Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya
Abūʾl-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ḥasanī (al-Rass/Medina, 859 – Sa'dah, 18 August 911), better known by his honorific title of al-Hādī ilāʾl-Ḥaqq (Arabic: الهادي الى الحق, lit. 'the Guide to the Truth'), was a religious and political leader in the Arabian Peninsula. He was the first Zaydi imam who ruled portions of Yemen from 897 to 911. He is also the ancestor of the Rassid Dynasty which ruled Yemen intermittently until the North Yemen Civil War in 1962.
Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq | |||||
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Gold dinar of al-Hadi, minted at Sa'dah in 910/11 CE | |||||
Zaydi Imam of Yemen | |||||
Reign | 897 – 18 August 911 | ||||
Successor | Muhammad | ||||
Born | 859 al-Rass, near Medina, Hejaz | ||||
Died | August 19, 911 Sa'dah, Yemen | ||||
Issue | Muhammad Ahmad | ||||
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House | Rassids | ||||
Father | al-Husayn ibn al-Qasim al-Rassi |
Yahya يحيى | |
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20th Zaydi Imam | |
In office 860–911 | |
Preceded by | Al-Qasim al-Rassi |
Succeeded by | Al-Murtada Muhammad |
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Religion | Islam |
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