Mas'ud ibn Idris


Mas‘ūd ibn Idrīs ibn Ḥasan ibn Abī Numayy was Emir of Mecca and ruler of the Hejaz from 1629 to 1630.
Kansuh Pasha, governor of Yemen, installed Mas'ud as Emir on Sunday, 5 Safar 1039, after executing Ahmad ibn Abd al-Muttalib.
Mas'ud died in Mecca of tuberculosis on Tuesday night, 28 Rabi II 1040 AH. His funeral prayer was performed in the Masjid al-Haram, and he was buried in the qubba of Khadijah. The year of his death is recorded numerically in the poet's verse: