- ila'l-Haqq Yahya). The
Zaydis on the
Caspian Sea were
forcefully converted to
Twelver Shi'ism in the 16th century. The
Zaydis in
Yemen had
initially lived...
-
separated the
Zaydis from the "Imami"
variants of Shi'ism (the
Twelvers and Isma'ilis) who
followed al-Sadiq and his successors. In
Zaydi doctrine, unlike...
-
several fortresses. The
Ayyubids failed to
capture the
Zaydis stronghold in
northern Yemen. In 1191,
Zaydis of
Shibam ****aban
rebelled and
killed 700 Ayyubid...
- also a
group called Zaydī Wāsiṭīs who are
Twelvers (see below).
Zaydīs constitute roughly 42–47% of the po****tion of Yemen. The
Zaydīs, Twelvers, and Ismāʿīlīs...
-
centered its
belief system on the
Zaydi branch of Islam, a sect of
Islam almost exclusively present in Yemen.
Zaydis make up
about 25
percent of the po****tion...
-
Zaydis attacked Ottoman officials not
because they were ****s.
Following the
collapse of the
Ottoman Empire, the
divide between Shafi’is and
Zaydis changed...
-
revenge for Zayd. Zayd's
desperate rebellion became the
inspiration for the
Zaydi sect, a
school of Shi'a
Islam that
holds that any
learned descendant of...
-
major groupings known as Fivers,
Seveners and Twelvers. The
Zaydis separated first. The non-
Zaydis were
initially called "Rafida". The
Rafidis later divided...
- some
Jewish communities are seen in the country. The po****tion
density of
Zaydis historically is
placed in the
north of Yemen, in Sa’dah, Amran, al-Jawf...
-
called themselves Zaydi so they
could differentiate themselves from
other Shi'is who
refused to take up arms with Zayd ibn Ali.
Zaydis believe Zayd ibn...
