Īsā ibn Shīḥah ibn Hāshim al-Ḥusaynī was the
Husaynid Emir of Medina The Sharifate of Medina or Emirate of Medina was an emirate centred on the Islamic holy city of Medina in the Hejaz. It was established during the dissolution of the Abbasid empire in the mid-tenth century, and was ruled by a series of s of the Banu ...
from 1249/50 to 1251/2. He served as the deputy of his father,
Shihah ibn Hashim, and succeeded him after the latter's assassination. He was able to rebuff the attempt of a rival branch of the ruling dynasty, the descendants of Jammaz ibn Qasim ibn Muhanna, to seize power, but was overthrown by his two brothers,
Jammaz and
Munif, who succeeded him as co-rulers. Isa retired to private life, dying at Medina in 1284/5.
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* {{cite journal , last = Mortel , first = Richard T. , year = 1994 , title = The Ḥusaynid Amirate of Madīna during the Mamlūk Period , jstor = 1595853 , journal = Studia Islamica , volume = 80 , pages = 97–123
13th-century births
1284 deaths
13th-century Arab people
13th-century monarchs in the Middle East
Year of birth unknown
People from Medina
Sharifs of Medina
Banu Muhanna