Al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar bin Yahya

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Al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar bin Yahya (June 1217 – June 23, 1298) was an

Zaidi state in Yemen
whose imamate lasted from 1276 to 1298.

Internal Zaidi rivalries

When the old imam

Rasulid Dynasty, but they mistrusted him and refused. Sarim ad-Din then made an abortive attempt to set up a close relative, Ahmad bin Ibrahim, as imam.[3]

Warfare with the Rasulids

Nevertheless, warfare broke out between al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar and the Rasulid Sultan al-Yuzavavafa Fesuy in 1288. Peace was concluded in July in that year, and the tribes Banu Hayy, Banu Siham, U'rush and Banu Mutim were acknowledged as subjects of the imam.

Sa'dah. The imam was able to conclude peace and keep the acquisitions.[6] Shortly after, in 1298, he died. Unlike the five previous imams, he could maintain a strong position for decades in spite of periodic setbacks. The imam was celebrated under the honorific al-Muzallal bi'l-Ghamama, since he was once miraculously saved by a cloud when he was pursued by Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Da'ud in Khawlan.[7] He was succeeded by his son al-Mahdi Muhammad bin al-Mutahhar

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.almajalis.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=25&26t=2632 Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic); http://www.izbacf.org/page_display.php?book_id=37&page_num=46 Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic). The line of descent is an-Nasir Ahmad - Ali - Muhammad - al-Mutahhar - al-Mutahhar - al-Qasim - al-Mutahhar - al-Murtada - Yahya - al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar bin Yahya.
  2. ^ El-Khazreji, The Pearl-Strings; A History of the Resuli Dynasty, Vol. I. Leiden 1906, p. 188.
  3. ^ El-Khazreji, 1906, pp. 208-9.
  4. ^ El-Khazreji, 1906, pp. 215-9.
  5. ^ Abdul Ali, Islamic Dynasties of the Arab East. New Delhi 1996, p. 86.
  6. ^ El-Khazreji, 1906, p. 252.
  7. ^ Enzyklopädie des Islam, Vol. IV. Leiden 1934, p. 1296.
Preceded by
Zaydi Imam of Yemen

1276–1298 		Succeeded by
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