Mas‘ūd ibn Idrīs ibn Ḥasan ibn Abī Numayy ( ar, مسعود بن إدريس بن حسن بن أبي نمي) was
Emir of Mecca
Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremo ...
and ruler of the
Hejaz
The Hejaz (, also ; ar, ٱلْحِجَاز, al-Ḥijāz, lit=the Barrier, ) is a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. It includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif, and Baljurashi. It is also known as the "Western Provin ...
from 1629 to 1630.
Kansuh Pasha, governor of
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
, installed Mas'ud as Emir on Sunday, 5 Safar 1039 (23 September 1629), after assassinating
Ahmad ibn Abd al-Muttalib.
Mas'ud died in Mecca of
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in ...
on Tuesday night, 28 Rabi II 1040 AH (the night of 2–3 December 1630). His
funeral prayer was performed in the
Masjid al-Haram
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, and he was buried in the
qubba
A ''qubba'' ( ar, قُبَّة, translit=qubba(t), pl. ''qubāb''), also transliterated as ḳubba, kubbet and koubba, is a cupola or domed structure, typically a tomb or shrine in Islamic architecture. In many regions, such as North Africa, the ...
of
Khadijah
Khadija, Khadeeja or Khadijah ( ar, خديجة, Khadīja) is an Arabic feminine given name, the name of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In 1995, it was one of the three most popular Arabic feminine names in th ...
. The year of his death is recorded
numerically in the poet's verse:
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Sharifs of Mecca
Banu Qatadah
1630 deaths
17th-century Arabs