GENEALOGICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL TREE OF THE IMAMS OF SANAA,
Showing their Descent from MAHAMMED.
Genealogical descent: MAHAMMED, died A.D. 632 (= A.H. 11). -> FATIMA AND ALI. -> HASAN. -> HASAN. -> IBRAHIM. -> ISMAIL. -> IBRAHIM. -> ALI KASIM ER-RASSI. -> HOSEYN. -> EL HADI YAHIA. -> EN NASIR AHMED. -> YAHIA. -> YUSUF ED DAY. -> SEVERAL GENERATIONS. -> ALI EL AMLAHI. -> MAHAMMED. [three sons:] -> (4) AHMED, 1677. / (1) MANSUR EL KASIM, 1620; died 1620. / HOSEYN. [son of Ahmed:] (6) MAHAMMED, 1707. [sons of Mansur el Kasim:] (2) EL MUAYYAD MAHAMMED, 1645. / (3) ISMAIL, 1676. [sons of Hoseyn:] (10) ABBAS, 1774. / (5) MAHAMMED, 1678. [no issue] / (8) KASIM, 1719. [son of Kasim:] (9) HOSEYN, 1740. [sons of Abbas:] (11) ALI, 1809. / KASIM. [descent from Kasim:] MAHAMMED. -> (15) ABDULLAH, 1840. [son of Ali:] (12) AHMED, 1817. -> [three sons:] YAHIA. / (16) MAHAMMED, 1844. [no issue] / (13) ABDULLAH, 1834. [descent from Yahia:] (18) MAHAMMED, 1849. -> (20) GHALIB (Living in 1859). [son of Abdullah:] (14) (17) (19) ALI (three times Imam). 186-.
Note.—The parentage of the seventh Imam Mahammed ibn Hasan is not known for certain. He died
in 1708.
The names in italics are those of the Imams of Sanaa. The numbers within parentheses refer to the
order in which they reigned. The numbers after the names are the probable dates of their deaths.
A LIST OF THE IMAMS OF SANAA, GIVING THEIR FULL TITLES.
Note.—This list is compiled from Niebuhr’s table, as given in Sir R. L.
Playfair’s ‘History of Yemen,’ with one or two corrections from
native authorities.
- 1. Mansur El-Kasim El-Kebir.
- 2. El-Muayyad Mahammed.
- 3. Ismail El-Metawakil Al’ Allah.
- 4. Ahmed El-Mejd Billah.
- 5. Mahammed El-Mehdi Hadi.
- 6. Mahammed El-Mehdi.
- 7. Mahammed En-Nasir.
- 8. Kasim El-Metawakil.
- 9. Hoseyn El-Mansur.
- 10. Abbas El-Mehdi.
- 11. Ali El-Mansur.
- 12. Ahmed El-Metawakil.
- 13. Abdullah El-Mehdi.
- 14. Ali El-Mansur.
- 15. Abdullah En-Nasir.
- 16. Mahammed El-Hadi.
- 17. Ali El-Mansur.
- 18. Mahammed El-Metawakil.
- 19. Ali El-Mansur.
- 20. Ghalib El-Hadi.
PEDIGREE OF THE REIGNING ABDALI SULTAN OF LAHEJ.
Genealogical descent: SALEM. -> SÁLEH. -> FOUDTHEL. -> ALI. -> [1728] 1. FOUDTHEL, First Independent Sultan. -> [1742] 2. ABD-EL-KARIM. [three sons:] -> [1753] 3. ABD EL HADY. / [1777] 4. FOUDTHEL. / [1792] 5. AHMED. -> [son of no. 4. Foudthel:] [1827] 6. MHASSEN. -> [two sons:] [1847] 7. AHMED. [1849] 8. ALI.
Note.—The dates are those of their succession according to
Playfair’s ‘Yemen.’