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Sulayhid dynasty of Yemen

الدولة الصليحية باليمن

c. 1047 CE · 439 AH – 1229 CE · 626 AH

The Sulayhid state of Yemen — founded by Ali b. Muhammad al-Sulayhi, the Ismaili da'i's pupil who took Jabal Maswar in 439 with sixty sworn men, then wrapped up the land preaching al-Mustansir's da'wa from Sanaa; ended for its founder at al-Mahjam in 473 when Sa'id al-Ahwal b. Najah avenged his poisoned father on him and a hundred and sixty of his house 1.

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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 · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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علي بن محمد الصليحي القائم باليمن

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علي بن محمد الصليحي القائم باليمن

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  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 354-356
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علي بن محمد الصليحي القائم باليمن

Ali b. Muhammad al-Sulayhi, founder of Yemen's Sulayhid state; groomed young by the da'i Amir b. Abdallah al-Rawahi into Ismaili learning, he preached on the hajj road fifteen years, then in 439 seized Jabal Maswar's summit with sixty sworn men and faced down twenty thousand; fearing Najah of Tihama he had him poisoned by the gifted slave-girl al-Kudra', then won al-Mustansir's licence to preach openly, wrapped up the land and took the fortresses, seating his rule at Sanaa; on the hajj of 473 with two thousand horse Sa'id al-Ahwal b. Najah fell on him at al-Mahjam and killed him with his brother and the Sulayhids, and bore his head back to Zabid.