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The Abu Numay family

A Hijazi family of the Ashraf of Makkah, of Dhawu Barakat of the house of Abu Numayy. It is a lineage shared by many Hijazi houses; we record it here as a matter of place and history, only as far as the sources confirm it, and not as a claim.

«Learn enough of your genealogies to keep the ties of kinship»
Hadith recorded by al-Tirmidhi and Ahmad · 1979

The house: Hasanid Ashraf; Banu Qatadah, emirs of Makkah for some seven centuries
The branch: Dhawu Barakat, then Dhawu Husayn, then Dhawu Sharaf, known as Dhawu Abi Numayy
The places: Yanbu, Makkah, Wadi Marr al-Zahran, Jeddah
The basis: Published genealogies and histories, with what the family’s own records keep

The name

What does “Abu Numay” mean?

A kunya that recurs in the house. Muhammad Abu Numayy I bore it; he held Makkah for about half a century and died in 701 AH. So did Muhammad Abu Numayy II, from whose sons the Meccan houses branch, who died in 992 AH. The family’s own branch takes the name from Muhammad Abu Numayy ibn Abdullah, recorded in 1234 AH, whose sons were called Dhawu Abi Numayy, within Dhawu Sharaf, within Dhawu Husayn, within Dhawu Barakat. The name the family carries today is that of a small branch of a large house, not of the house itself.

Sources

al-Anqawi

Published referenceAl-Anqawi, Mu‘jam Ashraf al-Hijaz (Beirut 2005), pp. 357–361 and 730–733

The entries for Dhawu Husayn and Dhawu Sharaf al-Barakat.

TDV Encyclopaedia

Published referenceMuhammad Abu Numayy II, TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam

The Cairo embassy of 923 AH and his long emirate.

al-Fasi

Published referenceAl-Fasi, al-‘Iqd al-thamin fi tarikh al-balad al-amin

Biographies of Makkah’s emirs to the ninth century AH.

The branches

From the house to the branch

Each branch sits inside the one before it. Names follow the published genealogies; the final connection follows family records.

The Hasanid Ashraf
Descendants of al-Hasan ibn Ali.
Source
al-Zubayri
Published referenceMus‘ab al-Zubayri, Nasab Quraysh
The earliest Quraysh genealogy; the descendants of al-Hasan ibn Ali.
Banu Qatadah
The house of Qatadah ibn Idris, emirs of Makkah for some seven centuries.
Source
TDV Encyclopaedia
Published referenceQatadah ibn Idris, TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
His life and move from Yanbu to Makkah; the accession year varies.
Dhawu Abi Numayy
Descendants of Muhammad Abu Numayy II (d. 992 AH), from whom the Meccan houses branch.
Source
TDV Encyclopaedia
Published referenceMuhammad Abu Numayy II, TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
The Cairo embassy of 923 AH and his long emirate.
Dhawu Barakat
Descendants of his son Barakat (d. 985 AH).
Source
Dahlan
Published referenceDahlan, Khulasat al-kalam fi bayan umara’ al-balad al-haram
Makkah’s emirs to the thirteenth century AH.
Dhawu Ibrahim
Descendants of Ibrahim ibn Barakat (d. 1035 AH).
Sources
al-‘Isami
Published referenceAl-‘Isami, Simt al-nujum al-‘awali, vol. 4
The Ashraf of Makkah in the eleventh century AH.
al-Anqawi
Published referenceAl-Anqawi, Mu‘jam Ashraf al-Hijaz (Beirut 2005), pp. 357–361 and 730–733
The entries for Dhawu Husayn and Dhawu Sharaf al-Barakat.
Dhawu Husayn
Descendants of al-Husayn ibn Yahya ibn Barakat, the most numerous branch of the house.
Source
al-Anqawi
Published referenceAl-Anqawi, Mu‘jam Ashraf al-Hijaz (Beirut 2005), pp. 357–361 and 730–733
The entries for Dhawu Husayn and Dhawu Sharaf al-Barakat.
Dhawu Sharaf, also known as Dhawu Abi Numayy
Descendants of Sharaf ibn Muhammad Abi Numayy; the branch our family belongs to according to family records.
Source
al-Anqawi
Published referenceAl-Anqawi, Mu‘jam Ashraf al-Hijaz (Beirut 2005), pp. 357–361 and 730–733
The entries for Dhawu Husayn and Dhawu Sharaf al-Barakat.

The family tree

Thirty-six generations

The line of descent from Ali ibn Abi Talib to Sharaf ibn Muhammad Abi Numayy, as the genealogies and histories record it. Every name here is a historical figure named in printed sources; dates that differ between sources are given as approximate. The generations between Sharaf and the family today are kept in private family records.

Solid: as in the published sourcesDotted: according to family records

The Prophet’s household and the early Hasanids

Madinah and Suwayqah, first to third centuries AH.

01
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Commander of the Faithful, fourth caliph; died 40 AH / 661.
Source
al-Zubayri
Published referenceMus‘ab al-Zubayri, Nasab Quraysh
The earliest Quraysh genealogy; the descendants of al-Hasan ibn Ali.
02
Al-Hasan ibn Ali
Grandson of the Prophet; 3–50 AH / 625–670.
Sources
al-Bukhari
Published referenceSahih al-Bukhari, hadith 3746
On the merit of al-Hasan ibn Ali.
al-Zubayri
Published referenceMus‘ab al-Zubayri, Nasab Quraysh
The earliest Quraysh genealogy; the descendants of al-Hasan ibn Ali.
03
Al-Hasan al-Muthanna
c. 37–97 AH / 658–715; trustee of Ali’s endowments.
Source
al-Zubayri
Published referenceMus‘ab al-Zubayri, Nasab Quraysh
The earliest Quraysh genealogy; the descendants of al-Hasan ibn Ali.
04
Abdullah al-Mahd
c. 70–145 AH / 689–762; head of the Hasanids in his day.
Source
al-Isfahani
Published referenceAbu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Maqatil al-Talibiyyin
Abdullah al-Mahd and Musa al-Jawn.
05
Musa al-Jawn
c. 130–180 AH / 747–796; died at Suwayqah near Madinah; ancestor of all the Meccan sharifian houses.
Sources
al-Isfahani
Published referenceAbu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Maqatil al-Talibiyyin
Abdullah al-Mahd and Musa al-Jawn.
Ibn ‘Inaba
Published referenceIbn ‘Inaba, ‘Umdat al-Talib fi ansab Al Abi Talib
The standard genealogy of the Hasanid branches; the Yanbu sharifs.
06
Abdullah al-Shaykh al-Salih
Died 247 AH / 861.
Source
al-Zubayri
Published referenceMus‘ab al-Zubayri, Nasab Quraysh
The earliest Quraysh genealogy; the descendants of al-Hasan ibn Ali.
07
Musa al-Thani
Killed c. 256 AH / 870 near Kufa; the year varies between sources.
Source
Ibn ‘Inaba
Published referenceIbn ‘Inaba, ‘Umdat al-Talib fi ansab Al Abi Talib
The standard genealogy of the Hasanid branches; the Yanbu sharifs.
08
Muhammad al-Tha’ir
Rose at Madinah 252–255 AH; the genealogies call him “ancestor of the emirs of Makkah”.
Source
Ibn ‘Inaba
Published referenceIbn ‘Inaba, ‘Umdat al-Talib fi ansab Al Abi Talib
The standard genealogy of the Hasanid branches; the Yanbu sharifs.
09
Abdullah al-Akbar
Late third century AH.
Source
Ibn ‘Inaba
Published referenceIbn ‘Inaba, ‘Umdat al-Talib fi ansab Al Abi Talib
The standard genealogy of the Hasanid branches; the Yanbu sharifs.

The sharifs of Yanbu

Wadi Yanbu, fourth to sixth centuries AH; their dates are not recorded.

10
Ali ibn Abdullah, “Ibn al-Sulamiyya”
Known by his mother’s tribe, Sulaym.
Source
Ibn ‘Inaba
Published referenceIbn ‘Inaba, ‘Umdat al-Talib fi ansab Al Abi Talib
The standard genealogy of the Hasanid branches; the Yanbu sharifs.
11
Sulayman ibn Ali
c. fourth century AH.
Source
Ibn ‘Inaba
Published referenceIbn ‘Inaba, ‘Umdat al-Talib fi ansab Al Abi Talib
The standard genealogy of the Hasanid branches; the Yanbu sharifs.
12
Al-Husayn ibn Sulayman
Ibn ‘Inaba calls him the ancestor of the Qatadid sharifs of Yanbu.
Sources
Ibn ‘Inaba
Published referenceIbn ‘Inaba, ‘Umdat al-Talib fi ansab Al Abi Talib
The standard genealogy of the Hasanid branches; the Yanbu sharifs.
al-Mundhiri
Published referenceAl-Mundhiri, al-Takmila li-wafayat al-naqala, vol. 3 no. 1749
Qatadah’s obituary (617 AH) with his pedigree as dictated by his brother Abu Musa Isa ibn Idris.
13
Isa ibn al-Husayn
A sharif of Yanbu.
Source
al-Mundhiri
Published referenceAl-Mundhiri, al-Takmila li-wafayat al-naqala, vol. 3 no. 1749
Qatadah’s obituary (617 AH) with his pedigree as dictated by his brother Abu Musa Isa ibn Idris.
14
Abd al-Karim ibn Isa
c. fifth century AH.
Source
al-Fasi
Published referenceAl-Fasi, al-‘Iqd al-thamin fi tarikh al-balad al-amin
Biographies of Makkah’s emirs to the ninth century AH.
15
Muta‘in ibn Abd al-Karim
Eponym of Dhawu Muta‘in.
Source
al-Mundhiri
Published referenceAl-Mundhiri, al-Takmila li-wafayat al-naqala, vol. 3 no. 1749
Qatadah’s obituary (617 AH) with his pedigree as dictated by his brother Abu Musa Isa ibn Idris.
16
Idris ibn Muta‘in, Abu Malik
A sharif of Wadi Yanbu, sixth century AH.
Source
Ibn ‘Inaba
Published referenceIbn ‘Inaba, ‘Umdat al-Talib fi ansab Al Abi Talib
The standard genealogy of the Hasanid branches; the Yanbu sharifs.

Emirs of Makkah, Banu Qatadah

Makkah, from c. 599 AH to 992 AH.

17
Qatadah ibn Idris, Abu Aziz
Born at Yanbu c. 527 AH; took Makkah between 597 and 599 AH; died 617 AH / 1220 (some say 618); founder of the house of Banu Qatadah.
Sources
al-Mundhiri
Published referenceAl-Mundhiri, al-Takmila li-wafayat al-naqala, vol. 3 no. 1749
Qatadah’s obituary (617 AH) with his pedigree as dictated by his brother Abu Musa Isa ibn Idris.
TDV Encyclopaedia
Published referenceQatadah ibn Idris, TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
His life and move from Yanbu to Makkah; the accession year varies.
18
Ali ibn Qatadah
Did not hold the emirate.
Source
al-Fasi
Published referenceAl-Fasi, al-‘Iqd al-thamin fi tarikh al-balad al-amin
Biographies of Makkah’s emirs to the ninth century AH.
19
Abu Sa‘d al-Hasan ibn Ali
Emir of Makkah 647–651 AH / 1250–1253.
Source
Ibn Fahd
Published referenceIbn Fahd, Ghayat al-maram bi-akhbar saltanat al-balad al-haram
The emirate from Qatadah to Barakat ibn Muhammad.
20
Muhammad Abu Numayy I
Emir of Makkah for some fifty years; abdicated in Safar 701 AH / 1301 and died two days later at Wadi Marr; the first Dhawu Abi Numayy take their name from him.
Sources
al-Sinjari, vol. 2
Published referenceAl-Sinjari, Mana’ih al-karam, vol. 2, p. 324
Abu Numayy I’s retirement and death in 701 AH.
al-Fasi
Published referenceAl-Fasi, al-‘Iqd al-thamin fi tarikh al-balad al-amin
Biographies of Makkah’s emirs to the ninth century AH.
21
Rumaythah ibn Abi Numayy
Held Makkah several times between 701 and 746 AH; died 746 AH / 1346.
Sources
Ibn Fahd
Published referenceIbn Fahd, Ghayat al-maram bi-akhbar saltanat al-balad al-haram
The emirate from Qatadah to Barakat ibn Muhammad.
al-Zirikli
Published referenceAl-Zirikli, al-A‘lam, vol. 4 p. 80 and vol. 8 p. 139
The emirates of Abdullah ibn al-Husayn al-Barakati (1184 AH) and Yahya ibn Barakat.
22
Ajlan ibn Rumaythah
Emir of Makkah 746–777 AH / 1345–1375.
Source
al-Fasi
Published referenceAl-Fasi, al-‘Iqd al-thamin fi tarikh al-balad al-amin
Biographies of Makkah’s emirs to the ninth century AH.
23
Hasan ibn Ajlan
Emir of Makkah 798–829 AH; first viceroy of the Hijaz in 811 AH / 1408; died 829 AH / 1426.
Sources
al-Fasi
Published referenceAl-Fasi, al-‘Iqd al-thamin fi tarikh al-balad al-amin
Biographies of Makkah’s emirs to the ninth century AH.
Ibn Fahd
Published referenceIbn Fahd, Ghayat al-maram bi-akhbar saltanat al-balad al-haram
The emirate from Qatadah to Barakat ibn Muhammad.
24
Barakat ibn Hasan
Born at al-Khushshafah near Jeddah in 801 AH; emir 829–859 AH; died 859 AH / 1455.
Source
Ibn Fahd
Published referenceIbn Fahd, Ghayat al-maram bi-akhbar saltanat al-balad al-haram
The emirate from Qatadah to Barakat ibn Muhammad.
25
Muhammad ibn Barakat
Emir of Makkah 859–903 AH / 1455–1497.
Source
Ibn Fahd
Published referenceIbn Fahd, Ghayat al-maram bi-akhbar saltanat al-balad al-haram
The emirate from Qatadah to Barakat ibn Muhammad.
26
Barakat ibn Muhammad
Emir of Makkah 903–931 AH / 1497–1525, the first under Ottoman suzerainty; founder of a ribat behind Ajyad al-Kabir.
Sources
Ibn Fahd
Published referenceIbn Fahd, Ghayat al-maram bi-akhbar saltanat al-balad al-haram
The emirate from Qatadah to Barakat ibn Muhammad.
Awqaf Authority
Published referenceGeneral Authority for Awqaf, Historical Awqaf of Makkah (2023), pp. 82 and 84
The ribat of Sharif Barakat ibn Muhammad and the ribats of Abu Numayy II.
TDV Encyclopaedia
Published referenceBerekât, TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
The emirs who bore the name Barakat.
27
Muhammad Abu Numayy II
911–992 AH / 1506–1584; as a boy carried the keys of the two sanctuaries to Sultan Selim in 923 AH; held Makkah for more than sixty years; the Meccan houses descend from his sons.
Sources
TDV Encyclopaedia
Published referenceMuhammad Abu Numayy II, TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
The Cairo embassy of 923 AH and his long emirate.
Dahlan
Published referenceDahlan, Khulasat al-kalam fi bayan umara’ al-balad al-haram
Makkah’s emirs to the thirteenth century AH.

The house of Barakat

Tenth to thirteenth centuries AH.

28
Barakat ibn Muhammad Abi Numayy
Died 985 AH / 1577 in his father’s lifetime without holding the emirate; eponym of Dhawu Barakat.
Source
Dahlan
Published referenceDahlan, Khulasat al-kalam fi bayan umara’ al-balad al-haram
Makkah’s emirs to the thirteenth century AH.
29
Ibrahim ibn Barakat
Died 1035 AH / 1626; al-‘Isami counts him among the leading Ashraf of Makkah; eponym of Dhawu Ibrahim.
Sources
al-‘Isami
Published referenceAl-‘Isami, Simt al-nujum al-‘awali, vol. 4
The Ashraf of Makkah in the eleventh century AH.
Snouck Hurgronje
Published referenceC. Snouck Hurgronje, Mekka, vol. I (The Hague 1888), Stammtafel III
Genealogical table of the Sharifs from Abu Numayy II; the Barakat column.
30
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim
Did not hold the emirate.
Source
Dahlan
Published referenceDahlan, Khulasat al-kalam fi bayan umara’ al-balad al-haram
Makkah’s emirs to the thirteenth century AH.
31
Barakat ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim
Invested at Makkah in Dhu al-Hijja 1082 AH / 1672, the first Dhawu Barakat emir; died 1093 or 1094 AH depending on the source.
Sources
al-Sinjari, vol. 4
Published referenceAl-Sinjari, Mana’ih al-karam, vol. 4, p. 345
The accession of Barakat ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim in 1082 AH.
Wüstenfeld
Published referenceF. Wüstenfeld, Die Scherife von Mekka im XI. (XVII.) Jahrhundert (Göttingen 1885)
p. 72 §80: the investiture of Barakat ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim at Mina.
32
Yahya ibn Barakat
Emir of Makkah 1130–1132 and 1134–1135 AH / 1718–1723.
Sources
al-Zirikli
Published referenceAl-Zirikli, al-A‘lam, vol. 4 p. 80 and vol. 8 p. 139
The emirates of Abdullah ibn al-Husayn al-Barakati (1184 AH) and Yahya ibn Barakat.
Dahlan
Published referenceDahlan, Khulasat al-kalam fi bayan umara’ al-balad al-haram
Makkah’s emirs to the thirteenth century AH.
33
Al-Husayn ibn Yahya
Eponym of Dhawu Husayn, the most numerous branch of the house.
Sources
al-Anqawi
Published referenceAl-Anqawi, Mu‘jam Ashraf al-Hijaz (Beirut 2005), pp. 357–361 and 730–733
The entries for Dhawu Husayn and Dhawu Sharaf al-Barakat.
Snouck Hurgronje
Published referenceC. Snouck Hurgronje, Mekka, vol. I (The Hague 1888), Stammtafel III
Genealogical table of the Sharifs from Abu Numayy II; the Barakat column.
34
Abdullah ibn al-Husayn al-Barakati
Emir of Makkah in 1184 AH / 1770 for two months and twenty-three days.
Sources
al-Zirikli
Published referenceAl-Zirikli, al-A‘lam, vol. 4 p. 80 and vol. 8 p. 139
The emirates of Abdullah ibn al-Husayn al-Barakati (1184 AH) and Yahya ibn Barakat.
Dahlan
Published referenceDahlan, Khulasat al-kalam fi bayan umara’ al-balad al-haram
Makkah’s emirs to the thirteenth century AH.
35
Muhammad Abu Numayy ibn Abdullahsingle source
Named in a Cairo register of 1234 AH / 1818 as cited by al-Anqawi; the family’s branch, Dhawu Abi Numayy, takes its name from him.
Source
al-Anqawi
Published referenceAl-Anqawi, Mu‘jam Ashraf al-Hijaz (Beirut 2005), pp. 357–361 and 730–733
The entries for Dhawu Husayn and Dhawu Sharaf al-Barakat.
36
Sharaf ibn Muhammad Abi Numayysingle source
“Ancestor of Dhawu Sharaf”; attested in al-Anqawi alone.
Source
al-Anqawi
Published referenceAl-Anqawi, Mu‘jam Ashraf al-Hijaz (Beirut 2005), pp. 357–361 and 730–733
The entries for Dhawu Husayn and Dhawu Sharaf al-Barakat.

The family today
The generations between Sharaf and the present family are kept in private family records.
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What survives

A coin, a ribat and some registers

This research has not established an inherited family crest. The sources document genealogies, seals, coins and endowments. This is what the published record preserves of this branch’s ancestors, in words rather than pictures.

الأمير
العادل
قتادة

Silver dirham of our ancestor Qatadah ibn Idris, attributed to Makkah, c. 600 AH · after the lettering of the original

Qatadah’s dirham

A small silver dirham attributed to Makkah c. 597–617 AH; its obverse carries three lines naming the emir, its reverse the caliph al-Nasir. Specimens are recorded in published coin catalogues. Shared heritage of every Banu Qatadah house; the drawing here follows the lettering of the original and is not a photograph.

Sources

Album

Published referenceS. Album, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd ed. (2011)

Coinage of the Sharifs of Makkah; Qatadah’s dirham.

Zeno.ru

Published referenceZeno.ru, Qatadah dirham no. 182884

A photographed specimen reading “al-amir al-‘adil Qatadah”.

Meloy

Published referenceJ. Meloy, “Money and Sovereignty in Mecca”, JESHO 53 (2010) 712–738

The Sharifs’ coinage in the ninth and tenth centuries AH.

The ribat of Sharif Barakat ibn Muhammad

A ribat of forty-two cells behind Ajyad al-Kabir in Makkah, documented by the General Authority for Awqaf with its founder’s stipulation that whatever is built on the waqf remains waqf. Whether the building survives is not recorded.

Source

Awqaf Authority

Published referenceGeneral Authority for Awqaf, Historical Awqaf of Makkah (2023), pp. 82 and 84

The ribat of Sharif Barakat ibn Muhammad and the ribats of Abu Numayy II.

The ribats of Abu Numayy II

Ribats in Makkah endowed by Muhammad Abu Numayy II for the poor and for destitute sharifas, documented by the General Authority for Awqaf; one act is dated Rabi‘ II 946 AH.

Source

Awqaf Authority

Published referenceGeneral Authority for Awqaf, Historical Awqaf of Makkah (2023), pp. 82 and 84

The ribat of Sharif Barakat ibn Muhammad and the ribats of Abu Numayy II.

The investiture text of 1082 AH

Al-Sinjari records the accession of Sharif Barakat ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Barakat ibn Abi Numayy to the emirate in Dhu al-Hijja 1082 AH, naming the generations that connect him to Abu Numayy II.

Sources

al-Sinjari, vol. 4

Published referenceAl-Sinjari, Mana’ih al-karam, vol. 4, p. 345

The accession of Barakat ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim in 1082 AH.

Wüstenfeld

Published referenceF. Wüstenfeld, Die Scherife von Mekka im XI. (XVII.) Jahrhundert (Göttingen 1885)

p. 72 §80: the investiture of Barakat ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim at Mina.

The Cairo register of 1234 AH

Al-Anqawi cites a register in Egypt’s National Archives dated 1234 AH naming Abu Numayy ibn Abdullah in the administration of the Meccan Ashraf’s tax-farm lands in Egypt. The original has not been inspected; it is an Egyptian state register, not a family one.

Source

al-Anqawi

Published referenceAl-Anqawi, Mu‘jam Ashraf al-Hijaz (Beirut 2005), pp. 357–361 and 730–733

The entries for Dhawu Husayn and Dhawu Sharaf al-Barakat.

Qatadah’s pedigree, dictated by his brother

In Qatadah’s obituary (617 AH) al-Mundhiri recorded his pedigree as dictated by his brother Abu Musa Isa ibn Idris, a medieval written witness to of the Yanbu line.

Source

al-Mundhiri

Published referenceAl-Mundhiri, al-Takmila li-wafayat al-naqala, vol. 3 no. 1749

Qatadah’s obituary (617 AH) with his pedigree as dictated by his brother Abu Musa Isa ibn Idris.

The printed genealogies

Wüstenfeld (1885) and then Snouck Hurgronje (1888) printed tables of the Sharifs from Abu Numayy II, with the Barakat column down to Abdullah ibn al-Husayn; al-Anqawi (2005) carried the branch on to Dhawu Sharaf.

Sources

Wüstenfeld

Published referenceF. Wüstenfeld, Die Scherife von Mekka im XI. (XVII.) Jahrhundert (Göttingen 1885)

p. 72 §80: the investiture of Barakat ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim at Mina.

Snouck Hurgronje

Published referenceC. Snouck Hurgronje, Mekka, vol. I (The Hague 1888), Stammtafel III

Genealogical table of the Sharifs from Abu Numayy II; the Barakat column.

al-Anqawi

Published referenceAl-Anqawi, Mu‘jam Ashraf al-Hijaz (Beirut 2005), pp. 357–361 and 730–733

The entries for Dhawu Husayn and Dhawu Sharaf al-Barakat.

The places

From Yanbu to Makkah

Places that appear in the ancestors’ lives. This page describes no land the family holds today.

Suwayqah, near Madinah
Home and resting place of Musa al-Jawn, second century AH.
Sources
Ibn ‘Inaba
Published referenceIbn ‘Inaba, ‘Umdat al-Talib fi ansab Al Abi Talib
The standard genealogy of the Hasanid branches; the Yanbu sharifs.
al-Isfahani
Published referenceAbu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Maqatil al-Talibiyyin
Abdullah al-Mahd and Musa al-Jawn.
Wadi Yanbu
The family’s seat before Makkah; birthplace of Qatadah ibn Idris.
Sources
al-Mundhiri
Published referenceAl-Mundhiri, al-Takmila li-wafayat al-naqala, vol. 3 no. 1749
Qatadah’s obituary (617 AH) with his pedigree as dictated by his brother Abu Musa Isa ibn Idris.
TDV Encyclopaedia
Published referenceQatadah ibn Idris, TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
His life and move from Yanbu to Makkah; the accession year varies.
Makkah
The emirate for some seven centuries; the Ajyad ribats; the ancestors’ graves at al-Ma‘la.
Sources
TDV Encyclopaedia
Published referenceQatadah ibn Idris, TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
His life and move from Yanbu to Makkah; the accession year varies.
Awqaf Authority
Published referenceGeneral Authority for Awqaf, Historical Awqaf of Makkah (2023), pp. 82 and 84
The ribat of Sharif Barakat ibn Muhammad and the ribats of Abu Numayy II.
Ibn Fahd
Published referenceIbn Fahd, Ghayat al-maram bi-akhbar saltanat al-balad al-haram
The emirate from Qatadah to Barakat ibn Muhammad.
Wadi Marr al-Zahran
Where Abu Numayy I died in 701 AH and Barakat ibn Hasan in 859 AH.
Sources
al-Fasi
Published referenceAl-Fasi, al-‘Iqd al-thamin fi tarikh al-balad al-amin
Biographies of Makkah’s emirs to the ninth century AH.
Ibn Fahd
Published referenceIbn Fahd, Ghayat al-maram bi-akhbar saltanat al-balad al-haram
The emirate from Qatadah to Barakat ibn Muhammad.
Jeddah
Al-Khushshafah, birthplace of Barakat ibn Hasan in 801 AH; the defence of Jeddah in 948 AH in Dahlan’s account.
Sources
Ibn Fahd
Published referenceIbn Fahd, Ghayat al-maram bi-akhbar saltanat al-balad al-haram
The emirate from Qatadah to Barakat ibn Muhammad.
Dahlan
Published referenceDahlan, Khulasat al-kalam fi bayan umara’ al-balad al-haram
Makkah’s emirs to the thirteenth century AH.
Cairo
The embassy with the keys in 923 AH; the tax-farm register of 1234 AH.
Sources
TDV Encyclopaedia
Published referenceMuhammad Abu Numayy II, TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
The Cairo embassy of 923 AH and his long emirate.
al-Anqawi
Published referenceAl-Anqawi, Mu‘jam Ashraf al-Hijaz (Beirut 2005), pp. 357–361 and 730–733
The entries for Dhawu Husayn and Dhawu Sharaf al-Barakat.

Sources & further reading

Sources and further reading

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Mus‘ab al-Zubayri, Nasab Quraysh
The earliest Quraysh genealogy; the descendants of al-Hasan ibn Ali.
Sahih al-Bukhari, hadith 3746
On the merit of al-Hasan ibn Ali.
Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Maqatil al-Talibiyyin
Abdullah al-Mahd and Musa al-Jawn.
Ibn ‘Inaba, ‘Umdat al-Talib fi ansab Al Abi Talib
The standard genealogy of the Hasanid branches; the Yanbu sharifs.
Al-Mundhiri, al-Takmila li-wafayat al-naqala, vol. 3 no. 1749
Qatadah’s obituary (617 AH) with his pedigree as dictated by his brother Abu Musa Isa ibn Idris.
Al-Fasi, al-‘Iqd al-thamin fi tarikh al-balad al-amin
Biographies of Makkah’s emirs to the ninth century AH.
Ibn Fahd, Ghayat al-maram bi-akhbar saltanat al-balad al-haram
The emirate from Qatadah to Barakat ibn Muhammad.
Al-Sinjari, Mana’ih al-karam, vol. 2, p. 324
Abu Numayy I’s retirement and death in 701 AH.
Al-Sinjari, Mana’ih al-karam, vol. 4, p. 345
The accession of Barakat ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim in 1082 AH.
Dahlan, Khulasat al-kalam fi bayan umara’ al-balad al-haram
Makkah’s emirs to the thirteenth century AH.
Al-‘Isami, Simt al-nujum al-‘awali, vol. 4
The Ashraf of Makkah in the eleventh century AH.
Al-Zirikli, al-A‘lam, vol. 4 p. 80 and vol. 8 p. 139
The emirates of Abdullah ibn al-Husayn al-Barakati (1184 AH) and Yahya ibn Barakat.
F. Wüstenfeld, Die Scherife von Mekka im XI. (XVII.) Jahrhundert (Göttingen 1885)
p. 72 §80: the investiture of Barakat ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim at Mina.
C. Snouck Hurgronje, Mekka, vol. I (The Hague 1888), Stammtafel III
Genealogical table of the Sharifs from Abu Numayy II; the Barakat column.
Al-Anqawi, Mu‘jam Ashraf al-Hijaz (Beirut 2005), pp. 357–361 and 730–733
The entries for Dhawu Husayn and Dhawu Sharaf al-Barakat.
Qatadah ibn Idris, TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
His life and move from Yanbu to Makkah; the accession year varies.
Muhammad Abu Numayy II, TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
The Cairo embassy of 923 AH and his long emirate.
Berekât, TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam
The emirs who bore the name Barakat.
General Authority for Awqaf, Historical Awqaf of Makkah (2023), pp. 82 and 84
The ribat of Sharif Barakat ibn Muhammad and the ribats of Abu Numayy II.
S. Album, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd ed. (2011)
Coinage of the Sharifs of Makkah; Qatadah’s dirham.
Zeno.ru, Qatadah dirham no. 182884
A photographed specimen reading “al-amir al-‘adil Qatadah”.
J. Meloy, “Money and Sovereignty in Mecca”, JESHO 53 (2010) 712–738
The Sharifs’ coinage in the ninth and tenth centuries AH.

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The Abu Numay family

What does “Abu Numay” mean?

From the house to the branch

The Hasanid Ashraf

Banu Qatadah

Dhawu Abi Numayy

Dhawu Barakat

Dhawu Ibrahim

Dhawu Husayn

Dhawu Sharaf, also known as Dhawu Abi Numayy

Thirty-six generations

Ali ibn Abi Talib

Al-Hasan ibn Ali

Al-Hasan al-Muthanna

Abdullah al-Mahd

Musa al-Jawn

Abdullah al-Shaykh al-Salih

Musa al-Thani

Muhammad al-Tha’ir

Abdullah al-Akbar

Ali ibn Abdullah, “Ibn al-Sulamiyya”

Sulayman ibn Ali

Al-Husayn ibn Sulayman

Isa ibn al-Husayn

Abd al-Karim ibn Isa

Muta‘in ibn Abd al-Karim

Idris ibn Muta‘in, Abu Malik

Qatadah ibn Idris, Abu Aziz

Ali ibn Qatadah

Abu Sa‘d al-Hasan ibn Ali

Muhammad Abu Numayy I

Rumaythah ibn Abi Numayy

Ajlan ibn Rumaythah

Hasan ibn Ajlan

Barakat ibn Hasan

Muhammad ibn Barakat

Barakat ibn Muhammad

Muhammad Abu Numayy II

Barakat ibn Muhammad Abi Numayy

Ibrahim ibn Barakat

Muhammad ibn Ibrahim

Barakat ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim

Yahya ibn Barakat

Al-Husayn ibn Yahya

Abdullah ibn al-Husayn al-Barakati

Muhammad Abu Numayy ibn Abdullahsingle source

Sharaf ibn Muhammad Abi Numayysingle source

The family today

A coin, a ribat and some registers

Qatadah’s dirham

The ribat of Sharif Barakat ibn Muhammad

The ribats of Abu Numayy II

The investiture text of 1082 AH

The Cairo register of 1234 AH

Qatadah’s pedigree, dictated by his brother

The printed genealogies

From Yanbu to Makkah

Suwayqah, near Madinah

Wadi Yanbu

Makkah

Wadi Marr al-Zahran

Jeddah

Cairo

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