Mas'ud ibn Idris explained

Mas‘ūd ibn Idrīs
Succession:Emir of Mecca
Reign:23 September 1629 – 3 December 1630
Predecessor:Ahmad ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Successor:Abd Allah ibn Hasan
Death Date:3 December 1630
Death Place:Mecca, Hejaz
House:Banu Qatadah

Mas‘ūd ibn Idrīs ibn Ḥasan ibn Abī Numayy (ar|مسعود بن إدريس بن حسن بن أبي نمي) was Emir of Mecca and ruler of the Hejaz from 1629 to 1630.

Kansuh Pasha, governor of Yemen, installed Mas'ud as Emir on Sunday, 5 Safar 1039 (23 September 1629), after assassinating Ahmad ibn Abd al-Muttalib.

Mas'ud died in Mecca of tuberculosis on Tuesday night, 28 Rabi II 1040 AH (the night of 2–3 December 1630). His funeral prayer was performed in the Masjid al-Haram, and he was buried in the qubba of Khadijah. The year of his death is recorded numerically in the poet's verse:

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