al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn Umar
الملك المظفر شمس الدين يوسف بن عمر
1295 CE · 694 AH
Al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn Umar, third Rasulid king of Yemen; taking power after his father's killing in 648 AH, he was just and beneficent, assessed upon himself the atawa tribute to Egypt's Turkish kings and kept buying their goodwill, spent his first reign besieging the Damluwa fortress and fighting the Zaydi claimant Ahmad al-Mu'ti who took twenty Zaydi fortresses and Safad — and remained wali of Yemen until he died suddenly in 694 in the forty-sixth year of his rule.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn Umar ibn Ali ibn Rasul, the third of the Rasulid kings in Yemen. He was the son of al-Mansur Umar and ruler of the Rasulid state. 1
His rule
He took up the command after his father was killed in 648 AH. Ibn Khaldun describes him as just and benevolent. 1
When the Turkish kings of Egypt became independent with power, he imposed a tribute on himself to them, and continued to placate them with it. 1
The early part of his reign was taken up with the fortress of al-Damluwa, and with the revolt of Ahmad al-Muwatti' the Zaydi, who held twenty fortresses and Safad. 1
His death
He remained governor of Yemen until he died suddenly in 694 AH, after forty-six years of rule. The Gregorian conversion (1295 CE) is derived. 1
Connections
People and things also explored
Rasulid dynasty· al-Malik al-Ashraf Mumahhid al-Din Umar ibn Yusuf· al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad Dawud ibn Yusuf· Ali ibn Rasul al-Turkmani· al-Malik al-Mansur Umar ibn Ali ibn Rasul· al-Mutawakkil Ahmad ibn al-Husayn "al-Mu'ti"
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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