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and henceforth devote his time to religion. The reins of government were given to his son
Ibrahim, who murdered his father and uncle in the mosque of Shibam in 892 (or 882) to ensure that there would be no pretensions of power from them. The instigator of the murders was none but his own grandfather,
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region further to the north. San'a shifted hands with great frequency in this period; from 901 to 913 the city is said to have been conquered 20 times, surrendered through negotiation three times, and been unsuccessfully besieged five times. Eventually the dynasty managed to defeat the followers of
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After a stable reign of 25 years, the founder of the dynasty, Yu'fir bin ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Ḥiwālī al-Ḥimyārī, left affairs of state to his son
Muhammad in 872. Muhammad preferred to use Shibam as the capital of his kingdom, rather than San'a. In 873 he received a diploma of confirmation from the
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Smith, G. Rex (1987). "Politische
Geschichte des islamischen Jemen bis zur ersten türkischen Invasion (1 bis 945 Hidschra = 633 bis 1538 n. Chr.)" [Political History of Islamic Yemen until the First Turkish Invasion (1 to 945 AH = 633 to 1538 AD)]. In Daum, Werner (ed.).
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called al-Asmar Yusuf installed the prince
Abdallah bin Qahtan on the throne. Abdallah had a long and turbulent reign and successfully attacked the Ziyadids in 989, investing and plundering Zabid. He then stopped mentioning the Abbasids in the
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caliph. Abdallah died in 997 and was succeeded by his son As'ad (II). However, the authority of the Yuʿfirids in San'a had vanished and they had no significance anymore. The clan is occasionally mentioned in chronicles until as late as 1280.
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Abū Ḥassān Asʿad died in 944 and was, as it turned out, the last grand
Yufirid leader. In the middle of the tenth century the decline of the dynasty set in, as the members of the family feuded with each other. The Zaydi imam
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the ex-ruler Yu'fir. Now, however, a series of revolts led to the expulsion of the Yuʿfirids from San'a. An
Abbasid governor took charge of the city for a while, but after 895 conditions turned increasingly chaotic.
411:(leaders) by the Fatimid ruler. They were able to conquer San'a in 905 and limit the kingdom of the Yuʿfirids to Shibam Kawkaban. For long periods the Yufirid ruler Abū Ḥassān Asʿad bin Ibrāhīm had to stay in the
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began to expand their power base in the Yemeni highland as the direct rule of the
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for assistance. Nevertheless, the Yuʿfirids were able to successfully repel the counterattacks against their stronghold in Shibam. In 847 they conquered the area between
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lowland. A flood that inundated San'a in 876 served as the motive for
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169:• Disestablished
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383:Zaydiyyah
358:Hadramawt
279:Himyarite
268:romanized
255:Yuʿfirids
90:Religion
996:Harharah
990:Al Afifi
984:Rashidis
972:Al Thani
930:Al Sabah
894:Qasimids
888:Tahirids
864:Usfurids
858:Rasulids
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762:Ziyadids
682:(eds.).
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263:بنو يعفر
182:Currency
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