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3 unusual facts about Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya


Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya

His grandfather al-Qasim ar-Rassi (d. 860), who unsuccessfully tried to reach political leadership, owned a property close to Mecca, ar-Rass.

Yahya bin al-Husayn bin al-Qasim ar-Rassi was born in Medina, being a Sayyid who traced his ancestry from Hasan, son of Ali (and also grandson of Muhammad).

In 896 some tribal leaders from Sa'dah and Khawlan invited Yahya to come back and end the strife-torn conditions of northern Yemen.



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