Qāsim ibn Hāshim ibn Fulaytah al-Ḥasanī al-‘Alawī ( ar, قاسم بن هاشم بن فليتة الحسني العلوي; d. 1162) 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 ceremo ...
from 1155 to 1161, and briefly in 1162. He belonged to the
sharif
Sharīf ( ar, شريف, 'noble', 'highborn'), also spelled shareef or sherif, feminine sharīfa (), plural ashrāf (), shurafāʾ (), or (in the Maghreb) shurfāʾ, is a title used to designate a person descended, or claiming to be descended, fr ...
ian dynasty known as the Hawashim. He was preceded by his father
Hashim
Hashim ( ar, هاشم) is a common male Arabic given name.
Hashim may also refer to:
*Hashim Amir Ali
*Hashim (poet)
*Hashim Amla
*Hashim Thaçi
*Hashim Khan
* Hashim Qureshi
* Mir Hashim Ali Khan
*Hashim al-Atassi
*Hashim ibn Abd Manaf
*Hashim ib ...
, and succeeded by his uncle
Isa ibn Fulaytah
‘Īsá ibn Fulaytah al-Ḥasanī al-‘Alawī ( ar, عيسى بن فليتة الحسني العلوي; d. ) was Emir of Mecca from 1161 to 1175. He ruled during the reigns of the Fatimid caliph al-Adid and the Ayyubid sultan Saladin. He belong ...
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Sharifs of Mecca
1162 deaths
Year of birth unknown
12th-century Arab people
Hawashim dynasty
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