Yu'firids
The Yuʿfirids (
Yufi'rid dynasty بنو يعفر | |||||||||
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847–997 | |||||||||
Capital |
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Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
Government | Emirate | ||||||||
Emir | |||||||||
• 847-872 (first) | Yu'fir bin ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Ḥiwālī al-Ḥimyārī | ||||||||
• 963-997 (last) | Abdallah bin Qahtan | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 847 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 997 | ||||||||
Currency | Dinar | ||||||||
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Rise of the dynasty
The Yuʿfirids from
Internal feuds and temporary eclipse
After a stable reign of 25 years, the founder of the dynasty, Yu'fir bin ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Ḥiwālī al-Ḥimyārī, left affairs of state to his son Muhammad in 872. Muhammad preferred to use Shibam as the capital of his kingdom, rather than San'a. In 873 he received a diploma of confirmation from the Abbasid caliph.
Competition for San'a
At the beginning of the tenth century there were struggles between the followers of the
Later history
Abū Ḥassān Asʿad died in 944 and was, as it turned out, the last grand Yufirid leader. In the middle of the tenth century the decline of the dynasty set in, as the members of the family feuded with each other. The Zaydi imam
List of rulers
- Yu'fir bin Abd ar-Rahman (847-872)
- Muhammad bin Yu'fir (872-892 or 872-882), son
- Abd al-Qahir bin Ahmad bin Yu'fir (892), nephew
- Ibrahim bin Muhammad (892-898 or 882-886), son of Muhammad bin Yu'fir
- Reign of the Qarmatians in San'a (905-916)
- As'ad bin Ibrahim (c. 898-944), son of Ibrahim bin Muhammad
- Muhammad bin Ibrahim (944-956), brother
- Abdallah bin Qahtan (963-997), grandson
See also
References
- ^ G. Rex Smith, "Politische Geschichte des islamischen Jemen bis zur ersten türkischen Invasion" in Werner Daum, Jemen, Frankfurt am Main, p. 137.
- ^ Smith, G. R. (2012-04-24). "Yuʿfirids". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition.
- ^ R.B. Serjeant & R. Lewcock, San'a'; An Arabian Islamic City, London 1983, p. 55.
- ^ G. Rex Smith, "Politische Geschichte des islamischen Jemen bis zur ersten türkischen Invasion" in Werner Daum, Jemen, Frankfurt am Main, p. 138.
- ^ R.B. Serjeant & R. Lewcock, San'a'; An Arabian Islamic City, London 1983, p. 56.
- ^ Enzyklopädie des Islam, Vol. III, Leiden 1936, p. 155.
- ^ H.C. Kay, Yaman: Its early medieval history, London 1892, pp. 225-7.
Sources
- Smith, G. Rex (1987). "Politische Geschichte des islamischen Jemen bis zur ersten türkischen Invasion (1 bis 945 Hidschra = 633 bis 1538 n. Chr.)" [Political History of Islamic Yemen until the First Turkish Invasion (1 to 945 AH = 633 to 1538 AD)]. In Daum, Werner (ed.). Jemen. 3000 Jahre Kunst und Kultur des glücklichen Arabien [Yemen. 3000 Years of Art and Civilisation in Arabia Felix]. Innsbruck and Frankfurt a.M.: Pinguin. pp. 136–154. ISBN 3-7016-2251-5.
- Smith, G. Rex (2002). "Yuʿfirids". In ISBN 978-90-04-12756-2.