Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Hussein shine sunan kakan mahaifinsa, Hussein bin Ali (Sharif na Makka), shugaban juyin juya halin Larabawa na 1916 akan Daular Ottoman. Hussein ya yi iƙirarin cewa shi zuriyar 'yar Muhammadu ne Fatimah da mijinta Ali, halifa na huɗu, tunda Hussein na cikin dangin Hashemite, wanda ya yi mulkin Makka sama da shekaru 700 har zuwa lokacin da aka ci birnin a 1925.
Gidan Saudand ya yi mulkin Jordan tun 1921. Hashemites, tsohuwar daular da ke mulki a duniyar musulmi, ita ce daular mulki ta biyu mafi tsufa a duniya (bayan Gidan Masarautar Japan).