علي بن محمد الصليحي القائم باليمن

علي بن محمد الصليحي القائم باليمن

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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 ¹.