Mas'ud ibn Idris
Emir of Mecca and ruler of Hejaz from 1629 to 1630
About Mas'ud ibn Idris
Mas‘ūd ibn Idrīs ibn Ḥasan ibn Abī Numayy was Emir of Mecca and ruler of the Hejaz from 1629 to 1630.
Kansuh Pasha, governor of Yemen, installed Mas'ud as Emir on Sunday, 5 Safar 1039 (23 September 1629), after assassinating Ahmad ibn Abd al-Muttalib.
Mas'ud died in Mecca of tuberculosis on Tuesday night, 28 Rabi II 1040 AH (the night of 2–3 December 1630). His funeral prayer was performed in the Masjid al-Haram, and he was buried in the qubba of Khadijah. The year of his death is recorded numerically in the poet's verse:
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Who was Mas'ud ibn Idris?
Emir of Mecca and ruler of Hejaz from 1629 to 1630
When did Mas'ud ibn Idris die?
Mas'ud ibn Idris died in 1630.
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