Al-Mutahhar
Sign in to savethumb|284x284px|Ruins of Thula fortress in [['Amran, where al-Mutahhar barricaded himself against Ottoman attacks.]] Al-Mutahhar bin Yahya Sharaf ad-Din (January 3, 1503 – November 9, 1572) was an imam of the Zaidi state of Yemen who ruled from 1547 to 1572. His era marked the temporary end of an autonomous Yemeni polity in the highlands. After the period of resistance against the Ottomans by al-Mutahhar and his eventual death, the following period marked the beginning of a long period of Ottoman domination which was only broken by the Qasimid imams of the Yemeni Zaidi State in the early
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- 1595
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- 1667
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- Kitāb al- nubdah al-mushīrah ilá jumal min ʻuyūn al-sirah fī akhbār ... al-Manṣūr billāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī
- Kitāb al-nubdhah al-mushīrah ilā jumal min ʻuyūn al-sīrah fī akhbār mawlānā ... al-Manṣūr billāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī ʻādat barakātuh
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- Imam of Yemen
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- 1572-11-09
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- 1503-01-03
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- The coming of the Ottomans
- Submission and further resistance
- See also
- References
thumb|284x284px|Ruins of Thula fortress in [['Amran, where al-Mutahhar barricaded himself against Ottoman attacks.]] Al-Mutahhar bin Yahya Sharaf ad-Din (January 3, 1503 – November 9, 1572) was an imam of the Zaidi state of Yemen who ruled from 1547 to 1572. His era marked the temporary end of an autonomous Yemeni polity in the highlands. After the period of resistance against the Ottomans by al-Mutahhar and his eventual death, the following period marked the beginning of a long period of Ottoman domination which was only broken by the Qasimid imams of the Yemeni Zaidi State in the early 17th century.
==The coming of the Ottomans==
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