al-Mukarram Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī

ʿAlī’s son al-Mukarram, however, heavily influenced by his mother, took Zabīd c. 1083, forcing the Najāḥids to flee again. Saʿīd regained power briefly (1086–88) but was finally murdered by al-Mukarram’s wife as-Sayyidah. Jayyāsh, meanwhile, had fled to India. He returned in disguise and assumed power with little…

…of the 11th century, however, al-Mukarram Aḥmad (reigned 1067–84), ʿAlī’s son, saw the Ṣulayḥid possessions begin to diminish: the Najāḥids reappeared in the north, while in the south Aden was given to the Zurayʿids, a related dynasty also of Ismāʿīlī persuasion. Late in his reign Aḥmad transferred effective control of…