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, the ruler of Egypt. 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 # Sultan # Abd al-Ilah He also had four daughters.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Muhammad ibn Abd al-Muin 1767 births 1858 deaths 18th-century Arabs 19th-century Arabs Sharifs of Mecca Dhawu Awn