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1882 - 1905 H.H. Amir
Aun ar-Rafiq Pasha, Grand Sharif and Amir of
Mecca. b. at Mecca, February 1841, son of H.H. Amir
Muhammad III bin 'Abdu'l Muin al-'Aun, Grand Sharif and
Amir of Mecca, educ. privately. Turkish Minister
of State 1878-1882. Appointed as Grand Sharif and Amir of
Mecca by the Sultan of Turkey, 30th August
1882. Installed at Mecca, 8th October 1882. Rcvd:
the Imperial Orders of Glory (Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar)
(30.8.1882), the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) 2nd
class, and Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) 2nd
class of Turkey, and the Order of the August Portrait of
Persia. m. Fatima Khanum (d. after
1919), daughter of Jari. He d. at Taif, 17th
July 1905, having had issue, one son:
1881-1882 and 1908
H.H. Amir 'Abdu'l-Ilah Pasha, Grand Sharif
and Amir of Mecca, fourth son of H.H. Amir
Muhammad bin 'Abdu'l Muin al- 'Aun, Grand Sharif and Amir
of Mecca, educ. privately. Appointed in 1881 but
deposed and imprisoned in the Castle of Taif, 1882.
Re-appointed in 1908 but died before proceeding to the
Holy cities. Rcvd: the Imperial Orders of the
Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) 1st class
and Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) 1st
class of Turkey. m. Mihr-i-Shah Malika Khanum
(d. at Baghdad, Iraq, 22nd November
1927), a Circassian lady. He d. at Emirgan,
Bosphorus, Turkey, 1908, having had issue, one son and
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