List of Kings of Yemen

List of kings of Yemen could refer to: List of rulers of Saba and Himyar Imams of Yemen List of imams There is no uncontroversial list of imams of Yemen, since many imams were not universally recognized, and sometimes eclipsed by the rule of lowland dynasties or by the Turks. The following list is fairly inclusive.

al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya bin al-Husayn bin al-Qasim ar-Rassi 897–911 al-Murtada Muhammad 911–913, d. 922 (son) an-Nasir Ahmad 913–934 or 937 (brother) al-Muntakhab al-Hasan 934–936 or 939 (son) al-Mukhtar al-Qasim 936–956 (brother) al-Mansur Yahya 934–976 (brother) ad-Da'i Yusuf 977–999 (son) al-Mansur al-Qasim al-Iyyani bin Ali 999–1002 ad-Da'i Yusuf 1002–1012 (second reign) al-Mahdi al-Husayn 1003–1013 (son of al-Mansur al-Qasim) al-Mu'ayyad Ahmad bin al-Husayn 1013–1020 Abu Talib Yahya 1020–1033 al-Mu’id li-Din Illah 1027–1030 Abu Hashim al-Hasan 1031–1040 Abu'l-Fath an-Nasir ad-Dailami bin al-Husayn 1038–1053 al-Muhtasib al-Mujahid Hamzah 1060–1067 (son of Abu Hashim al-Hasan) al-Mutawakkil Ahmad bin Sulayman 1138–1171 (descended from an-Nasir Ahmad) al-Mansur Abdallah bin Hamzah 1187–1217 (descended from al-Muhtasib al-Mujahid Hamzah) an-Nasir Muhammad 1217–1226 (son) al-Hadi Yahya bin Muhsin 1217–1239 al-Mahdi Ahmad bin al-Husayn 1248–1258 al-Hasan bin Wahhas 1258–1260, d. 1285 Yahya bin Muhammad as-Siraji 1261–1262, d. 1296 al-Mansur al-Hasan bin Badr ad-Din 1262–1271 (son of a cousin of al-Hadi Yahya) al-Mahdi Ibrahim bin Ahmad Taj ad-Din 1272–1276, d. 1284 (nephew) al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar bin Yahya bin al-Murtada 1276–1298 al-Mahdi Muhammad 1301–1328 (son) al-Mu'ayyad Yahya bin Hamzah 1328–1346 an-Nasir Ali bin Salah 1328–1329 (grandson of al-Mahdi Ibrahim) Ahmad bin Ali al-Fathi 1329–1349 al-Wathiq al-Mutahhar 1349 (son of al-Mahdi Muhammad) al-Mahdi Ali bin Muhammad 1349–1372 al-Nasir Muhammad Salah al-Din 1372–1391 (son) al-Mansur Ali 1391–1436 (son) al-Mahdi Ahmad bin Yahya bin al-Murtada 1391–1392, d. 1436 al-Hadi Ali bin al-Muayyad 1393–1432 al-Mahdi Salah ad-Din bin Ali 1436–1445 al-Mansur an-Nasir bin Muhammad 1436–1462 (great-great-grandson of al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar bin Yahya) al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar bin Muhammad 1436–1474 al-Mu’ayyad Muhammad 1462–1503 (son of al-Mansur an-Nasir) an-Nasir Muhammad bin Yusuf 1474–1488 al-Hadi Izz ad-Din bin al-Hasan 1474–1495 (grandson of al-Hadi Ali) al-Mansur Muhammad bin Ali al-Washali 1475–1504 an-Nasir al-Hasan 1495–1523 (son of al-Hadi Izz-ad-Din) al-Mutawakkil Yahya Sharaf ad-Din bin Shams-ad-Din 1506–1555 (grandson of al-Mahdi Ahmad) al-Mutahhar 1547–1572 (son) an-Nasir al-Hasan bin Ali 1579–1585 al-Mansur al-Qasim bin Muhammad 1597–1620 al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad I 1620–1644 (son) al-Mutawakkil Isma'il 1644–1676 (brother) al-Mahdi Ahmad bin al-Hasan 1676–1681 (nephew) al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad II 1681–1686 (son of al-Mutawakkil Isma'il) al-Mahdi Muhammad 1687–1718 (son of al-Mahdi Ahmad) al-Mansur al-Husayn I bin al-Qasim 1716–1720 (grandson of al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad I) al-Mutawakkil al-Qasim bin al-Hasan 1716–1727 (grandson of al-Mahdi Ahmad) An-Nasir Muhammad (Zaidi imam) bin Ishaq 1723, d. 1754 (grandson of al-Mahdi Ahmad) al-Mansur al-Husayn II 1727–1748 (son of al-Mutawakkil al-Qasim) al-Mahdi Abbas 1748–1775 (son) al-Mansur Ali I 1775–1809 (son) al-Mutawakkil Ahmad 1809–1816 (son) al-Mahdi Abdallah 1816–1835 (son) al-Mansur Ali II 1835–1837, d. 1871 (son) an-Nasir Abdallah bin al-Hasan bin Ahmad 1837–1840 (great-grandson of al-Mahdi Abbas) al-Hadi Muhammad 1840–1844 (son of al-Mutawakkil Ahmad) al-Mansur Ali II 1844–1845 (second reign) al-Mutawakkil Muhammad bin Yahya 1845–1849 (grandson of al-Mansur Ali I) al-Mansur Ali II 1849–1850 (third reign) al-Mansur Ahmad bin Hashim 1849–1853 al-Mu'ayyad Abbas bin Abd ar-Rahman 1850 al-Mansur Ali II 1851 (fourth reign) al-Hadi Ghalib 1851–1852, d. 1885 (son of al-Mutawakkil Muhammad) al-Mansur Muhammad bin Abdallah 1853–1890 al-Mutawakkil al-Muhsin bin Ahmad 1855–1878 al-Hadi Ghalib 1858–1872 (second reign) al-Mansur al-Husayn III bin Muhammad bin al-Hadi 1859–1863, d. 1888 al-Hadi Sharaf ad-Din bin Muhammad bin Abd ar-Rahman 1878–1890 al-Mansur Muhammad bin Yahya Hamid ad-Din 1890–1904 al-Mutawakkil Yahya Muhammad Hamid ad-Din 1904–1948 (son) an-Nasir Ahmad bin Yahya 1948–1962 (son of al-Mutawakkil Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din) al-Mansur Muhammad al-Badr 1962, d. 1996 (son) Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1970) Portrait Imam Reign House Claim Reign start Reign end Duration Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din 30 October 1918 17 February 1948 Rassid Son of Muhammad Al-Mansur Imam of the Zaydis since 4 June 1904 Ahmad bin Yahya 17 February 1948 19 September 1962 Rassid Son of Yahya Muhammad al-Badr 19 September 1962 26 September 1962 Rassid Son of Ahmad

Kingdom of Yemen in Exile (1962–1970) Portrait Imam Reign House Claim Reign start Reign end Duration Muhammad al-Badr 27 September 1962 1 December 1970 Rassid Son of Ahmad For continuation of leadership after 1962, see President of Yemen Arab Republic.

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