Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad

Ziyādid ruler

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Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad was a ruler of the Ziyādid dynasty, which governed Yemen from 819 to 1018 CE from their capital in Zabīd. The Ziyādids were established by the Abbasid caliph al-Maʾmūn to counter the influence of the Shiʿite ʿAlids. Muḥammad ibn Ziyād, the first ruler, secured control over the Yemeni coast with a Khorāsānian army.1

Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ruled from 859 to 902 CE. During his reign, the interior city of Sanaa, which had been under Abbasid control, became the seat of the independent Banū Yaḥfūr dynasty. Ibrāhīm was compelled to cede territory to them in exchange for tribute. After his death, more territory, including Zabīd, was lost to the Qarmatians.1

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…soon forced the Ziyādī ruler Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad (859–902) to cede territory in return for tribute. More territory, including Zabīd itself, was lost to the sectarian Qarmaṭians after Ibrāhīm’s death, and records of his successor have been obscured. Abū al-Jaysh Isḥāq, however, restored Ziyādid power and territory in a celebrated…
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…soon forced the Ziyādī ruler Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad (859–902) to cede territory in return for tribute. More territory, including Zabīd itself, was lost to the sectarian Qarmaṭians after Ibrāhīm’s death, and records of his successor have been obscured. Abū al-Jaysh Isḥāq, however, restored Ziyādid power and territory in a celebrated…
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