Qatada ibn Idris

Qatada ibn Idris
Emir of Mecca
Reign1201–1220
PredecessorMukaththir
SuccessorHasan
Bornc. early 1130s or 1150s
Yanbu, Fatimid Caliphate (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Died1220/1221
Mecca, Ayyubid Sultanate (present-day Saudi Arabia)
HouseBanu Hasan
Arabic name
Personal
(Ism)
Qatāda
قتادة
Patronymic
(Nasab)
Ibn Idrīs ibn Muṭā‘in
بن إدريس بن مطاعن
Teknonymic
(Kunya)
Abū ʿAzīz
أبو عزيز
Toponymic
(Nisba)
Al-Ḥasanī al-ʿAlawī al-Yanbuʿī al-Makkī
'the Hasanid, the Alid, the Yanbuite, the Meccan'
الحسني العلوي الينبعى المكي

Abu Aziz Qatada ibn Idris al-Hasani al-Alawi al-Yanbu'i al-Makki (Arabic: أبو عزيز قتادة بن إدريس الحسني العلوي الينبعى المكي, romanizedAbū ʿAzīz Qatāda ibn Idrīs al-Ḥasanī al-ʿAlawī al-Yanbuʿī al-Makkī‎; d. 1220/1221) was the Sharif of Mecca, reigning from 1201 to 1220/1221. He also founded the Banu Qatadah dynasty and established a tradition of sharifs descended from him to rule Mecca which lasted until the office was abolished in 1925.[1] Regarding his sectarian denomination, Qatadah ibn Idris was a Zaidi Shi'ite.[2]

  1. ^ Salibi, 1998, p.55.
  2. ^ Curatola, Giovanni (January 2007). The Art and Architecture of Mesopotamia. ISBN 9780789209214.