The first Rasulid Sultan, Nur ad-Din Umar I, seized several places in the highland, such as San'a, Ta'izz and Kawkaban.
The Rasulid sultan treated his prisoner with great courtesy and gave him a house to live in Ta'izz.
Al-Mansur al-Husayn II was also opposed by his brother Ahmad, who governed Ta'izz and kept the revenues for himself.
His grandson Yahya bin al-Mukhtar bin al-Mutahhar was emir of Ta'izz under the Tahiride Sultan Amir.
The Tahiride Dynasty ruled the lowlands and southern highland from Ta'izz, and had recently sacked the Zaidi capital San'a.
Ta'izz | IZZ | Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis |
War between the two sides resumed in the summer 971, when 'Izz al-Daula's vizier Abu'l-Fadl suggested carrying out an attack against the Batihah in an effort to plunder the robber-state and relieve the Buyids' financial troubles.
Al-Mutawakkil Muhammad's position was now precarious, but he resumed the offensive in late 1848 and early 1849, capturing Ta'izz and Yarim.
After the death of a-Mansur in Kawkaban, Izz ad-Din Muhammad was proclaimed as imam under the name an-Nasir Muhammad.
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Izz ad-Din Muhammad was born in Baraqish as the son of the imam al-Mansur Abdallah, who died in 1217 after a lengthy struggle against the encroaching Ayyubids.
Nevertheless, the people of the traditional centre of the Zaydiyyah community, Sa'dah, refused to support him and instead proclaimed al-Hadi Izz ad-Din.
He knew he couldn't keep Aleppo and Mosul under his governance, as the eyes of Salahu'd-Din were on Aleppo, so he reached an agreement with his brother Imad ad-Din Zengi II the governor of Sinjar to exchange Sinjar with Aleppo; in 1182 Izz ad-Din became the governor of Sinjar, in 1193 he went back to Mosul where he got sick and died.
The cities Ta'izz and Ibb fell in 1164 and Aden was besieged in the same year.
Despite Al-Mustakfi's apparent acceptance of Buyid authority, Mu'izz al-Dawla blinded and deposed him in 946, and installed Al-Muti as Caliph.
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The Caliph Al-Mustakfi also gave him the honorific title of "Mu'izz al-Dawla" ("Glorifier of the State").
Jewish Sharab, an ancient Jewish quarter in Ta'izz Governorate, Yemen
Along with the many (relatively unknown) artists from all over the world who contributed to the album, a few famous progressive rockers donated submissions as well - Neal Morse (formerly of Spock's Beard) and Nick D'Virgilio (of Spock's Beard) each contributed demo tracks, prominent progsters IZZ, IQ and Din Within all have a track on the album, and Ajalon had a song that featured keyboard solos by Rick Wakeman, best known for his work with Yes.