Al-Mu’id li-Din Illah

Al-Mu'id li-Din Illah (died 1030) was an imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen who reigned in the period 1027-1030.

After 1002, the Zaidi imamate in highland Yemen was contested between various claimants. A Caspian Zaidi leader in Persia, Abu Talib Yahya, is sometimes formally counted as imam in the period 1020-1033 in Zaydiyyah historiography. Meanwhile, the brother of the old imam al-Mahdi al-Husayn, Ja'far, ruled the Zaidi centre Sa'dah as emir for periods. In 1027 a new pretender of obscure origins appeared and claimed the imamate. He proclaimed himself under the title al-Mu'id li-Din Illah (he who brings people back to God). He actually managed to establish his authority in the important city San'a. Nevertheless, he was killed by opponents already in 1030.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ H.C. Kay, Yaman; Its Early Medieval History. London 1892, p. 229.
Preceded by
Abu Talib Yahya		 Imam of Yemen
1027-1030 		Succeeded by
Abu Hashim al-Hasan
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