| A telegraph was sent to this effect at the end of Dhi al-Qi'dah 1299 AH October 1882 | Immediately after Husayn's death, James Zohrab, the British consul in Jeddah, wrote to his superiors that British interests demanded the appointment of Awn al-Rafiq, who was "liberal and enlightened", while Abd al-Muttalib was "a fanatical Wahhabee" with a "hatred of Christians and foreigners" |
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| Sharif Husayn Pasha, the next eldest of the Awn clan, was appointed to the Emirate and arrived from Istanbul in August | British diplomats attempted to block the appointment of Abd al-Muttalib |
"Vying for Power and Influence in the Hijaz: Ottoman Rule, The Last Emirate of Abdulmuttalib and the British 1880-1882 ".
21| He instead appointed the elderly Sharif Abd al-Muttalib ibn Ghalib of the Dhawu Zayd, who had been held in Istanbul for the past two decades following his deposition in 1856 | As was customary, the heir-apparent Awn al-Rafiq was then himself summoned to the capital, where he was appointed to the Ottoman Council of State with the rank of |
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| Emirate [ ] In June 1877, the Taqiuddin Pasha appointed Awn al-Rafiq as acting Emir following the death of his eldest brother, Sharif Abd Allah Pasha, who had served as Emir for nearly two decades | However this was rejected by Sultan Abd al-Hamid, who instead appointed Awn al-Rafiq as Emir, with Abd al-Ilah to serve as acting Emir until his arrival from Istanbul |
"The Hijaz, Abdulhamid II and Amir Hussein's secret dealings with the British, 1877—80".
24| With this transfer of power to the rival clan of Zayd, the Sultan aimed to limit foreign influence and the power of the Awn clan, and to strengthen Ottoman control over the Hejaz | |
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| The British ambassador to Istanbul, , asked the Sultan not to appoint Abd al-Muttalib, but was told that the decision had already been made | "The Hijaz, Abdulhamid II and Amir Hussein's secret dealings with the British, 1877—80" |
Husayn's tenure as Emir was cut short by his assassination in 1880.