Muhammad ibn Barakat explained

Muhammad ibn Barakat
محمد بن بركات
Succession:Sharif of Mecca
Reign:Sha'ban 859Muharram 903 AH
August 1455September 1497
Predecessor:Barakat I
Successor:Barakat II
Birth Date:Ramadan 840 AH
March/April 1437
Birth Place:Mecca
Death Date:11 Muharram 903 AH
(aged 60)
Death Place:Wadi Marr al-Zahran
Burial Place:Cemetery of al-Ma'lah
Mecca
Father:Barakat I

Muḥammad ibn Barakāt ibn Ḥasan ibn ‘Ajlān (Arabic: محمد بن بركات بن حسن بن عجلان‎; 1437) was Sharif of Mecca from 1455 to 1497. As a vassal of the Sultan of Egypt his authority extended over the entire Hejaz.

He was born in Ramadan 840 AH (March/April 1437), the son of Barakat I, Sharif of Mecca. In 859 AH (1455) Barakat's health deteriorated, and he petitioned the Sultan to appoint his son as his replacement. Barakat died on Monday, 19 Sha'ban 859 AH (4 August 1455), and it so happened that the Sultan's reply—dated 16 Rajab 859 AH —arrived from Egypt the following day, accompanied by a robe of investiture (khil'ah) for Sharif Muhammad. On 4 Shawwal Muhammad received condolences from the Sultan and his formal decree of appointment (tawqi).

In the year 878 AH (1473/1474) Sultan Qaitbay appointed Muhammad's son Barakat as co-regent.

Sharif Muhammad died on 11 Muharram 903 AH at Wadi Marr al-Zahran (present-day Wadi Fatimah). He was buried in the Cemetery of al-Ma'lah in Mecca, and a tomb was built over his grave.

Issue

He had sixteen sons, besides daughters. Among his sons were:

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