Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Husayn ibn Ali or Husayn bin Ali (various spellings exist) refers to a number of historical characters. The two most important ones are: Husayn bin Ali (626-680), grandson of Muhammad and Islamic saint Sherif Hussein ibn Ali (1853-1931), sherif of Makkah and king of the Hejaz This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.