Sharifate of Mecca

The Sharifate of Mecca (Arabic: شرافة مكة‎ Sharāfa Makka) or Emirate of Mecca was a state on the Arabian Peninsula, non-sovereign for much of its existence (c. 968-1925), ruled by the Sharifs of Mecca. The state's land included Mecca, Medina, and the Hejaz. From 1201, the Banu Qatada ruled over the Sharifate in unbroken succession. In 1925, the Sharifate was absorbed into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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The Sharifate of Mecca and Medina, controlled Islam's two holiest cities, was the most conservative state in the Muslim world. It remained the one Muslim nation which still enforced the Qu'ran's prohibition on alcohol, a ban which had fallen by the wayside everywhere else. Despite their obsessive piety, the ruling House of Faisali squeezed money out of pilgrims on the Haj, and were infamous for their tight-fistedness and complete lack of generosity. In that regard, they resembled European tinpots rather than progressive Muslim leaders, and there was a general apprehension that their long-suffering subjects would one day make them regret this.