Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Ḥasan ibn Abī Numayy ( ar, محمد بن عبد الله بن حسن بن أبي نمي) was

Emir of Mecca Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

and ruler of the Hejaz from 1631 to 1632, in partnership with Zayd ibn Muhsin. He was the son of the Emir of Mecca, Sharif

Abd Allah ibn Hasan ‘Abd Allāh ibn Ḥasan ibn Abī Numayy ( ar, عبد الله بن حسن بن أبي نمي) (died 1 January 1632) was Emir of Mecca and ruler of the Hejaz from 1630 to 1631. He was elected Emir by agreement of the ''ashraf'' on Tuesday, 28 R ...

. On Friday, 1 Safar 1041 AH (29 August 1631), Abd Allah abdicated and appointed Muhammad and Zayd ibn Muhsin as his successors. Muhammad and Zayd reigned together until Sha'ban (March 1632), when Mecca was captured by a rebel

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i army led by the commanders Kor Mahmud and Ali Bey. The rebels allied with

Nami ibn Abd al-Muttalib Nāmī ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Ḥasan ibn Abī Numayy ( ar, نامي بن عبد المطلب بن حسن بن أبي نمي) was Emir of Mecca for three months in 1632. In 1632 (1041 AH) Nami allied with the rebel commander Kor Mahmud t ...

, a rival cousin, and marched on Mecca after they were refused permission to enter the city on their way to

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. Muhammad and Zayd, accompanied by Mustafa Bey, governor of Jeddah, fought the rebels and were defeated near Wadi al-Biyar on Wednesday, 25 Sha'ban (17 March 1632). Muhammad was killed along with a group of the ''ashraf'', two hundred of his men, and most of the Ottoman garrison. The ''ashraf'' returned his body to Mecca that same day, bathed him, prayed over him, then buried him in

al-Ma'lah Jannat al-Mu'alla ( ar, جَنَّة ٱلْمُعَلَّاة, Jannah al-Muʿallāh, lit=The Most Exalted Paradise), also known as the "Cemetery of Ma'la" ( ar, مَقْبَرَة ٱلْمَعْلَاة, link=no ') and ''Al-Ḥajūn'' ( ar, ٱل ...

. After Zayd fled with the remaining ''ashraf'' to Wadi Marr al-Zahran, Nami entered Mecca with the rebels and took possession of the Emirate.

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