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:
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- 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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