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2 unusual facts about Al-Mahdi Muhammad


Al-Mahdi Muhammad

An al-Mu'ayyad al-Husayn was proclaimed imam in Sa'dah in 1709-1712, and in 1714 an al-Mutawakkil bin Ali briefly besieged the imam at al-Mawahib.

The enterprise failed, however, and Yafa tribesmen raided Ibb in 1708.



see also

Al-Mahdi Muhammad bin al-Mutahhar

After al-Mutawakkil's death in Hajjah in 1298, al-Mahdi Muhammad claimed the succession, although the imamate was not strictly speaking hereditary.