Sharif Abd al-Ilah Pasha ibn Muhammad ( ''al-Sharīf ‘Abd al-Ilāh Bāshā ibn Muḥammad''; Şerif Abdülilah Paşa bin Muhammed; 184527 October 1908) was a

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

of the Awn clan who was briefly proclaimed

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in 1882. He was appointed again in 1908 but died before reaching

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Biography

Sharif Abd al-Ilah was born in 1261 AH (1845), the youngest son of Sharif Muhammad Ibn Awn. On 28 Shawwal 1299 AH (September 1882) Vali Osman Nuri Pasha deposed Sharif Abd al-Muttalib ibn Ghalib of the Zayd clan and unilaterally installed Abd al-Ilah as Emir. In late Dhi al-Qidah 1299 AH (October 1882) Sultan Abd al-Hamid overturned the appointment and instead appointed Abd al-Ilah's brother Awn al-Rafiq as Emir. Abd al-Ilah served as acting Emir until his brother's arrival in early Dhi al-Hijjah (October 1882). In 1883 he moved to Istanbul where on 24 Rabi al-Awwal (3 February 1883) he was awarded the rank of

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and appointed to the Council of State. After Awn al-Rafiq's death in 1905, Abd al-Ilah was rejected for the Emirate in favor of his nephew Sharif Ali ibn Abd Allah, who was actively support by Vali Ratib Pasha. After Ali was deposed, Abd al-Ilah was finally named Emir on 28 Ramadan 1326 (24 October 1908). However only a few days later he died in Istanbul, on 2 or 3 Shawwal 1326 AH (27 or 28 October 1908).

Honours

*Rank of Vezir, 3 February 1883 *Nişan-ı Osmani, 1st Class *Nişan-ı Mecidi, 1st Class

Residence

His seaside residence, the Şerifler Yalısı ("

yalı A yalı (, from Greek ''yialí'' (mod. ''yialós''), literally "seashore, beach") is a house or mansion built right on the waterside (almost exclusively seaside, particularly on the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul) and usually built with an archit ...

of the Sharif") in the Emirgan neighborhood of Istanbul, has been converted into a museum.

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