In the presence of a numerous congregation of Zaidi scholars, he adopted the title al-Mahdi Ali and took possession of Sa'dah and Dhamar.
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Ali bin Muhammad al-Hosni was born in the village al-Ahani in the Sa'dah area in northern Yemen.
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Under these circumstances, Ali rose to power from his base in the mountain fortress Thula in 1349.
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About the middle of the century, his father Ali al-Mahdi ibn Muhammad attained considerable influence, which was however reduced before his death in Dhamar in 1372.
After his playing days, Ali attended the HCT – Dubai Men's College where he graduated as an electrical engineer and later assisted in the design of the Dubai Metro.