Muḥammad ibn 'Abd al-Mu'īn ibn 'Awn ( ar, محمد بن عبد المعين بن عون; 1767 – 29 March 1858), also known as Muhammad ibn Awn (), was
Sharif and Emir 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 1827 to 1851 and 1856 to 1858.
Family
He was the son of Sharif 'Abdu'l Muin bin 'Aun.
Emirate
He was appointed to the Emirate in 1827 by
Muhammad Ali Pasha
Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan ( sq, Mehmet Ali Pasha, ar, محمد علي باشا, ; ota, محمد علی پاشا المسعود بن آغا; ; 4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849), was ...
, the ruler of
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
. He was the first Emir of Mecca from the Abdillahis – the clan descending from his 6th generation ancestor
Abd Allah ibn Hasan
‘Abd Allāh ibn Ḥasan ibn Abī Numayy ( ar, عبد الله بن حسن بن أبي نمي) (died 1 January 1632) was Emir of Mecca and ruler of the Hejaz from 1630 to 1631.
He was elected Emir by agreement of the ''ashraf'' on Tuesday, 28 Ra ...
.
Death and burial
He died on 13 Sha'ban 1274 AH (c. 29 March 1858) after an illness. He was buried in the
qubbah (tomb-building) of
Aminah bint Wahb, next to her grave.
Issue
He had six sons:
# Abdullah
# Ali (father of
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca)
# Husayn
#
Awn ar-Rafiq
‘Awn al-Rafīq Pāshā ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Mu‘īn ibn Awn ( ota, عون الرفيق پاشا بن محمد بن عبد المعين بن عون; ar, عون الرفيق باشا, '; February 184117 July 1905), also known as Awn al- ...
# Sultan
#
Abd al-Ilah
He also had four daughters.
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1767 births
1858 deaths
18th-century Arabs
19th-century Arabs
Sharifs of Mecca
Dhawu Awn