Al-Mutawakkil Muhammad
Al-Mutawakkil Muhammad (died 11 December 1849) was an
Struggle against Abu Arish
Muhammad bin Yahya was a grandson of Imam
The period of Al-Mutawakkil Muhammad's reign was marked by the severe oppression of his Jewish subjects in
The friendship between the new imam and Sharif Husayn was short-lived. Al-Mutawakkil Muhammad was probably encouraged by the Sharif of
Ottoman intervention
By now, however, the Ottoman government resolved to settle the unruly conditions in Yemen by imposing direct control. In April 1849 the
Al-Mutawakkil Muhammad arrived in San'a with Tevfik Pasha and the Turkish troops on 15 July 1849. On the next day, however, a general uprising broke out in the city and a hundred Turks were killed. Tevfik Pasha, who had been critically wounded, immediately deposed al-Mutawakkil Muhammad and raised al-Mutawakkil Muhammad's kinsman and predecessor al-Mansur Ali II to the imamate again. After 25 days the Turkish troops decided to retreat to Hudaydah, leaving the Zaidi state to its own devices for the next 23 years. Al-Mansur Ali imprisoned the deposed imam on the grounds of treachery, and beheaded him on 11 December 1849. According to one writer, "he was one of the most accomplished of men, but fate was not on his side".[5]
See also
References
- ^ R.L. Playfair, A History of Arabia Felix or Yemen. Bombay 1859, p. 152.
- ^ Amram Qorah, Sa'arat Teman, Jerusalem 1988, p. 30.
- ^ Caesar E, Farah, The Sultan's Yemen; 19th-Century Ottomane Rule. London 2002, pp. 47-54; R.B. Serjeant & R. Lewcock, San'a'; An Arabian Islamic City. London 1983, p. 89.
- ^ R.L. Playfair, p. 154.
- ^ R.B. Serjeant & R. Lewcock, p. 90; Caesar E. Farah, pp. 56, 59-60.
Further reading
- Robert W. Stookey, Yemen; The Politics of the Yemen Arab Republic. Boulder 1978.