Princess Haya news: Royal family tree of Jordan-
Dubai Princess� relation to revolutionary.
PRINCESS HAYA of Dubai made headlines last
month when she requested a protective order
against her husband, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
al-Maktoum.
Although the Princess married into the Dubai
Royal Family, she comes from Jordanian royalty.
Princess Haya of Dubai is currently staying
in the UK as she applies for custody of her
children and a non-molestation order protecting
her from violence and harassment.
The Princess fled to Britain several months
ago and has remained in the country as she
awaits proceedings at the family division
of the high court.
She has close ties with the Royal Family in
the UK and is regularly seen rubbing shoulders
with the family�s leading figures.
Princess Haya, otherwise known as Haya bint
Hussein, is the sixth wife of Sheikh Mohammed
bin Rashid al-Maktoum.
She married into the family in 2004 and has
two children with the Sheikh.
The Princess grew up in the Hashemite Kingdom
of Jordan, in its capital city of Amman.
She is the daughter of King Hussein - who
ruled the kingdom from 1950 to his death in
1999 - and his wife, Queen Alia.
When the king died her brother, Prince Ali
bin Hussein, took over the throne.
He has ruled over the Hashemite Kingdom since
1999 and when he dies the throne will go to
his son Crown Prince Hussein.
After him, there are another 36 viable candidates
who could one day take the Jordanian throne.
According to the rules of the monarchy, when
a king dies, the throne goes to Muslim men
born to Muslim parents who are legitimate
descendants of King Abdullah I.
King Abdullah I led Jordan�s Royal Family
and its predecessor state Transjordan from
1921 to 1951.
He was born in the Islamic capital of Mecca
and claimed to be the 38th-generation direct
descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.
His father and Princess Haya�s great-grandfather
was Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
The Sharif was famous for his revolt against
the Ottoman Empire, and briefly held the office
of Caliph.
Hussein bin Ali was the Sharif of Mecca from
1908 and proclaimed the Arab revolt against
the Ottoman empire from 1916 to 1924.
He initiated the revolt from Mecca, which
ultimately led to the dissolution of the Ottoman
Empire.
After his success, he briefly took the office
of Caliph, where he stayed from March to October
1924.
Ali abdicated in the same year after defeat
at the hands of Ibn Saud, the father of the
current Saudi Arabian Royal Family.
Currently, millions of Muslims are staying
in Mecca, where the Hajj pilgrimage will conclude
on August 14.
The pilgrimage sees some two million people
stay each year, who take part in religious
rituals from August 10.
Among these rituals are prayers at the Kaaba,
the artefact at the centre of the Great Mosque
of Mecca,
Other rituals include throwing stones at the
'devil's pillar' and ritual sacrifice for
Eid Al Adha.
Eid Al Adha comes alongside the pilgrimage,
and runs from August 11 to August 15.
During this event, Muslims will celebrate
for four days all-over the world.
They will sacrifice and cook an animal of
their choice - normally livestock - and split
it into three pieces.
The sacrifice symbolises the prophet Ibrahim's
willingness to sacrifice his son, who was
at the last moment placed with a lamb by God.
