al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad Dawud ibn Yusuf
الملك المؤيد داود بن يوسف
1321 CE · 721 AH
Al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad Dawud ibn al-Muzaffar Yusuf, fifth Rasulid king of Yemen; freed from confinement and enthroned after his brother al-Ashraf's killing in 696 AH, he opened his reign by executing the poisoner slave-girl, kept Egypt's Turkish kings supplied with gifts until his 711 offering reached two hundred camel-loads of textiles, rarities and mounts, gathered books from every land until his treasury held a hundred thousand volumes, tended the scholars with his stipends sending gifts to the Shafi'i faqih Ibn Daqiq al-Id in Egypt, and died in 721.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · scholar-patron
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad Dawud ibn al-Muzaffar Yusuf, the fifth of the Banu Rasul rulers in Yemen, and brother of al-Ashraf Umar. 1
His rule
Ibn Khaldun relates that he was brought out of his place of detention and they appointed him after his brother al-Ashraf was killed in 696 AH. He began his rule by killing the slave-girl who had poisoned his brother. The kings of the Turks kept sending him gifts, until in 711 AH his gift reached two hundred camel-loads of clothing, curiosities and the finest of Yemen, and two hundred camels and horses. 1
Learning and books
He gathered books from the cities until his library held a hundred thousand volumes. He took care of the scholars with his gifts, and sent his prizes to Ibn Daqiq al-Id, the Shafi'i jurist in Egypt. He died in 721 AH. 1
The conversion to the Gregorian calendar is derived, and the report rests on one source.
Connections
- Child of
- al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn Umar
- Sibling of
- al-Malik al-Ashraf Mumahhid al-Din Umar ibn Yusuf
- Ruler of
- Rasulid dynasty
People and things also explored
al-Malik al-Ashraf Mumahhid al-Din Umar ibn Yusuf· al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn Umar· Rasulid dynasty· al-Malik al-Mansur Umar ibn Ali ibn Rasul· Ali ibn Rasul al-Turkmani
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad Dawud ibn Yusuf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muayyad-dawud-rasulid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.