Shihāb al-Dīn Abū Sulaymān Aḥmad ibn ‘Ajlān ibn Rumaythah al-Ḥasanī () was

Emir of Mecca The Sharif of Mecca () was the title of the leader of the Sharifate of Mecca, traditional steward of the Holiest sites in Islam, Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The term ''sharif'' is Arabic for "noble", "highborn", and is used to desc ...

from 1361 to 1386. Ahmad was born around 740 AH (), the son of

Ajlan ibn Rumaythah ‘Izz al-Dīn Abū Sarī‘ ‘Ajlān ibn Rumaythah ibn Muḥammad Abī Numayy al-Ḥasanī () was Emir of Mecca from 1344 and 1372, with interruptions. Biography Ajlan was born around 707 AH (). He was the son of the Emir of Mecca Rumaythah i ...

. He served as deputy to his father during the latter's co-reign with

Thaqabah ibn Rumaythah Asad al-Dīn Abū Shihāb Thaqabah ibn Rumaythah ibn Muḥammad Abī Numayy al-Ḥasanī () was Emir of Mecca six times between 1344 and 1361. Biography Thaqabah was the son of Rumaythah ibn Abi Numayy, Emir of Mecca. In 744 AH (1343/1344) Thaqab ...

. After Ajlan and Thaqabah were deposed by Sultan al-Nasir Hasan in 1359, Ahmad and his brother Kubaysh were imprisoned in

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along with their father. They were released in 762 AH (1361) when Ajlan was reappointed to the Emirate of Mecca. When Ajlan assumed the Emirate in early Shawwal 762 AH (August 1361) he appointed Ahmad as coregent. In 774 AH (1372) Ajlan abdicated his share of the Emirate to Ahmad, though his name continued to be mentioned in the ''

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'' alongside Ahmad's until he died in 777 AH (1375). In 780 AH (1378/1379) Ahmad appointed his own son

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as co-Emir. Ahmad died on Saturday night, 20 Sha'ban 788 AH (14–15 September 1386). He was buried in al-Ma'lah cemetery and a ''

qubba A ''qubba'' (, pl. ''qubāb''), also transliterated as ḳubba, kubbet and koubba, is a cupola or domed structure, typically a tomb or shrine in Islamic architecture. In many regions, such as North Africa, the term ''qubba'' is applied commonly f ...

'' was built over his grave.

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* {{S-end Sharifs of Mecca Banu Qatadah 14th-century Arab people