Abd al-Muttalib ibn Ghalib

{{Short description|Emir and Grand Sharif of Mecca}}

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Abd al-Mutalib ibn Ghalib {{citation needed span|text=ibn Musa‘ad|date=August 2023}} ({{langx|ar|عبد المطلب بن غالب بن مساعد|‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Ghālib ibn Musā‘ad}}‎; {{citation needed span|text=1790 — 29 January 1886)|date=August 2023}} served three times as Emir and Grand Sharif of Mecca: First in 1827,{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} then 1851 to 1856, and finally 1880 to 1881.

His rule after replacing Muhammad ibn Awn in 1851 was characterized by pro-slavery and anti-Ottoman riots.{{cite journal |last=Ochsenwald |first=W. L. |title=The Jidda Massacre of 1858 |journal=Middle Eastern Studies |date=1977 |volume=13 |issue=3 |page=317 |doi=10.1080/00263207708700355 |jstor=4282661 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4282661 |url-access=subscription |issn=0026-3206}} He was pro-slavery and led riots, in this contest he struggled with Vali Kâmil Pasha's enforcement of anti-slavery law and Awn's supporters. On 15 or 17 November 1855, Awn's reappointment was announced in Jeddah; al-Muttalib rejected this, raising his supporters and allegedly requesting Beduin chiefs assist him.{{harvp|Ochsenwald|1980|pp=118–119, 121–122}} Awn was reinstalled on 17 April 1856, but the fighting continued until al-Muttalib was captured in May and sent to Istanbul. When he returned to power in 1880, he did not oppose English and Ottoman anti-slavery due, as suggested by William Ochsenwald, to his reliance on the central government for his competition with Vali Osman Nuri Pasha.{{harvp|Ochsenwald|1980|pp=121–122}}