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Muhammad ibn Abdallah

Type Figure Region Yemen Time c. 1195–1250 Also known as Al-Mansur Umar I、Nur al-Din Umar ibn Ali ibn Rasul、al-Malik al-Mansur、曼苏尔·乌马尔一世

Founding sultan of the Rasulid dynasty (c. 1195–1250) who ruled Yemen from 1228 and was recognized by the Abbasid caliph in 1235.

Timeline

  1. 1222–1235Mecca · MeccaUmar was originally a commander under Mas'ud Yusuf, the last Ayyubid emir of Yemen, and was appointed emir of Mecca in 1222. After Mas'ud left Yemen for Syria in 1228, Umar took over Yemen; in 1235 he was recognized by the Abbasid caliph al-Mustansir, declared himself sultan with the honorific al-Mansur, and established Rasulid rule at Zabid.
  2. 1240–1250Zabid · TihamaFrom 1240 to 1250 al-Mansur Umar consolidated control over Yemen's lowlands and southern highlands from his center at Zabid, maneuvering among Zaydi imams and local tribes. In 1250 he was assassinated by his guards in a court conspiracy; his son Yusuf had already acceded in 1249, and Rasulid rule thus continued into the second half of the 13th century.

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