‘Abd al-Mu‘īn ibn Musā‘id ibn Sa‘īd () 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 Zayd clan who briefly served as
Sharif and Emir of Mecca
The Sharif of Mecca () was the title of the leader of the Sharifate of Mecca, traditional steward of the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The term ''sharif'' is Arabic for "noble", "highborn", and is used to describe the descendants of ...
on two occasions – first in January 1788, and second during April–July 1803.
He succeeded to the Emirate in January 1788 after the death of his brother Sharif
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People
* Surur (qiyan) (c. 1193), singer and concubine at the Ayyubid court in Egypt.
* Surur ibn Musa'id (1754-1788), Sharif of Mecca (1773-1788)
* Yahya ibn Surur (d ...
, but he abdicated to his brother Sharif
Ghalib
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within a few days. He assisted Ghalib during his rule, leading several military expeditions against the
Saudi-
Wahhabi
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Emirate of Diriyah
The first Saudi state (), officially the Emirate of Diriyah (), was established in 1744, when the emir of a Najdi town called Diriyah, Muhammad I, and the religious leader Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab signed a pact to found a socio-religious ...
. In April 1803 when Wahhabi forces marched on Mecca, Ghalib appointed Abd al-Mu'in as acting Emir before retreating to Jeddah. Abd al-Mu'in surrendered the city to
Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz and was installed as Emir under Saudi suzerainty. In July 1803 he allowed Sharif Ghalib to enter the city with his army and drive out the Wahhabi garrison.
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18th-century Arab people
Sharifs of Mecca
Dhawu Zayd