Abd al-Mutalib ibn Ghalib (; served three times as
Emir and Grand Sharif 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 ...
: First in 1827, then 1851 to 1856, and finally 1880 to 1881.
His rule after replacing
Muhammad ibn Awn
Muḥammad ibn 'Abd al-Mu'īn ibn 'Awn (; 1767 – 29 March 1858), also known as Muhammad ibn Awn (), was Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1827 to 1851 and 1856 to 1858.
Family
He was the son of Sharif 'Abdu'l Muin bin 'Aun.
Emirate
He was appoi ...
in 1851 was characterized by pro-slavery and anti-Ottoman riots.
He was pro-slavery and led riots, in this contest he struggled with
Vali Kâmil Pasha
Mehmed Kâmil Pasha (; , "Mehmed Kâmil Pasha the Cypriot"), also spelled as Kâmil Pasha (1833 – 14 November 1913), was an Ottoman Anglophile statesman and liberal politician of Turkish Cypriot origin in the late-19th-century and early-20th ...
's enforcement of
anti-slavery law and Awn's supporters. On 15 or 17 November 1855, Awn's reappointment was announced in
Jeddah
Jeddah ( ), alternatively transliterated as Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; , ), is a List of governorates of Saudi Arabia, governorate and the largest city in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia, and the country's second largest city after Riyadh, located ...
; al-Muttalib rejected this, raising his supporters and allegedly requesting
Beduin
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chiefs assist him. Awn was reinstalled on 17 April 1856, but
the fighting continued until al-Muttalib was captured in May and sent to
Istanbul
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.
[ When he returned to power in 1880, he did not oppose English and Ottoman anti-slavery due, as suggested by William Ochsenwald, to his reliance on the central government for his competition with Vali ]Osman Nuri Pasha
Osman Nuri Pasha (; 1832, Tokat, Ottoman Empire – 4 to 5 April 1900, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire), also known as Gazi Osman Pasha (), was an Ottoman Turkish field marshal. Being one of the most respected and decorated Ottoman pas ...
.
See also
*Ottoman Arabia
The Ottoman era in the history of Arabia lasted from 1517 to 1918. The Ottoman degree of control over these lands varied over these four centuries, with the fluctuating strength or weakness of the Empire's central authority.
History
Early per ...
*Sharifate of Mecca
The Sharifate of Mecca () or Emirate of Mecca was a state, ruled by the Sharif of Mecca. The Egyptian encyclopedist al-Qalqashandi described it as a Bedouin state, in that being similar to its neighbor and rival in the north the Sharifat ...
References
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1790 births
1886 deaths
19th-century Arab people
Dhawu Zayd
Proslavery activists