born 0441; 1854, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
died 1931, Amman, Transjordan
Sharif of the H 0101; shimite line, Ottoman-appointed emir of Mecca (190816), and self-proclaimed king of the Arabs (191624).
His claim to be the new caliph (1924) led to a short and unsuccessful war against Ibn Sa 016B; d . 1E24; usayn was exiled to Cyprus. One of his sons, 02BD; Abdull 0101; h, became king of Transjordan (present-day Jordan); another became king of Syria and later Iraq as Faysal I .