The Hashemites ( ar, الهاشميون, al-Hāshimīyūn), also House of Hashim, are the

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Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

, which they have ruled since 1921, and were the royal family of the kingdoms of

Hejaz The Hejaz (, also ; ar, ٱلْحِجَاز, al-Ḥijāz, lit=the Barrier, ) is a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. It includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif, and Baljurashi. It is also known as the "Western Prov ...

(1916–1925),

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

(1920), and

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

(1921–1958). The family had ruled the city of

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continuously from the 10th century, frequently as

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s of outside powers, and were given the thrones of the Hejaz, Syria, Iraq, and Jordan following their

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alliance with the

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; this arrangement became known as the "

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". The family belongs to the Dhawu Awn, one of the branches of the Ḥasanid Sharifs of Mecca, also referred to as Hashemites. Their eponymous ancestor is traditionally considered to be Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, great-grandfather of the

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. The Ḥasanid Sharifs of Mecca (from whom the Hashemite royal family is directly descended), including the Hashemites' ancestor Qatadah ibn Idris, were Zaydī Shīʿas until the late Mamluk or early Ottoman period, when they became followers of the Shāfiʿī school of Sunnī Islam. The current dynasty was founded by Sharif Hussein ibn Ali, who was appointed as Sharif and Emir of Mecca by the Ottoman sultan

Abdul Hamid II Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid II ( ota, عبد الحميد ثانی, Abd ül-Hamid-i Sani; tr, II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 10 February 1918) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to ...

in 1908, then in 1916—after concluding a secret agreement with the British Empire—was proclaimed King of Arab countries (but only recognized as King of the Hejaz) after initiating the Arab Revolt against the

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. His sons Abdullah and Faisal assumed the thrones of Jordan and Iraq in 1921, and his first son Ali succeeded him in the Hejaz in 1924. Abdullah was assassinated in 1951, but his descendants continue to rule Jordan today. The other two branches of the dynasty did not survive; Ali was ousted by

Ibn Saud Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( ar, عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود, ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin ʿAbd ar Raḥman Āl Suʿūd; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted ...

after the British withdrew their support from Hussein in 1924–1925, and Faisal's grandson Faisal II was executed in the 1958 Iraqi coup d'état.

History

Rulers of Mecca

According to historians

Ibn Khaldun Ibn Khaldun (; ar, أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون الحضرمي, ; 27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406, 732-808 AH) was an Arab The Historical Muhammad', Irving M. Zeitlin, (Polity Press, 2007), p. 21; "It is, of ...

and Ibn Hazm, in 968

Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Hasani Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Hasani was Sharif of Mecca from the late 960s to the early 970s, and the first Emir belonging to the Musawid dynasty. He was a Hasanid, descendant of the ninth generation from Hasan ibn Ali. According to Ibn ...

came from

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and conquered

in the name of the Fatimid

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al-Mu'izz after the latter had conquered Egypt from the Ikhshidids. Jafar was from the wider

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clan, albeit a different branch to the modern dynasty. The Banu Hashim claim to trace their ancestry from Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf (died c. 497 CE), the great-grandfather of the

, although the definition today mainly refers to the descendants of Muhammad's daughter Fāṭimah. Control of Mecca remained with the clan; when the Ottoman Turks took control of Egypt in 1517, Sharif Barakat quickly recognized the change in sovereignty, sending his son Abu Numayy II to the

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in Cairo, bearing the keys to the holy cities and other gifts. The Ottoman sultan confirmed Barakat and Abu Numayy in their positions as co-rulers of the Hejaz.

World War I and the Arab Revolt

Before World War I,

Hussein bin Ali Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

of the Hashemite Dhawu-'Awn clan ruled the Hejaz on behalf of the Ottoman sultan. For some time it had been the practice of the Sublime Porte to appoint the

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from among a select group of candidates. In 1908, Hussein bin Ali was appointed to the

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. He found himself increasingly at odds with the Young Turks in control at

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, while he strove to secure his family's position as hereditary emirs. Hussein bin Ali's lineage and destined position as the Sharif of Mecca helped foster the ambition for an independent Arab kingdom and caliphate. These pretensions came to the Ottoman rulers' attention and caused them to "invite" Hussein to Istanbul as the guest of the sultan in order to keep him under direct supervision. Hussein brought his four sons, Ali, Abdullah, Faisal, and Zeid, with him. It was not until after the Young Turk Revolution that he was able to return to the

Hijaz The Hejaz (, also ; ar, ٱلْحِجَاز, al-Ḥijāz, lit=the Barrier, ) is a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. It includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif, and Baljurashi. It is also known as the "Western Provinc ...

and was officially appointed the Sharif. Of Hussein's four sons, Abdullah was the most politically ambitious and became the planner and driving force behind the Arab revolt. Abdullah received military training in both the Hijaz and Istanbul. He was the deputy for Mecca in the Ottoman Parliament between 1912 and 1914. During this period, Abdullah developed deep interest in Arab nationalism and linked his father's interest for autonomous rule in the Hijaz to complete Arab emancipation. In 1914 he met the British high commissioner, Lord Kitchener, in Cairo to discuss the possibility of the British supporting an Arab uprising against the Turks. The possibility of co-operation was raised but no commitment was made by either side. Shortly after Abdullah returned to Mecca, he became his father's foreign minister, political advisor, and one of the commanders of the Arab Revolt. Faisal, Hussein's third son, played an active role in the revolt as commander of the Arab army while the overall leadership was placed in the hands of his father. The idea of an Arab uprising against the Ottoman Empire was first conceived by Abdullah. Only after gradual and persistent nudging did Abdullah convince his father, the conservative Sharif of Mecca, to move from the idea of home rule of a portion of Arabia within the Ottoman Empire to complete and total independence of the entire Empire's Arab provinces. Hussein recognized the necessity of breaking away from the Empire in the beginning of 1914 when he realized that he would not be able to complete his political objectives within the framework of the Ottomans. To have any success with the Arab revolt, the backing of another great power was crucial. Hussein regarded Arab unity as synonymous with his own kingship, he aspired to have the entire Arab peninsula, Greater Syria, and Iraq under his, and his descendants', rule. After a year of fruitless negotiation, Sir Henry McMahon conveyed the British government's agreement to recognize Arab independence over an area that was much more limited than what Hussein had aspired for. The Arab revolt, an Anglo-Hashemite plot in its essence, broke out in June 1916. Britain financed the revolt and supplied arms, provisions, direct artillery support, and experts in desert warfare including the soon to be famous T. E. Lawrence. The Hashemites promised more than they were able to deliver, and their ambitious plan collapsed. There were only a small number of Syrian and Iraqi nationalists who joined under the Sharifan banner while others remained loyal to the Ottoman sultan. Sharif Hussein bin Ali rebelled against the rule of the Ottomans during the Arab Revolt of 1916. For Hashemite contribution to the Allied forces effort to bring down the Ottoman Empire, Britain promised its support for Arab independence. However, the McMahon–Hussein correspondence left territorial limits governing this promise obscurely defined leading to a long and bitter disagreement between the two sides. File:Sharif Husayn.jpg, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca (1853–1931), the founder of the modern dynasty File:King Faysal (Faisal) I of Iraq (left) probably with his brother Emir Abdullah of Transjordan, at the palace, Baghdad, Iraq LOC matpc.13171.jpg, King Faisal I of Iraq and King Ali of Hejaz File:Hashemite Tree 2.PNG, Hasemites family tree

Post-War: the Sharifian Solution

After the war, the British devised a "

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" to "

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straight all the tangle" of their various wartime commitments. This proposed that three sons of Sharif Hussein would be installed as kings of newly created countries across the Middle East. Given the need to rein in expenditure and factors outside British control, including France's removing of Faisal from Syria in July 1920, and Abdullah's entry into Transjordan (which had been the southern part of Faisal's Syria) in November 1920, the eventual Sharifian solution was somewhat different, the informal name for a British policy put into effect by

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following the 1921

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Hussein bin Ali had five sons: * Ali, who briefly succeeded to the throne of Hejaz before its loss to the Saud family in 1925. * Abdullah, became the amir of Transjordan in 1921 and king of

in 1946, and whose descendants continue to rule the kingdom known ever since as the

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

. * Faisal, briefly proclaimed King of the

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in 1920, became

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in 1921. *

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, who moved to Jordan when his brother's grandson, King

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, was overthrown and murdered in a coup in 1958. * Hassan, died at a young age. Hussein bin Ali continued to rule an independent Hejaz, of which he proclaimed himself king, between 1916 and 1924, after the collapse of Ottoman power, with the tacit support of the British

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. His supporters are sometimes referred to as "Sharifians" or the "Sharifian party". Hussein bin Ali's chief rival in the Arabian Peninsula, the king of the

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(highlands),

, annexed the Hejaz in 1925 and established his own son, Faysal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, as governor. The region was later incorporated into

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. In Transjordan, the British government granted its independence in 1921 with Abdullah as ruler. The degree of independence that was afforded to the Arab states by colonial powers was an ongoing issue at the time, however in the case of Transjordan, the independence enjoyed was limited; with substantial influence and control was reserved by

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in London. In domestic affairs the local ruler was given a considerable amount of power nonetheless; but these powers were exercised in an autocratic manner by the Hashemite family while remaining under the superintendence of the British Resident in

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, as well as the British high commissioner in Jerusalem. Abdullah was assassinated in 1951, but his descendants continue to rule Jordan today. In Iraq, the Hashemites ruled for almost four decades, until Faisal's grandson Faisal II was executed in the 1958 Iraqi coup d'état.

Members and family tree

Ancestry

Sources:

Jordanian main branch

* The King and

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(The monarch and his wife) ** The Crown Prince (The King's elder son) ** Princess Iman (The King's elder daughter) ** Princess Salma (The King's younger daughter) ** Prince Hashem (The King's younger son)

Descendants of King Hussein of Jordan

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(King Hussein's fourth wife and widow) ** Hamzah and Princess Basmah (The King's half-brother and half-sister-in-law) ***Princess Haya (The King's half-niece) ***Princess Zein (The King's half-niece) ***Princess Noor (The King's half-niece) ***Princess Badiya (The King's half-niece) ***Prince Hussein (The King's half-nephew) ***Prince Muhammad (The King's half-nephew) ** Prince Hashim and Princess Fahdah (The King's half-brother and half-sister-in-law) ***Princess Haalah (The King's half-niece) ***Princess Rayet (The King's half-niece) ***Princess Fatima (The King's half-niece) ***Prince Hussein (The King's half-nephew) ***Prince Mohammad (The King's half-nephew) ** Princess Iman (The King's half-sister) ** Princess Raiyah (The King's half-sister) ** Princess Haya (The King's half-sister) ** Prince Ali and Princess Rym (The King's half-brother and half-sister-in-law) ***Princess Jalila (The King's half-niece) ***Prince Abdullah (The King's half-nephew) * Princess Muna (King Hussein's second wife; The King's mother) ** Prince Faisal and Princess Zeina (The King's brother and sister-in-law) *** Princess Ayah (The King's niece) *** Prince Omar (The King's nephew) ***

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(The King's niece) *** Princess Aisha (The King's niece) ***Prince Abdullah (The King's nephew) ***Prince Muhammad (The King's nephew) ***Princess Rajaa (The King’s niece) ** Princess Alia (The King's former sister-in-law) ** Princess Aisha (The King's sister) ** Princess Zein (The King's sister) ** Princess Alia (The King's half-sister)

Descendants of King Talal of Jordan

* Princess Taghrid (The King's aunt) ** Prince Talal and Princess Ghida (The King's cousin and cousin-in-law) ***Prince Hussein (The King's first cousin once removed) ***Prince Muhammad (The King's first cousin once removed) ***Princess Rajaa (The King's first cousin once removed) ** Prince Ghazi and Princess Miriam (The King's cousin and cousin-in-law) ***Princess Tasneem (The King's first cousin once removed) ***Prince Abdullah (The King's first cousin once removed) ***Princess Jennah (The King's first cousin once removed) ***Princess Salsabil (The King's first cousin once removed) * Princess Firyal (The King's former aunt) * Prince Hassan and Princess Sarvath (The King's uncle and aunt) ** Princess Rahma (The King's cousin) ** Princess Sumaya (The King's cousin) ** Princess Badiya (The King's cousin) ** Prince Rashid and Princess Zeina (The King's cousin and cousin-in-law) ***Prince Hassan (The King's first cousin once removed) ***Prince Talal (The King's first cousin once removed) * Princess Basma (The King's aunt)

Descendants of King Abdullah I of Jordan

*Prince Ali and Princess Reema (The King's cousin and cousin-in-law) **Prince Muhammad and Princess Sima (The King's second cousin and his wife) **Prince Hamzah (The King's second cousin) **Princess Rania (The King's second cousin) **Princess Karma (The King's second cousin) **Prince Haidar (The King's second cousin) **Princess Na'afa (The King's second cousin) **Princess Rajwa (The King's second cousin) **Princess Basma Fatima (The King's second cousin) * Prince Asem and Princess Sana (The King's cousin and cousin-in-law) **Princess Yasmine (The King's second cousin) **

(The King's second cousin) ** Princess Noor (The King's second cousin) ** Princess Salha (The King's second cousin) ** Princess Nejla (The King's second cousin) **Prince Nayef and Princess Farah (The King's second cousin and his wife) *Princess Naifeh (The King's grandaunt)

Iraqi Hashemites (Descendants of Prince Ra'ad ibn Zaid)

The descendants of Iraqi Hashemite prince Ra'ad ibn Zaid have been awarded Jordanian citizenship and are addressed in the style of His Royal Highness and Prince in Jordan. Descendants include Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad, a Jordanian diplomat, who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2014 to 2018, and Prince Mired bin Ra'ad.

Non-royals

A number of Dhawu Awn clansmen migrated with Emir Abdullah I to Transjordan in the early 1920s. Several of their descendants have gained prominent positions in the Jordanian state, including the positions of Chief of the Royal Court, Prime Minister, and Ambassador. Descendants of the Dhawu Awn clansmen are referred to as ''Sharifs'' and, other than Zaid ibn Shaker, have not been awarded princely title. Examples include former Prime Ministers and Royal Court Chiefs Sharif Hussein ibn Nasser, Sharif Abdelhamid Sharaf, Queen

Zein Al-Sharaf Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamil ( ar, زين الشرف بنت جميل; 2 August 1916 – 26 April 1994) was the Queen of Jordan as the wife of King Talal. Queen Zein was the mother of King Hussein. Family She was born in Alexandria, Egypt, into a f ...

(wife of King Talal and mother of King Hussein) and her brother Sharif Nasser ibn Jamil. Princely title in Jordan is typically restricted only to patrilineal descendants of any of the four sons of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca. Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein is currently the leader of the Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy political party and currently uses the title " Sharif".

Descendants of Prince Zaid ibn Shaker

Prince Zaid ibn Shaker, former PM and Commander-in-chief of the Jordanian military, was a member of the Dhawu Awn clan whose father Shaker ibn Zaid migrated to Transjordan with his cousin

Abdullah I of Jordan AbdullahI bin Al-Hussein ( ar, عبد الله الأول بن الحسين, translit=Abd Allāh al-Awwal bin al-Husayn, 2 February 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the ruler of Jordan from 11 April 1921 until his assassination in 1951. He was the Emi ...

. He was awarded the non-hereditary title of "prince" in 1996. His children, one son and one daughter, are addressed as "Sharifs" – not princes.

Citations

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