An-Nasir al-Hasan

This article is about Zaidi imam of Yemen. For the Mamluk sultan of Egypt, see an-Nasir Hasan.

An-Nasir al-Hasan (1457 - June 24, 1523) was an imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen, who exerted a limited authority in the northern Yemeni highland in 1495-1523.

Al-Hasan bin Izz ad-Din was the son of the forceful imam al-Hadi Izz ad-Din. After the death of the latter in 1495, al-Hasan proclaimed his call for the imamate under the name an-Nasir al-Hasan. He inherited his father's love for learning, but hardly his political skills. Zaidi tradition depicts him positively as a shelter for widows and orphans, and a haven for the weak. Nevertheless, an-Nasir al-Hasan could only control a limited area in the northern highlands. For many years he had to resist the rival imam al-Mansur Muhammad (d. 1505).[1] Al-Mansur was captured and poisoned by the Tahiride Sultan Amir in 1504, and the Tahirides seized San'a.[2] In later years, an-Nasir al-Hasan was eclipsed by a new powerful imam, al-Mutawakkil Yahya Sharaf ad-Din (r. 1506-1555). He died in obscurity in 1523 and was buried in Falala. He sired nine sons, Muhammad, Izz ad-Din, Majd ad-Din, Da'ud, Ahmad, Salah, Yahya, Taj ad-Din, and Ali.[3] Majd ad-Din made his call for the imamate after his father's demise, but was unsuccessful and died in 1536 without ever holding political power.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. VII, Leiden 1993, p. 996.
  2. ↑ Lein O. Schuman, Political History of the Yemen at the Beginning of the 16th Century. Groningen 1960, p. 53.
  3. ↑ Imam Zaid bin Ali Cultural Foundation, http://www.izbacf.org/page_display.php?book_id=37&page_num=54 (in Arabic).
  4. ↑ Madeleine Schneider, 'Deux études d'épigraphie arabe', Journal asiatique 275 1987, p. 234.
Preceded by
al-Hadi Izz ad-Din		 Imam of Yemen
1495–1523 		Succeeded by
al-Mutawakkil Yahya Sharaf ad-Din
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