Ali bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi, was King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca from October 1924 until he was deposed by Ibn Saud in December 1925. He was the eldest son of King Hussein bin Ali and a
Photograph by Zoltan Kluger, 1933
Ali bin Hussein with Daoud El-Issa, journalist and manager of the Falastin newspaper, aboard a ship at Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine in 1933
Sharif of Mecca
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The Sharif of Mecca was the title of the leader of the Sharifate of Mecca, traditional steward of the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The term sharif is Arabic for "noble", "highborn", and is
Muhammed bin Abd al-Muin, Sharif of Mecca 1827–1851, as pictured in the 1848 book by William Francis Lynch