Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca  

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Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi (Template:Lang-ar, al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī; 1853/1854Template:Spaced ndash4 June 1931) was a Hashemite Arab leader who was the Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1908 and, after proclaiming the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire, King of the Hejaz from 1916 to 1924. At the end of his reign he also briefly laid claim to the office of Caliph. He was said to be a 37th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad as he belongs to the Hashemite family.





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