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Sharifian Caliphate

الخلافة الشرفية

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

The caliphate proclaimed by Husayn ibn Ali (may God be pleased with him), Sharif of Mecca, in March 1924 after the abolition of the Ottoman caliphate; it found little recognition and ended with his abdication in 1925.

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The Modern Era
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The Colonial Era · The Modern Era

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Ali ibn Husayn (King of the Hejaz)· Husayn ibn Ali (Sharif of Mecca)

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Ali ibn Husayn (King of the Hejaz)· Husayn ibn Ali (Sharif of Mecca)· Battle of Mecca· Battle of Jeddah· Unification of Saudi Arabia

Sources

  • Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes
  • Wikidata
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