Awn ar-Rafiq

‘Awn ar-Rafīq Pāshā ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Mu‘īn (Ottoman Turkish: عون الرفيق پاشا بن محمد بن عبد المعين; Arabic: عون الرفيق باشا, ‘Awn ar-Rafīq Bāshā; February 1841  17 July 1905) served as Emir and Grand Sharif of Mecca from 1882 to 1905.

Birth

He was born in Medina at the end of Dhu al-Hijjah 1256 AH (February 1841).[1]

Death

He died in Taif on 17 July 1905.[2] He was buried near his brother Abd Allah in the qubbah (tomb-building) of Abd Allah ibn Abbas.[3]

Notes

References

  • ‘Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Ghāzī al-Makkī (2009). ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Duhaysh, ed. إفادة الأنام / Ifādat al-anām (in Arabic) 4 (1st ed.). Makkah: Maktabat al-Asadī. 
  • Al-Amr, Saleh Muhammad (1974). The Hijaz under Ottoman rule 1869-1914 : Ottoman Vali, the Sharif of Mecca, and the growth of British influence (Thesis). University of Leeds. OCLC 654756879. 
  • http://www.royalark.net/Arabia/mecca5.htm
‘Awn ar-Rafīq ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Mu‘īn ibn ‘Awn
House of ‘Awn
Cadet branch of the House of Qatādah
Born: February 1841 Died: 17 July 1905
Political offices
Preceded by
Abd al-Ilah Pasha
Emir and Grand Sharif of Mecca
8 October 1882 – 17 July 1905
Succeeded by
Ali Pasha ibn Abd Allah
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