Abu Numayy, Sharif of Mecca

أبو نمي شريف مكة

Abu Numayy ibn Abi Sa'd al-Hasani, Sharif of Mecca, keeper of its affairs and lord of the pilgrimage season; he and his brother Idris had held the Abbasid da'wa since Saladin transferred it to them, and when the Tatars took Baghdad and erased the caliphate's rite, the Sufi jurist Ibn Sab'in dwelling by the sanctuary persuaded him to the bay'a of the Hafsid al-Mustansir, dictating the letter which the sharif had preached from Mecca's minbars.

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emir
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Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Arabia
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Abu Numayy ibn Abi Sa'd al-Hasani, Sharif of Mecca and holder of its affairs and of the authority over the pilgrimage season. 1

Ibn Khaldun says that he and his brother Idris carried the Abbasid call from the time Saladin turned it over to them. 1

Allegiance to the Hafsid al-Mustansir

When the Tatars took Baghdad and erased the trace of the caliphate there, Ibn Sab'in came to him about the allegiance to the Hafsid al-Mustansir. He dictated the letter of allegiance and wrote it in his own hand, and he preached for al-Mustansir to the people of Mecca. 1

The data do not record the date of his rule or of his death, both of which need an additional source.

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Ruler of
Mecca
Participated in
Mecca's bay'a to the Hafsid al-Mustansir

People and things also explored

Mecca's bay'a to the Hafsid al-Mustansir· Mecca· Dar al-Nadwa· The Kaaba· Al-Masjid Al-Haram· Idol worship in the Jahiliyya and its rites· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p. 1711-1712
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Mecca's bay'a to the Hafsid al-Mustansir

After the Tatars took Baghdad and erased the caliphate's rite, Mecca's sharifs Abu Numayy and Idris resolved on the bay'a to the Hafsid al-Mustansir of Ifriqiya, the Sufi jurist Ibn Sab'in dwelling by the sanctuary dictating the bay'a letter in his own hand — and Mecca preached the Hafsid name in the pilgrimage season.