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Abu al-Futuh al-Alawi's Claim to the Caliphate in Mecca

دعوة أبي الفتوح العلوي بالخلافة بمكة

c. 991 CE · 381 AH

In 381 Mecca's sharif Abu'l-Futuh al-Hasan ibn Ja'far the Alid made claim for himself, titled al-Rashid bi'llah and was saluted as caliph — Egypt's lord was shaken; then Abu'l-Futuh's cause flagged and he returned to the Ubaydid al-Aziz's obedience 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Arabia
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98099010001010 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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al-Suyuti reports that in 381 AH the ruler of Mecca, Abu al-Futuh al-Hasan ibn Ja'far al-Alawi, summoned people to his own allegiance, took the title al-Rashid bi-Allah, and was greeted as caliph. The ruler of Egypt was alarmed. Abu al-Futuh's position then weakened, and he returned to the obedience of al-Aziz the Ubaydid. 1

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Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 635
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Abu al-Futuh al-Hasan ibn Ja'far al-Alawi

Mecca's sharif; he made the caliphal claim in 381 as al-Rashid bi'llah — shaking Egypt's lord — then flagged and returned to the Ubaydid al-Aziz's obedience.