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Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Imam of Yemen (born 1904)

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Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din

Imam of Yemen (1869–1948)

Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din was the first king of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen from 1918 until his assassination in 1948. He became Imam of the Zaydis, a branch of Shia Islam, in 1904 after the death of his father, Muhammad Al-Mansur, and Imam of Yemen in 1918. His name…
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Imams of Yemen

Religious leaders of Yemen belonging to the Zaidiyyah branch of Shia Islam

The Imams of Yemen, later also titled the Kings of Yemen, were religiously consecrated leaders (imams) belonging to the Zaidi branch of Shia Islam. They established a blend of religious and temporal-political rule in parts of Yemen from 897. Their imamate endured under varying…
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February 17

Day of the year

February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 317 days remain until the end of the year.
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