| Honorific-Prefix: | Sheikh |
| Background: |
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| Relatives: | Nouri al-Maliki (grandson) |
| Parents: | Hamadi al-Maliki (father) |
| Children: | 6 |
| Religion: | Islam |
| Jurisprudence: | Twelver Shia Islam |
| Native Name: | Arabic: محمد حسن أبي المحاسن |
| Death Place: | Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Birth Place: | Karbala, Ottoman Iraq |
| Birth Date: | 19 April 1875 |
| Muhammad-Hasan Abu al-Mahasin | |
| Teacher: | Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi |
Sheikh Muhammad-Hasan Abi al-Mahasin al-Janaji al-Ha'eri (; 1875–1923) was an Iraqi poet and politician.[1] He was most famous for his participation in the Iraqi revolt of 1920.[2]
Abi al-Mahasin, was born in Karbala in 1874. His grandfather, Muhsin al-Maliki, was the first of the family to migrate from Janaja, Hilla to Karbala, residing in Janaja, al-Hindiya in the end of the 19th century. They also gained stature in the city, after marrying into the Nasrallah family. He is of the Albu Muhsin family of Al-Ghati offshoot of Al-Ali tribe, a branch of Bani Malik tribe.
Abi al-Mahasin was one of the leaders of the Iraqi revolution against the British occupation during and after the First World War. He became Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi's representative, by leading the Revolutionary Council (known as ;) in 1920.
He later became the Minister of Education in the first national government of the royal reign of King Faisal I after Iraq's independence in 1922.
Abi al-Mahasin was a renowned poet, and his student Sheikh Muhammad-Ali al-Yaqubi published his diwan for him in 1966, under the name .
Abi al-Mahasin wrote a lot of poetry on pan-Arabism, and the glory of the Arabs, and one of his famous lines includes:
Abi al-Mahasin was married to the daughter of Sayyid Ali Nasrallah. He had six sons, Kamil, Muhammad-Husayn, Fadhil, Muhammad-Sharif, Abd al-Razzaq, and Mo'ein.[3]
His grandson, Nouri al-Maliki, was the prime minister of Iraq from 2006 until 2014.[4]