Nāmī ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Ḥasan ibn Abī Numayy ( ar, نامي بن عبد المطلب 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 ...

for three months in 1632. In 1632 (1041 AH) Nami allied with the rebel commander Kor Mahmud to capture

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. They entered the city victorious on Wednesday, 17 March 1632 (25 Sha'ban 1041 AH ), after defeating the Emirs

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and

Zayd ibn Muhsin Zayd ibn Muḥsin ibn Ḥusayn ibn Ḥasan ibn Abī Numayy ( ar, زيد بن محسن بن حسين بن حسن بن أبي نمي) was an Emir of Mecca from 29 August 1631 to 17 March 1632 and then from 24 June 1632 to 6 July 1666, and the ancesto ...

at Wadi al-Biyar. The rebel army proceeded to pillage

and

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. Nami was proclaimed Emir, and appointed his cousin Abd al-Aziz ibn Idris ibn Hasan as co-ruler, though without inclusion in the ''dua''. He also killed Mustafa Bey, the commander of the Ottoman regiment that had fought alongside Muhammad and Zayd at Wadi al-Biyar. When the governor of Egypt

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received news of the events in Mecca, he sent a large army to restore Zayd to the Emirate. On Tuesday, 22 June 1632 (4 Dhu al-Hijjah) Nami escaped with his confederates and barricaded himself at the fortress of Turbah. On Thursday, 29 July 1632 (10 Muharram 1042, or the night of 11 Muharram), Ottoman troops entered the fortress and captured Nami, his brother Sayyid, and Kor Mahmud. They were taken prisoner and returned to Mecca, where it was decided that they should be put to death. Nami was hanged at al-Muda'a, Mecca, on Thursday, 5 August 1632 (18 Muharram 1042).

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