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al-Da'i ibn Abi al-Su'ud ibn al-Zuray'

الداعي بن أبي السعود بن الزريع

1138 CE · 533 AH

Al-Da'i ibn Abi al-Su'ud ibn al-Zuray' ibn al-Abbas ibn al-Mukarram al-Hamdani; the first named of Banu al-Zuray' and the first to gather the kingship after Banu al-Sulayhi — he took Aden from the lord of al-Za'azi' after hard campaigning and Arab subsidies, then died seven months after the conquest in 533, succeeded by his son al-Agharr.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Arabia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Al-Anbari, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad · Al-Asmandi, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamid · al-Azdi al-Qurtubi · al-Azjani, Nasih al-Din

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موجز

الداعي بن أبي السعود بن الزريع بن العباس بن المكرم الهمداني أول مذكور من بني الزريع، وأول من اجتمع له الملك بعد بني الصليحي. 1

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استولى على عدن من يد صاحب الزعازع بعد مقاساة ونفقات في الأعراب. ومات بعد فتحها بسبعة أشهر سنة 533هـ، وخلفه ابنه الأغر. 1

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Zurayid dynasty of Aden

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Zurayid dynasty of Aden

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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Zurayid dynasty of Aden

Banu al-Zuray' of Aden, the Ubaydi da'is of Yemen; of the Hamdan clan of Jasm ibn Yam nearest to al-Sulayhi, seated at Aden by Ahmad al-Mukarram — then splitting into factions, the Banu Zuray' ibn al-Abbas prevailed after great wars, their first king al-Da'i ibn Abi al-Su'ud taking Aden in 533 and dying seven months after the conquest; his son al-Agharr, then their mawla Muhammad ibn Saba', styled al-Da'i al-Mu'azzam Sayf Amir al-Mu'minin, who bought Dhi Jibla castle itself; last of their kings the poet-munificent Yasir ibn Bilal, praised by Ibn Qalaqis, until Sayf al-Dawla Saladin's brother took Aden and ended their state — they who had founded al-Hudayda near Aden.