Da’ūd ibn ‘Īsá ibn Fulaytah al-Ḥasanī al-‘Alawī (; d. July/August 1193) 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 ...

at least three times between 1175 and 1192, in opposition to his brother Mukaththir. He belonged to the

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ian dynasty known as the Hawashim. Da'ud succeeded to the Emirate after the death of his father Isa on 2 Sha'ban 570 AH (). Less than a year later, on the night of 15 Rajab 571 AH (), he was deposed by his brother Mukaththir. In Dhu al-Hijjah of that year (June/July 1176) the Iraqi ''

amir al-hajj ''Amir al-hajj'' ( or ; plural: ) was the position and title given to the commander of the annual Hajj pilgrim caravan by successive Muslim empires, from the 7th century until the 20th century. Since the Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasid period, there w ...

'' Tashtakin al-Mustanjadi fought Mukaththir and captured Mecca. He gave custodianship of the Emirate to Qasim ibn Muhanna, the

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. After three days Qasim surrendered the Emirate to Da'ud, after the latter agreed to Tashtakin's conditions, among which were that he abolish the ''mukus'' (non-Islamic taxes). However, reports indicate that Mukaththir was again Emir the following year, in 572 AH (1176/1177). At some point the Emirate returned to Da'ud, as

al-Dhahabi Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī (), also known as Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qāymāẓ ibn ʿAbdillāh at-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was an Atharism, Athari ...

reports that he was Emir in 587 AH (1191/1192). He writes that in that year Da'ud looted the

Kaaba The Kaaba (), also spelled Kaba, Kabah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaba al-Musharrafa (), is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and Holiest sites in Islam, holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Sa ...

of its wealth and stripped the

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of its silver collar. When the ''amir al-hajj'' arrived he deposed Da'ud and installed Mukaththir as Emir. According to al-Dhahabi, Da'ud spent the rest of his days at Nakhlah, where he died in Rajab 589 AH (July/August 1193). Najm Ibn Fahd writes that he died on Monday, 14 Sha'ban 589 AH (23 August 1193). He had a son named Ahmad, as evidenced by a gravestone seen by al-Fasi.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Isa, Da'ud ibn Year of birth unknown 1193 deaths 12th-century Arab people Hawashim dynasty Sharifs of Mecca