ʿAlī ibn Rasūl

…was known by the epithet Rasūl. He was likely of Turkic origin, although the family claimed descent from Qaḥṭān, the legendary patriarch of the southern Arabs. His son ʿAlī was governor of Mecca under the last Ayyubid ruler of Yemen and succeeded him in the government of the whole country.…

…the Ayyūbids arrived the emir ʿAlī ibn Rasūl, probably of Oğuz origin, whose descendants, at first Ayyūbid governors, grasped independence (c. 1229). The Rasūlid period is the most brilliant era of Islamic history in Yemen. These monarchs embellished their capital, Taʿizz, and other cities with fine buildings; several kings had…