Ajlan ibn Rumaythah

Ajlan ibn Rumaythah (c. 1307–1375) became Emir of Mecca in 1343 or 1344, when he and his brother Thaqabah bought the emirate from their father Rumaythah for sixty thousand dirhams without the Mamluk sultan's approval. Thaqabah went to Egypt for recognition, but the sultan had him arrested and ordered Rumaythah restored.

Ajlan fled to Yemen, then returned in 1345 with a sultan's decree and took office without bloodshed. Thaqabah deposed him several times, and he spent 1359–1361 in a Cairene prison.

Restored in 1361, he made his son Ahmad coregent and in 1362 conquered Haly Ibn Yaqub, a feat no emir of Mecca had managed since Abu al-Futuh. He handed Mecca to Ahmad in 1372 and died in 1375, still named in the sermon.