Muḥammad ibn Barakāt ibn Ḥasan ibn ‘Ajlān (; 1437) was
Sharif 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 1455 to 1497. As a vassal of the
Sultan of Egypt
Sultan of Egypt was the status held by the rulers of Egypt after the establishment of the Ayyubid dynasty of Saladin in 1174 until the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517. Though the extent of the Egyptian Sultanate ebbed and flowed, it generally ...
his authority extended over the entire
Hejaz
Hejaz is a Historical region, historical region of the Arabian Peninsula that includes the majority of the western region of Saudi Arabia, covering the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif and Al Bahah, Al-B ...
.
He was born in Ramadan 840
AH (March/April 1437), the son of
Barakat I
Zayn al-Dīn Abū Zuhayr Barakāt ibn Ḥasan ibn ‘Ajlān al-Ḥasanī () was a Sharif of Mecca from 1425 to 1455.
Early life
Barakat was born in 801 AH (1398/1399) in al-Khushshafah near Jeddah. He was raised in Mecca by his father, the Emir ...
, Sharif of Mecca. In 859 AH (1455) Barakat's health deteriorated, and he petitioned the Sultan to appoint his son as his replacement. Barakat died on Monday, 19 Sha'ban 859 AH (4 August 1455), and it so happened that the Sultan's reply—dated 16 Rajab 859 AH ()—arrived from Egypt the following day, accompanied by a robe of investiture (
''khil'ah'') for Sharif Muhammad. On 4 Shawwal () Muhammad received condolences from the Sultan and his formal decree of appointment (''tawqi'').
In the year 878 AH (1473/1474) Sultan
Qaitbay
Sultan Abu Al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din Al-Ashraf Qaitbay (; 1416/14187 August 1496) was the eighteenth Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from 872 to 901 A.H. (1468–1496 C.E.). He was Circassian by birth, and was purchased by the ninth sultan Barsbay ( ...
appointed Muhammad's son
Barakat as co-regent.
Sharif Muhammad died on 11 Muharram 903 AH () at Wadi Marr al-Zahran (present-day Wadi Fatimah). He was buried in the
Cemetery of al-Ma'lah in Mecca, and a tomb was built over his grave.
Issue
He had sixteen sons, besides daughters. Among his sons were:
*Humaydah, Sharif of Mecca
*Jazan, Sharif of Mecca
*Hazza', Sharif of Mecca
*Barakat II, Sharif of Mecca
*Qayitbay, Sharif of Mecca
*Ali
*Rajih
*Rumaythah
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1437 births
1497 deaths
15th-century Arab people
Sharifs of Mecca
Vassal rulers of the Mamluk Sultanate