Surūr ibn Musā‘id ibn Sa‘īd (Arabic: سرور بن مساعد بن سعيد, c. 1754 – c. 27 January 1788) was a sharif of the Zayd clan who served as Sharif and Emir of Mecca from 1773 to 1788.[1]

Surur ibn Musa'id
سرور بن مساعد
Sharif and Emir of Mecca
Reign6 February 1773 – c. 27 January 1788
PredecessorAhmad ibn Sa'id
SuccessorAbd al-Mu'in ibn Musa'id
Bornc. 1754
Diedc. 27 January 1788
Mecca, Ottoman Empire
Burial
SpousePrincess Lalla Lubabah bint Mohammed al-Alaoui (m. 1768)
House
FatherMusa'id ibn Sa'id

On 6 February 1773 Sharif Surur entered Mecca and proclaimed himself Emir in opposition to his uncle Sharif Ahmad ibn Sa'id.[2][3][4]

He died on 18 Rabi al-Thani 1202 AH (c. 27 January 1788) and was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla, in the mausoleum of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid.[5][6]

Marriage and issue edit

In 1768,[7] he wedded Princess Lalla Lubabah of Morocco,[8] daughter of Sultan Sidi Mohammed III and of his wife Lalla Fatima bint Suleiman al-Alaoui.[8]

His known children were:

  • Abd Allah
  • Yahya
  • Sa'id
  • Hasan
  • Ahmad
  • Muhammad

References edit

  1. ^ de Zambaur 1927, p. 23.
  2. ^ Uzunçarşılı 2003, p. 191.
  3. ^ al-Ghāzī 2009, p. 657.
  4. ^ Daḥlan 2007, pp. 280–281.
  5. ^ al-Ghāzī 2009, p. 681.
  6. ^ Daḥlan 2007, pp. 294–295.
  7. ^ Zayyānī, Abū al-Qāsim ibn Aḥmad al- (1734-1833) Auteur du texte (1886). Le Maroc de 1631 à 1812 / de Aboulqâsem ben Ahmed Ezziâni ; publié et traduit par O. Houdas. p. 143.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ a b "Lubabah Al Hassan". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-10-21.

References edit

  • de Zambaur, E. (1927). Manuel de généalogie et de chronologie pour l'histoire de l'Islam. Hanovre: Heinz Lafaire.
  • Uzunçarşılı, İsmail Hakkı (2003). Ashrāf Makkat al-Mukarramah wa-umarāʼihā fī al-ʻahd al-ʻUthmānī أشراف مكة المكرمة وأمرائها في العهد العثماني (in Arabic). Translated by Murād, Khalīl ʻAlī (1st ed.). Beirut: al-Dār al-‘Arabīyah lil-Mawsū‘āt.
  • al-Ghāzī, ‘Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad (2009). ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Duhaysh (ed.). Ifādat al-anām إفادة الأنام (in Arabic). Vol. 3 (1st ed.). Makkah: Maktabat al-Asadī.
  • Daḥlan, Aḥmad Zaynī (2007) [1887/1888]. Khulāṣat al-kalām fī bayān umarā' al-Balad al-Ḥarām خلاصة الكلام في بيان أمراء البلد الحرام (in Arabic). Dār Arḍ al-Ḥaramayn.
Surur ibn Musa'id ibn Sa'id ibn Sa'd ibn Zayd
House of Zayd
Branch of the House of Qatadah
Regnal titles
Preceded by Sharif and Emir of Mecca
1773–1788
Succeeded by