العلاقات الخارجية لإمارة مكة : عهد أميرها قتادة بن إدريس (597-617 ه 1200-1220 م)‎

Abstract EN

The present study includes three sections.

The first section deals with the political situation surrounding Mecca.

The second is devoted to the Emirate of Mecca and the Emirate of Medina relationships.

The third: presents the external relationship of the Emirate of Mecca with the Ayyubid State, the Zaidi lmam in Yemen, and the Abbasid Caliphate State in Baghdad.

Among its most important results is the relationship of the Emirate of Makkah,during the era of its Amir (prince) Qatada, with the rest of the contemporary rulers.

The relationship took a path different from the (traditional) one that the Emirate has been following since its inception.

That is represented in the unreal subjection to the Caliphate State, and to some powerful Islamic kingdoms.

It changed to a relationship characterized by competition.

enmity and rivalry at times, subjection and subservience at other times.

This is a result of Qatada's ambition to be an independent king of the Hejaz , without obedience to any other power.

The study also showed that only the interests of the rulers determined the nature of the relationship between them.