Abu Hashim al-Hasan
Abu Hashim al-Hasan (died 1040) was an
Zaidi state in Yemen
who ruled part of the Yemeni highlands between 1031 and 1040.
Abu Hashim al-Hasan was a fifth-generation descendant of
San'a
. One of the local grandees, Ibn Abi Hashid, fled, while another one, Nunsur bin Abi'l-Futuh, submitted.
Abu Hashim's authority in San'a lasted until 1037, when he was expelled by the tribesmen of
Zaydiyyah.[3]
The hard pressed Abu Hashim died in 1040.
A new pretender,
Sa'dah
and San'a some years later, in 1046.
See also
- Imams of Yemen
- Rassids
References
- ^ The filiation was: al-Qasim ar-Rassi - al-Husayn - Abdallah - Yahya - Abd ar-Rahman - Abu Hashim al-Hasan.
- ^ The beginning of his imamate is sometimes dated in 1027 or 1035.
- ^ Cesare Ansaldi, Il Yemen nella storia e nella leggenda. Roma 1933, p. 134.
- ^ H.C. Kay, Yaman; Its Early Medieval History. London 1892, p. 229.