site Mngr Morganti Group Inc 2004-2007, Interface Mngr at Consolidated Contractors Intl Co (CCC) in Qatar since 2007, son of Mufid Saif Abukishk, by his wife, Zinat Shawkat Qaddomi.
        • (4) Sharifa Thuraya bint Rakan. b. 14th March 1945. m. (first) at Amman, Jordan, 1966 (div.), Sharif Zeid bin Hussein (b. 3rd July 1947; m. second, Ferihan Debbas), only son of H.H. Prince Hussein bin Nasser, GCVO, sometime Prime Minister of Jordan, by his wife H.R.H. Princess Makbula, third daughter of H.M. ‘llah I, King of Jordan, GCMG, GBE. She had issue, one son - see below.
      • v) Sharif ‘Abdu’l-Mu’in bin Nasser Bey (s/o Dilber). Mbr Governing Council of the Hijaz. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • vi) H.H. Prince Hussein bin Nasser Bey, GCVO (19.7.1966). b. at Taif, 30th November 1902 (s/o Perendis), educ. Istanbul Law Coll, Istanbul, Turkey. Entered Iraq govt service, Private Sec to King Faisal I 1929-1935, attaché Iraqi legation at Ankara 1935-1938, Assist Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1938-1942, Assist Chief of the Royal Household 1944-1946, Consul-Gen at Jerusalem and chargé d’Affaires at Amman 1946-1948, transf to Jordanian Foreign Service 1948, Envoy Ext & Minister Plenipotentiary to Turkey 1949-1950, Minister Paris 1950-1951, Jordanian Ambassador to Spain 1953-1961, Lord Chamberlain 1961-1963, 1964-1967, and 1967-1974, Minister of the Royal Court 1963-1964, Prime Minister 1963-1964 and 1967, Senator of the Kingdom of Jordan 1963-1964, 1969-1974. Granted the personal title of Prince (Amir) with the style of His Highness by King ‘Abdu’llah I of Jordan. Rcvd: GC of the Orders of the Renaissance (special class), Independence, and Star of Jordan, Isabel the Catholic (12.12.1961) and Civil Merit (3.6.1955) of Spain, Christ of Portugal, Merit of the Republic of Italy (31.8.1963), George I of Greece, Star of China, and the Cedars of Lebanon, the Orders of the Two Rivers 1st class of Iraq, Humayun 1st class of Iran, etc. m. at Amman, 1943, H.R.H. Princess Maqbula (b. at Mecca, 6th February 1921; d. at Amman, 1st January 2001), third daughter of H.M. ‘Abdu’llah I, King of Jordan, GCMG, GBE, by his second wife, H.H. Princess Suzdil. He d. at Amman, Jordan, 1st May 1982, having had issue, one son:
        • (1) Sharif Zeid bin Al-Hussein. b. 3rd July 1947, educ. Bryanston Sch, Blandford, Dorset. Press Sec Royal Jordanian Court, Chamberlain to King Hussein. m. (first) at Amman, his first cousin, (div.) Sharifa Thuraya bint Rakan (b. 14th March 1945), youngest daughter of Sharif Rakan bin Nasser Bey, by his wife, Qudrat, née Badrakhan. m. (second) Ferihan (b. 3rd May 1952), née Dabbas. He had issue one son by his first wife, and three sons by his second:
          • (a) Sharif Hussein bin Zeid. b. at Amman, Jordan, 12th September 1967 (s/o Thuraya), educ. Hurtwood House, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey. Capt Royal Jordanian Airlines. m. (first) m. (second) 27th October 2002, Rasha Al-Ahmad (b. 16th April 1973). He has issue, three daughters:
            • (i) Sharifa Haya bint Hussein Al-Hashem.
            • (ii) Sharifa Farah bint Hussein Al-Hashem.
            • (iii) Sharifa Thuraya bint Hussein Al-Hashem. b. 27th August 2003 (d/o Rasha). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
          • (b) Sharif Hassan bin Zeid. b. at Amman, Jordan, 22nd May 1974 (s/o Ferihan), educ. American Community Sch, Amman, Valley Forge Military Acad, Pensylvania (Assoc Degree), and Boston Univ (BS 1997). Business owner. m. 2007, Farah, Dep Dir-Gen Armoush Tourist Investment Co Ltd, daughter of Ahmad Armoush, Chair Jordan National Shipping Lines.
          • (c) Captain Sharif ‘Ali bin Zeid al-Aun. b. at Amman, Jordan, 8th July 1975 (s/o Ferihan), educ. American Community Sch, Amman, Emerson Coll, Boston, Massachusetts (BS 1998). Worked for Senator John Kerry Massachusetts Org. 1997-1998, United Nations Compensation Commission, Geneva, Switzerland 1998, cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut Jordan Arab Army 2004, prom Capt 2007, served with Jordanian cont with UN Peacekeeping Force in Afghanistan 2009. Rcvd: the Order of Independence 4th class (2007). m. 2008, Fida Dawani, educ. Tulane Univ, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Software Developer & Business Analyst at OFFTEC 2002-2004, Project Co-ordinator 2004-2005, Project Mngr 2005-2007, Marketing Dir, daugher of ... Dawani, by his wife, Olga Rodenko Dawani, daughter of Dr George [Yuri] Rodenko al-Maskobi, MD, sometime Medical Officer at theC hurch Missionary Soc (CMS) Hospital, Jaffa, Palestine, originally from Klintzi, Ukraine. He was k. in a bombing at Khost, Afghanistan, 29th December 2009.
          • (d) Sharif ‘Abdu’llah bin Zeid. b. at Amman, Jordan, 10th October 1976 (s/o Ferihan), educ. Amman Baccaluareate Sch, The Citadel, Military Coll of South Carolina (grad 1998), Charleston South Carolina, and Northwestern Univ (MSc 2007), Evanston, Illinois, USA. Advisor Ministry of Planning. Rcvd: the Order of Independence 4th class (1998). m. 2003, Dawn Abdullah (b. at Amman, Jordan, 21st April 1976), educ. Santa Margarita Catholic High Sch, Rancho Santa Margarita, California, USA, née Shadan Akeel Bississo, daughter of Akeel Saadi Bississo, of Los Angeles, California, USA, originally from Jerusalem, Palestine, by his wife, Laila M Alqasen. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
            • (i) Sharif Hamzah bin ‘Abdu’llah. b. 28th December 2006.
            • (i) Sharifa Sumi bint ‘Abdu’llah. b. 1st February 2010.
      • vii) Sharif ‘Ali bin Nasser Bey (s/o Perendis). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • i) Sharifa Musbah Khanum [H.M. Queen Musbah of Jordan]. b. at Mecca, 1885 (twin with her sister Queen Huzaima) (d/o Dilber). m. at Constantinople, 1904, as his first wife, H.M. ‘Abdu’llah I, King of Jordan, GCMG, GBE (b. at Mecca, November 1881; d. at Jerusalem, 20th July 1951), third son of H.M. Hussein I, Caliph al-Islam, King of the Hijaz, Commander of the Faithful, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca, GCB, by his first wife Sharifa Abdiya bint ‘Abdu’llah, daughter of H.H. Amir ‘Abdu’llah bin Muhammed, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca. She d. at Irbid, 15th March 1961, having had issue, one son and one daughter - see Jordan.
      • ii) Sharifa Huzaima Khanum [H.M. Queen Huzaima of Iraq]. b. at Mecca, 1885 (twin with her sister Queen Musbah) (d/o Dilber). m. at Constantinople, 1904, H.M. Faisal I, King of Iraq, GCB, GCMG, Royal Victorian Chain (b. at Taif, Hijaz 20th May 1883; d. at Berne, Switzerland, 8th September 1933), fourth son of H.M. Hussein I, Caliph al-Islam, King of the Hijaz, Commander of the Faithful, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca, GCB, by his first wife, Sharifa Abdiya bint ‘Abdu’llah, daughter of H.H. Amir ‘Abdu’llah bin Muhammed, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca. She d. at Baghdad, 27th March 1935, having had issue one son and three daughters - see Iraq.
      • iii) Sharifa Jamila Khanum (d/o Dilber).
      • iv) Sharifa Fatima Khanum (d/o Nafa’a). m. Amir Sharif Muhammad Muhsin, grandson of a former Amir of Mecca.
    • a) Sharifa Haya bint ‘Ali (d/o Salha).
    • b) Sharifa Zein as-Sharif bint ‘Ali. She d. after 1908.
    • c) Sharifa Asma bint ‘Ali. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • d) Sharifa Rahma bint ‘Ali. m. H.H. Amir ‘Ali Pasha, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca (b. 1859; d. in Egypt, after 1932), second son of H.H. Amir ‘Abdu’llah bin Muhammad, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca. She had issue - see below.
  • 3) H.H. Amir Hussein Pasha, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca - see below.
  • 4) H.H. Amir Aun ar-Rafiq Pasha, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca - see below.
  • 5) Sharif Sultan Bey. b. 1843. He d. April/May 1867, having had issue, a daughter.
  • 6) H.H. Amir ‘Abdu’l-Ilah Pasha, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca - see below.
  • 1) Sharifa Fatima al-Kabira Khanum [Fatima al-Kabira bint Muhammad bin ‘Abdu’l Muin al-‘Aun]. She d. after 1908.
  • 2) Sharifa Haya Khanum [Haya bint Muhammad bin ‘Abdu’l Muin al-‘Aun]. She raised King ‘Abdu’llah I of Jordon from the age of five, following the death of his mother in 1886.
  • 3) A daughter. m. Sharif ‘Abdu’llah bin el-Nasser (d. 1858), elder son of Sharif el-Nasser bin Fawaz – see above.
  • 4) Another daughter.Copyright© Christopher Buyers
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1858 - 1877 H.H. Amir ‘Abdu’llah Pasha, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca. b. 1823, son of H.H. Amir Muhammad III bin ‘Abdu’l Muin al-‘Aun, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca, by his first wife, educ. privately. Turkish Minister of State 1855-1858. Appointed by the Sultan of Turkey to succeed his father, 1st May 1858. m. (first) a Georgian. m. (second) Bazmi Jahan Khanum (d. after 1908), a Circassian lady. m. (third) after December 1863, an Arab lady. m. (fourth) an Abyssinian. He d. at Taif, 26th June 1877, having had issue, three sons and four daughters:
  • 1) Sharif Sharaf bin ‘Abdu’llah. b. at Mecca, 1851, educ. privately. He d.v.p. at Taif, 1871.
  • 2) H.H. Amir ‘Ali Pasha, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca - see below.
  • 3) H.E. Sharif Muhammed Pasha. b. at Mecca, 1864, educ. privately. He d. 19th November 1893, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
    • a) Sharif Muhsen Bey. Settled in Cairo. Copyright© Christopher Buyer
    • b) Sharif ‘Abdu’llah Bey. Settled in Cairo.
    • a) Sharifa Fakhr ul-Muhaddarat Khanum.
  • 1) Sharifa Abidiya Khanum. b. 1859 (d/o Bazmi Jahan). m. at Mecca, as his first wife, H.M. Hussein ibn ‘Ali, Caliph al-Islam, King of the Hijaz, Commander of the Faithful, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca, GCB (b. at Istanbul, Turkey, 1854; d. at Amman, Jordan, 4th June 1931), eldest son of Sharif ‘Ali Bey, by his wife, Shaikha Salha bint Gharam al-Shahar. She d. at Istanbul, 1886, having had issue four sons and one daughter – see below.
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1877 - 1880 H.H. Amir Hussein bin Muhammad, Grand Sharif and Amir of Mecca. b. 1838. Turkish Minister of State 1874-1877. Appointed by the Sultan of Turkey to succeed his brother, 11th July 1877. He d.s.p.m. from wounds received from an assassin, at Jeddah, 15th March 1880, having had issue, three daughters.
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