Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz

Ali bin Hussein
علي بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Photograph by Zoltan Kluger, 1933
King of Hejaz
Sharif of Mecca
Reign3 October 1924 – 19 December 1925
PredecessorHussein bin Ali
SuccessorIbn Saud (as King of Hejaz)
Sharifate abolished
Born1879
Mecca, Hejaz, Ottoman Empire
Died13 February 1935(1935-02-13) (aged 55–56)
Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
Burial
SpouseNafissa Khanum
Issue
HouseHashemite
FatherHussein bin Ali
MotherAbdiya bin Abdullah
ReligionSunni Islam[1]

Ali bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi GBE (Arabic: علي بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, romanizedʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī; 1879 – 13 February 1935), 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 scion of the Hashemite family. With the passing of the kingship from his father he also became the heir to the title of caliph, but he did not adopt the office and the style of caliph.

  1. ^ IRAQ – Resurgence In The Shiite World – Part 8 – Jordan & The Hashemite Factors APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map, Februari 14, 2005 Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine