ʿUmar I ibn ʿAlī

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ʿUmar I ibn ʿAlī

Rasūlid ruler

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Rasulid dynasty
ʿUmar I ibn ʿAlī (reigned 1229–50), Rasūl’s grandson, first established himself at Zabīd (Yemen) and then moved into the mountainous interior, making Sanaa the Rasulid capital. Though the Hejaz (west coast of Arabia) was a tributary of the Egyptian Mamluks from 1252, ʿUmar also ruled…
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ʿUmar I ibn ʿAlī (reigned 1229–50), Rasūl’s grandson, first established himself at Zabīd (Yemen) and then moved into the mountainous interior, making Sanaa the Rasulid capital. Though the Hejaz (west coast of Arabia) was a tributary of the Egyptian Mamluks from 1252, ʿUmar also ruled…
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