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unusual facts about Al-Mahdi Muhammad bin al-Mutahhar


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.


Al-Mansur Muhammad

Al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad ruled San'a and the surrounding districts; the Kawkaban area stood under the sons of the old imam al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar; and the traditional Zaidi centre Sa'dah and its districts were divided between al-Mansur Muhammad and two other families.

Muhammad bin Ali as-Siraji al-Washali was one of the three Sayyids who claimed the Yemeni imamate after the death of al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar in Dhamar in 1474.

Al-Mu’ayyad Muhammad

The sons of the old imam al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar dominated Kawkaban, and the region around the traditional Zaidi centre Sa'dah was divided between imam al-Mansur Muhammad and two other factions.

Al-Mutahhar

Al-Mutahhar took up a stance in the strong mountain stronghold Thula.

Al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar

After some skirmishing, the Tahiride Sultan Ali temporarily took Dhamar in 1460.

His grandson Yahya bin al-Mukhtar bin al-Mutahhar was emir of Ta'izz under the Tahiride Sultan Amir.


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