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unusual facts about Al-Mansur al-Husayn


Al-Mansur al-Husayn

However, al-Mansur al-Husayn defeated his opponent at As Sudah.


Abdullah Fa'izi ad-Daghestani

In 1943 he moved to a house on Jabal Qasioun mountain, a house that was bought by his first Syrian murid and later khalifah, Shaykh Husayn Ifrini.

Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya

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).

Al-Mahdi Ahmad bin al-Husayn

Nevertheless, al-Mahdi Ahmad's sphere of power soon stretched as far south as Dhamar.

The new imam took the traditional capital of the Zaidi imams, Sa'dah, from the Sulaimanids, and extended his sway over 20 fortresses.

Al-Mahdi al-Husayn

With this, the power of al-Mahdi al-Husayn extended from Alhan to Sa'dah and San'a.

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.

Al-Mansur al-Hasan

Al-Mansur al-Hasan had to stay for much of his time in Sa'dah, the traditional stronghold of the imams in the far north.

Al-Mansur al-Husayn II

In 1738 a serious crisis occurred in the relations between the Zaidi government and the French traders in Mocha.

Al-Mansur al-Husayn II was also opposed by his brother Ahmad, who governed Ta'izz and kept the revenues for himself.

He was opposed by another claimant, an-Nasir Muhammad, who was supported by the Hashid and Bakil, and by the lord of Kawkaban.

Al-Mansur al-Husayn III

These delivered him into the hands of the newly proclaimed imam al-Mansur al-Husayn III who was based at at-Tawilah west of Kawkaban.

Al-Mansur al-Qasim

Infighting among the Turkish administrators in 1613 left the north of the country exposed to the forces of the imam, and the important city Sa'dah fell in 1617.

Then, however, the emir of the important stronghold Hajjah in the western mountains chose to support al-Qasim.

Al-Mansur al-Qasim al-Iyyani

In 993, a-Qasim proclaimed the imamate in Tihamah, but his movement was defeated in the next year by the governor of Mecca.

Al-Qasim invaded Yemen in 997 or 998 and appropriated Sa'dah, the traditional capital of the Zaydiyyah domain.

The governor in Dhamar, az-Zaidi, rebelled and captured the imam's son Ja'far.

Al-Qastallani

In particular, he was known for his intensely negative views of Ibn Arabi, Hallaj, Ibn al-Farid, Ibn Sab'in and Shushtari, some of the primary figures in Sufism.

Arab Higher Committee

Membership of the outlawed Committee had dwindled to Jamal al-Husayni (acting chairperson), Husayn al-Khalidi (secretary), Ahmed Hilmi Pasha and Emil Ghuri.

Blue Mosque, Yerevan

As reported by 19th-century traveller H.F.B. Lynch, the Blue Mosque was commissioned to be built during the reign of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah (1736–47) by Husayn Ali Khan.

Habib ibn Muzahir

The most famous example of a person who joined Husayn's side through influence was a former soldier of Yazid called Hurr.

Husayn ibn Ali

Husayn in his path toward Kufa encountered the army of Ubaydllah ibn Ziyad, the governor of Kufa, led by Hurr ibn Yazid Riyahi, a top commander in the Umayyad army who later changed sides.

Maqtal al-Husayn

Maqtal al-Husayn of Muhammad bin Amr Waqidi (d. 207 or 209 AH), a mention of which book has been made by Ibn Nadim and Yaqut al-Hamawi

Masabih al-Sunnah

Masabih al-Sunnah is a collection of hadith by the Persian Shafi'i scholar Abu Muhammad al-Husayn ibn Mas'ud ibn Mubammad al-Farra' al-Baghawi, from sometime before 516 H. An improved version of this work, Mishkat al-Masabih, has additional hadith, and was the work of another Persian traditionist Al-Tabrizi d.

Sharif Razi

Father of Sayyid Razi: His father Abu Ahmed Husayn bin Musa was fifth in line of descent from the 7th Imam, Musa al-Kazim and held the prestigious position of the "Naqib al-Nuqaba" of Iraq, a responsibility which required the managing of affairs of the Sadat's (Prophet's descendants) .

Sonqor

Sardar Ashraf Amiri-Bigvand (Beghvand) Kulliye buried in Karbala's Masjid Al-Husayn, Housain Quli Khan aka; Amir-Amjad Bigvand, Nadali Kahn aka; Salar Amjad who were the brave rulers (Amir/Hakem/Begh/beygs) of this region in early 20th century.

Sufi studies

The anonymous Dutch translator, "S.D.B.", gave a concise biographical review of the philosophers related to the text: Al Farabi, Avicenna, Al Ghazali, Ibn Bajjah, Ibn Rushd, Junayd, and Mansur Al-Hallaj (with a description of his death and a reference to his famous "Ana al-Haqq").

Umm ul-Banin

Shimr ibn Dhi 'l-Jawshan who killed Husayn ibn Ali in the Battle of Kerbala was a brother to Ummul Banin, who before the battle commenced granted safe passage to his sister and her sons, which they rejected since the amnesty did not include Husayn ibn Ali.


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