Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz

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Ali bin Hussein علي بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Photograph by Zoltan Kluger, 1933
King of Hejaz Sharif of Mecca
Reign	3 October 1924 – 19 December 1925
Predecessor	Hussein bin Ali
Successor	Ibn Saud (as King of Hejaz) Sharifate abolished
Born	1879 Mecca, Hejaz, Ottoman Empire
Died	13 February 1935(1935-02-13) (aged 55–56) Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
Burial	Iraqi Royal Cemetery, al-'Adhamiyya
Spouse	Nafissa Khanum
Issue	Princess Abdiya Aliya, Queen of Iraq Abd al-Ilah, Crown Prince of Iraq Princess Badiya Princess Jalila
House	Hashemite
Father	Hussein bin Ali
Mother	Abdiya bin Abdullah
Religion	Sunni Islam[1]

Ali bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi GBE (Arabic: علي بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, romanized: ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī; 1879 – 13 February 1935), was King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca from October 1924 until he was deposed by Ibn Saud in December 1925. He was the eldest son of King Hussein bin Ali and a scion of the Hashemite family. With the passing of the kingship from his father he also became the heir to the title of caliph, but he did not adopt the office and the style of caliph.