Muhammad Hasan Abi al-Mahasin

Sheikh
Muhammad-Hasan Abu al-Mahasin
Sheikh Muhammad-Hasan Abu al-Mahasin
محمد حسن أبي المحاسن
Personal
Born	1875; Karbala, Ottoman Iraq
Died	1923 (aged 47–48); Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq
Religion	Islam
Children	6
Parent	Hamadi al-Maliki (father)
Jurisprudence	Twelver Shia Islam
Relatives	Nouri al-Maliki (grandson)
Muslim leader
Teacher	Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi

Sheikh Muhammad-Hasan Abi al-Mahasin al-Janaji al-Ha'eri (Arabic: الشيخ محمد حسن أبي المحاسن الجناجي الحائري; 1875–1923) was an Iraqi poet and politician.[1] He was most famous for his participation in the Iraqi revolt of 1920.[2]

Early life and family

Abi al-Mahasin, was born in Karbala in 1874. His grandfather, Muhsin al-Maliki, was the first of the family to migrate from Janaja, Hilla to Karbala, residing in Janaja, al-Hindiya in the end of the 19th century. They also gained stature in the city, after marrying into the Nasrallah family.[1] He is of the Albu Muhsin family of Al-Ghati offshoot of Al-Ali tribe, a branch of Bani Malik tribe.

Biography

Abi al-Mahasin was one of the leaders of the Iraqi revolution against the British occupation during and after the First World War. He became Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi's representative, by leading the Revolutionary Council (known as al-Majlis al-Milli; Arabic: المجلس الملي) in 1920.

He later became the Minister of Education in the first national government of the royal reign of King Faisal I after Iraq's independence in 1922.

Works

Abi al-Mahasin was a renowned poet, and his student Sheikh Muhammad-Ali al-Yaqubi published his diwan for him in 1966, under the name Diwan Abi al-Mahasin al-Karbalaei.

Abi al-Mahasin wrote a lot of poetry on pan-Arabism, and the glory of the Arabs, and one of his famous lines includes:[2]

فمتى تؤلف وحدة عربية
وطنيه الإصدار والإيراد
ليس العراق بموطني هو وحده
فبلاد قومي كلهن بلادي

When will there be Arab unity,
A patriotic notion of giving and taking.
Iraq is not my country alone,
For the Arab nations are all my country

Personal life

Abi al-Mahasin was married to the daughter of Sayyid Ali Nasrallah. He had six sons, Kamil, Muhammad-Husayn, Fadhil, Muhammad-Sharif, Abd al-Razzaq, and Mo'ein.[3]

His grandson, Nouri al-Maliki, was the prime minister of Iraq from 2006 until 2014.[4]

References

Ṭuʻmah, Salmān Hādī (1998). Asha'er Karbala Wa 'Usariha [Tribes and Families of Karbala] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Mahaja al-Baydha'. pp. 542–3.
al-Grety, Alaa'; al-Ta'ei, Salih (2010-06-10). "Lamha 'An Abi al-Mahasin al-Karbalaei Wa Dawrahu Fi Thawrat al-Iraq al-Kubra 1920 AD". Ahl al-Bayt (as) (in Arabic). 1 (10): 184–193.
Tumah, Salman H. "Min A'lam Karbala .. Shaykh Muhammad Hassan Abu al-Mahasin (1293 – 1344 AH)". Al-Hikmeh (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-02-11.
"Nouri al-Maliki | Biography, Iraq, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-02-11.

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[:02-1] Ṭuʻmah, Salmān Hādī (1998). Asha'er Karbala Wa 'Usariha [Tribes and Families of Karbala] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Mahaja al-Baydha'. pp. 542–3.

[:0-2] -Grety, Alaa'; al-Ta'ei, Salih (2010-06-10). "Lamha 'An Abi al-Mahasin al-Karbalaei Wa Dawrahu Fi Thawrat al-Iraq al-Kubra 1920 AD". Ahl al-Bayt (as) (in Arabic). 1 (10): 184–193.

[3] Tumah, Salman H. "Min A'lam Karbala .. Shaykh Muhammad Hassan Abu al-Mahasin (1293 – 1344 AH)". Al-Hikmeh (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-02-11.

[4] "Nouri al-Maliki | Biography, Iraq, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-02-11.