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Sharif Hussein ibn Ali
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Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca
Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi
(,
al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī
; 1853/18544 June 1931) was a
Hashemite
Arab
leader who was the
Sharif and Emir of Mecca
from 1908 and, after proclaiming the
Arab Revolt
against the
Ottoman Empire
,
King of the Hejaz
from 1916 to 1924. At the end of his reign he also briefly laid claim to the office of
Caliph
.
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