Sharifate of Mecca
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The Sharifate of Mecca or Emirate of Mecca was a state, semi-sovereign for much of its existence, ruled by the Sharif of Mecca. A sharif is a descendant of Hasan ibn Ali, Muhammad's grandson. In Weste
Hussein bin Ali, the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 to 1924 and King of the Hejaz from 1916 to 1924.
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Hashemites
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The Hashemites, officially the House of Hashim, are the royal family of Jordan, which they have ruled since 1921, and were the royal family of the kingdoms of Hejaz, Syria, and Iraq. The family had ru
King Faisal I of Iraq and King Ali of Hejaz
The family tree of the Hashemite dynasty
The sons of Hussein: Ali, Abdullah and Faisal, in the mid-1920s