Abd al-Ilah Pasha explained

Abd al-Ilah
Office:Sharif and Emir of Mecca
Honorific-Prefix:Sharif
Honorific-Suffix:Pasha
Native Name:الشريف عبد الإله باشا
Native Name Lang:ar
Successor2:Awn ar-Rafiq Pasha
Birth Date:1845
Term Start:24 September 1908
Term End:27 October 1908
Term Start2:September 1882
Term End2:October 1882

Sharif Abd al-Ilah Pasha ibn Muhammad (Arabic: الشريف عبد الإله باشا بن محمد al-Sharīf ‘Abd al-Ilāh Bāshā ibn Muḥammad; Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: شريف عبد الإله پاشا بن محمد Şerif Abdülilah Paşa bin Muhammed; 184527 October 1908) was a sharif of the Awn clan who was briefly proclaimed Sharif and Emir of Mecca in 1882. He was appointed again in 1908 but died before reaching Mecca.

Biography

Sharif Abd al-Ilah was born in 1261 AH (1845), the youngest son of Sharif Muhammad Ibn Awn.

On 28 Shawwal 1299 AH (September 1882) Vali Osman Nuri Pasha deposed Sharif Abd al-Muttalib ibn Ghalib of the Zayd clan and unilaterally installed Abd al-Ilah as Emir. In late Dhi al-Qidah 1299 AH (October 1882) Sultan Abd al-Hamid overturned the appointment and instead appointed Abd al-Ilah's brother Awn al-Rafiq as Emir. Abd al-Ilah served as acting Emir until his brother's arrival in early Dhi al-Hijjah (October 1882). In 1883 he moved to Istanbul where on 24 Rabi al-Awwal (3 February 1883) he was awarded the rank of vezir and appointed to the Council of State.[1]

After Awn al-Rafiq's death in 1905, Abd al-Ilah was rejected for the Emirate in favor of his nephew Sharif Ali ibn Abd Allah, who was actively support by Vali Ratib Pasha. After Ali was deposed, Abd al-Ilah was finally named Emir on 28 Ramadan 1326 (24 October 1908). However only a few days later he died in Istanbul, on 2 or 3 Shawwal 1326 AH (27 or 28 October 1908).

Honours

Residence

His seaside residence, the Şerifler Yalısı ("yalı of the Sharif") in the Emirgan neighborhood of Istanbul, has been converted into a museum.

References

Notes and References

  1. Salname-yi Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmaniye. 1884. 1301 AH. 39. Istanbul. 66. ota.