Muḥammad Abū Numayy II ibn Barakāt ibn Muḥammad ( ar, محمد أبو نمي الثاني بن بركات بن محمد ) was
Sharif of Mecca
The Sharif of Mecca ( ar, شريف مكة, Sharīf Makkah) or Hejaz ( ar, شريف الحجاز, Sharīf al-Ḥijāz, links=no) was the title of the leader of the Sharifate of Mecca, traditional steward of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina and ...
from 1512 to 1566. He co-reigned first with his father (1512–1525) and later with his sons (1540–1566).
Muhammad Abu Numayy was born in
Mecca
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on the night of 9 Dhu al-Hijjah 911 AH (), the son of
Sharif Barakat II. His mother was Sharifah Ghabyah, the daughter of Humaydan ibn Shaman al-Husayni, Emir of
Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
.
At the age of six he was appointed co-ruler with his father by the Sharif's
Mamluk
Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning " slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') ...
suzerain,
Sultan Qansuh al-Ghawri of Egypt. In 1517 after the
Ottoman conquest of Egypt
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Governments and dynasties
* Ottoman Caliphate, an Islamic caliphate from 1517 to 1924
* Ottoman Empire, in existence fro ...
, Barakat quickly recognized the change in sovereignty. He sent Abu Numayy to
Sultan Selim I in Cairo, bearing the keys to the holy cities and other gifts, and the Sultan confirmed Barakat and Abu Numayy in their positions as co-rulers of the Hejaz. Following his father's death in 1525 Abu Numayy assumed sole rulership of the Hejaz. Later in 947 AH (1540) he secured from
Sultan Suleiman I the appointment of his eldest son Ahmad as his co-ruler, and then the appointment of his next eldest son, Hasan, after Ahmad's death in 961 AH (1554).
In 974 AH (1566/1567) Abu Numayy received permission to abdicate in favor of Sharif Hasan. After retiring from the Sharifate he devoted his time to worship and religious studies while continuing to assist his son in an advisory capacity. He died on 9 Muharram 992 AH () at Wadi al-Abar, south of Mecca. He was
prayed over in
Masjid al-Haram
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and buried in
Jannat al-Mu'alla
Jannat al-Mu'alla ( ar, جَنَّة ٱلْمُعَلَّاة, Jannah al-Muʿallāh, lit=The Most Exalted Paradise), also known as the "Cemetery of Ma'la" ( ar, مَقْبَرَة ٱلْمَعْلَاة, link=no ') and ''Al-Ḥajūn'' ( ar, ٱل ...
, where a
tomb
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was constructed over his grave.
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1506 births
1584 deaths
16th-century Arabs
Sharifs of Mecca
Banu Qatadah
Arabs from the Ottoman Empire
Burials at Jannat al-Mu'alla