Al-Mansur Muhammad (died 1505)
Al-Mansur Muhammad (1441 – March 4, 1505) was an
.Zaidi disunity
Muhammad bin Ali as-Siraji al-Washali was one of the three
Defeats against the Tahirides
Al-Mansur Muhammad attacked Tahiride positions between Dhamar and San'a in 1496 and 1498. On the latter occasion the imam's forces were completely routed. After the death of al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad bin an-Nasir in 1503, San'a was dominated by a certain Sharib. In the next year, the Tahiride Sultan Amir attacked the city. Al-Mansur Muhammad hastened down to relieve the defenders of San'a, but he fell in the hands of Sultan Amir. The Tahirides entered San'a and a reign of terror ensued.[2] The captured imam was poisoned in prison in San'a three months later.[3] The Tahiride triumph was just temporary. Two years later the Zaidi imamate was continued in the person of al-Mutawakkil Yahya Sharaf ad-Din, who managed to unite large parts of Yemen under his authority.
See also
- Imams of Yemen
- Rassids
- History of Yemen
References
- ^ Imam Zaid bin Ali Cultural Foundation, "مؤسسة الإمام زيد بن علي الثقافية :: استعراض الكتاب". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-01-24. (in Arabic). The line of descent is Yahya bin Muhammad as-Siraji - an-Nasir - Ahmad - Ali - Ahmad - Muhammad - Ali - al-Mansur Muhammad.
- ^ R.B. Serjeant & R. Lewcock, San'a'; An Arabian Islamic City. London 1983, p. 67.
- ^ Lein O. Schuman, Political History of the Yemen at the Beginning of the 16th Century. Groningen 1960, p. 53.