Sharifian Households in Medina (Fourteenth to Mid-Fifteenth Centuries CE)

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ID7475173
AuthorsClarck Junior Membourou Moimecheme (corresponding author)
Year2026
Volume46
Issue1
Pages111-123
Publication date2026-01-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1089-201X • E-ISSN: 1548-226X
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/1089201x-12354777
OpenAlexW7124157688
LanguageEN
References cited30

This article draws from chronicles and biographical dictionaries to examine the mechanisms of accession to the emirate in Medina during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. During this period, members of a dynasty known as the Banū Ḥusayn—descendants of Ḥusayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muḥammad—maintained power in the holy city and developed an internal organization of authority based on a sense of belonging to the People of the House, particularly through their ‘Alid status, blood ties, patrilineal dimension, and proximity to the Prophet's Mosque, used for legitimizing their local authority. However, because of local rivalries and the pressure exerted by Mamluk rulers, tension emerged concerning the dynamics of power between two poles of influence: that of the local Sharifian factions and the distant authority of the sultan in the selection of the emir of Medina

Accession · Fifteenth · Gentry · Mamluk · Power (physics · Selection (genetic algorithm · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia · Islamic Studies and History

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