ʿAlī ibn Mahdī

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ʿAlī ibn Mahdī

Khārijite leader

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history of Arabia
Yemen
Najāḥid rule ended when ʿAlī ibn Mahdī captured Zabīd in 1159.
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Najāḥid rule ended when ʿAlī ibn Mahdī captured Zabīd in 1159.
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Najāḥid Dynasty
The threat of ʿAli ibn Mahdī, a Khārijite (member of a puritanical and fanatical Islāmic sect) who had murdered the vizier Surūr in 1156, forced the Ethiopians to seek outside help from the Zaydī imām of Ṣanʿāʾ, Aḥmad al-Mutawakkil, and to agree to recognize him as ruler of Zabīd.…
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The threat of ʿAli ibn Mahdī, a Khārijite (member of a puritanical and fanatical Islāmic sect) who had murdered the vizier Surūr in 1156, forced the Ethiopians to seek outside help from the Zaydī imām of Ṣanʿāʾ, Aḥmad al-Mutawakkil, and to agree to recognize him as ruler of Zabīd.…
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