Political Relations of the Alid Sharifs (Rulers of Mecca and Medina) with the Fatimid and Abbasid States (327–555 AH / 938–1160 CE)
Abstract
The Ashraf Alawits in Hijaz took advantage the competition between the Fatimids and the Abbasids , so they declared their independence , so that ( Macca has been ruled by princes of the Ashraf of the sons of al-Hassan bin Ali ( p) , and (Medina ) has been ruled by princes of the Ashraf of sons of al-Hossain bin Ali (p) , so they became the masters of the two holy mosques with no competitor .
And when a conflict happened between the Ashraf princes who are rulers of Mecca and they are sons of al-Hassan (p) and the Ashraf al-Talibeen ,who are the sons of Jafar bin abi Talib (p) in ( 348 AH) and among the two parties fell dead . the caliph al-Muizz al Fatim took this chance and sent the money and men to Hijaz to make peace , the caliph gave the amounts of bloody money ( diyah) from his own money . this work won a lot of support between the Ashraf , and it had the best effect of their egos . then they gave up the speech to the Abbasids and they spook to the Fatimids .
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