Historical Organization
Zaydi imamate
Zaydi imamate
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Organization Timeline
Tahirid ruler Amir II is killed after the conquest
📅 15 April 1517TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi dates Amir’s killing to 23 Rabi I 923 AH, corresponding to 15 April 1517. His death closed Tahirid rule, while Mamluk forces held much of the lowlands and Yahya Sharaf al-Din...
Al-Mansur leads revolt against Ottoman rule
📅 1890Imam Muhammad bin Yahya al-Mansur led a revolt against renewed Ottoman rule. Yemeni resistance briefly captured Sana’a before Ottoman troops suppressed it. The episode demonstrates the recurring gap...
Imam Yahya launches revolt against Ottoman rule
đź“… 1904Imam Yahya began a major revolt against Ottoman rule. Rooted in local opposition to taxes, conscription and administrative intrusion, the uprising drew support from Zaydi tribes and exhausted...
Ottoman-Yemeni fighting continues
📅 1906Fighting and negotiation continued between Ottoman authorities and Imam Yahya’s movement. Resistance was not a single unified national army: local leaders pursued overlapping religious, political...
Treaty of Da’an settles the revolt
📅 October 1911The Treaty of Da’an ended the sustained 1904–1911 revolt through a negotiated settlement. It recognized the Zaydi imamate’s authority over its community while preserving Ottoman claims of...