Surūr ibn Musā‘id ibn Sa‘īd ( ar, سرور بن مساعد بن سعيد, ) was a

sharif Sharīf ( ar, شريف, 'noble', 'highborn'), also spelled shareef or sherif, feminine sharīfa (), plural ashrāf (), shurafāʾ (), or (in the Maghreb) shurfāʾ, is a title used to designate a person descended, or claiming to be descended, fr ...

of the Zayd clan who served as

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 1773 to 1788. On 6 February 1773 Sharif Surur entered Mecca and proclaimed himself Emir in opposition to his uncle Sharif Ahmad ibn Sa'id. He died on 18 Rabi al-Thani 1202 AH () and was buried in

Jannat al-Mu'alla Jannat al-Mu'alla ( ar, جَنَّة ٱلْمُعَلَّاة, Jannah al-Muʿallāh, lit=The Most Exalted Paradise), also known as the "Cemetery of Ma'la" ( ar, مَقْبَرَة ٱلْمَعْلَاة, link=no ') and ''Al-Ḥajūn'' ( ar, ٱل ...

, in the mausoleum of

Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ( ar, خَدِيجَة بِنْت خُوَيْلِد, Khadīja bint Khuwaylid, 555 – November 619 CE) was the first wife and is considered to be the first follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Khadija was the da ...

Marriage and issue

In 1768, he wedded Princess Lalla Lubabah of Morocco, daughter of Sultan Sidi Mohammed III and of his wife Lalla Fatima bint Suleiman al- Alaoui. His known children were: *Abd Allah * Yahya *Sa'id *Hasan *Ahmad *Muhammad

References

* * * * Sharifs of Mecca 1750s births 1788 deaths 18th-century Arab people Dhawu Zayd Burials at Jannat al-Mu'alla {{Ottoman-bio-stub