Hashimite
| House of Hashim الهاشميون Hashemites |
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 Coat of arms of Jordan |
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| Country | Hejaz (in present-day Saudi Arabia), Syria, Iraq, Jordan |
| Parent house | Dhawu Awn, a branch of Banu Qatadah, of Banu Hasan, of Banu Hashim, of Quraysh |
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| Founded | 1916 in Hejaz 1920 in Syria 1921 in Iraq and Jordan |
| Founder | Hussein ibn Ali |
| Final ruler |
Ali in Hejaz Faisal I in Syria Faisal II in Iraq |
| Current head |
Jordan: Abdullah II Iraq: Ra'ad bin Zeid |
| Deposition | 1920 in Syria (Franco-Syrian War) 1925 in Hejaz (Saudi conquest) 1958 in Iraq (14 July Revolution) |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
The Hashemites (Arabic: الهاشميون, Al-Hāshimīyūn; also House of Hashem) is the ruling royal family of Jordan. The House was also the royal family of Syria (1920), Hejaz (1916–1925), Iraq (1921–1958). The family belongs to the Dhawu Awn, one of the branches of the Hasanid Sharifs of Mecca – also referred to as Hashemites – who ruled Mecca continuously from the 10th century until its conquest by the House of Saud in 1924. Their eponymous ancestor is Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.
The current dynasty was founded by Sharif Hussein ibn Ali, who was appointed as Sharif and Emir of Mecca by Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1908, then in 1916 was proclaimed King of the Arab Lands (but only recognized as King of the Hejaz) after initiating the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire. His sons Abdullah and Faisal assumed the thrones of Jordan and Iraq in 1921. The dynasty is the oldest ruling dynasty in the Islamic World, and the second-oldest in the world.
Queen Noor (King Hussein's widow)
Princess Muna (The King's mother)
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