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Name: mecca

Type: Cluster

Start: 1013 AD

End: 1350 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Sharifate of Mecca
  • Emirate of Mecca
  • Establishment


  • January 1013: In 1012, the Emir of Mecca Abu'l-Futuh al-Hasan declared himself caliph.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 1014: In 1013, Sharifate of Mecca leader, Sharif al-Hasan ibn Ammar, was persuaded to give up his title by the Fatimid Caliphate. This event marked the transfer of power from the Sharifate of Mecca to the Fatimid Caliphate.

  • January 1082: The Sulayhids appointed the Emirs of Mecca.

  • January 1201: In 1200 circa, a sharif by the name of Qatadah ibn Idris seized power in Mecca and was recognised as Emir by the Ayyubid sultan.

  • January 1239: The Rasulids of Yemen attempted to end Ayyubid suzerainty in the Hejaz and bring the region under their control which they accomplished in 1238 when Nur al-Din Umar captured Mecca.

  • February 1239: The Rasulids leave Mecca.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1351: The Mamluks succeeded in taking over the Hejaz, and made it a regular province of their empire after 1350.
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