Abu al-Ghayth ibn Abi Numayy

‘Imād al-Dīn Abū al-Ghayth ibn Abī Numayy al-Ḥasanī (Arabic: عماد الدين أبو الغيث بن أبي نمي الحسني) was Emir of Mecca from 1302 to 1305, and again in 1314.

[1] In 702 AH, al-Nasir sent orders to Abu al-Ghayth and Utayfah to put an end to certain perceived heresies that had been reported by Baybars al-Jashnakir, among which were the inclusion of the Shia formula, "Ḥayya ‘alá khayri l-‘amal (Hasten to the best of deeds)," in the adhan (call to prayer), and the posting of a Zaydi imam in the Masjid al-Haram.

[2] When the amir al-rakab returned to Cairo in early 703 AH, he complained to the sultan about the brothers' lack of solemnity and the excessive greed of their slaves.

[3] In Dhu al-Hijjah 704 AH, after the completion of the hajj rites (July 1305), Baybars al-Jashnakir informed Abu al-Ghayth and Utayfah that al-Nasir had returned the emirate to their brothers.

[4] In Shawwal 713 AH (January/February 1314) al-Nasir dispatched an army with the hajj caravan to remove Humaydah and Rumaythah from the emirate, as he had received many complaints against them.

Abu al-Ghayth was reappointed as Emir of Mecca and accompanied the army, which included 320 Mamluk cavalry and 500 horsemen from the Banu Husayn of Medina.

Taqsuba refused to enter Haly Bani Ya'qub without a marsum (written order) from al-Nasir, as it was within the dominion of the Rasulid sultan al-Mu'ayyad Da'ud.