- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
several fortresses. The
Ayyubids failed to
capture the
Zaydis stronghold in
northern Yemen. In 1191,
Zaydis of
Shibam ****aban
rebelled and
killed 700 Ayyubid...
-
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...
- po****tion of
Zaydis, but in some areas,
notably al-Hishwah, al-Zahir,
Shida and Ghamr, ****s make up a
considerable part of the po****tion. The
Zaydis belong...
- religion.
Saada became the
birthplace and
stronghold of the
Zaydi sect in Yemen. Today,
Zaydis remain one of Yemen's most
influential Islamic sects. Saada...
-
adopted by the
Yemeni Zaydis,
where it was
elaborated on by his two sons and
immediate successors, as well as some of the
Zaydis of Tabaristan,
where it...
- was
founded in 897 by
Yayha bin
Husayn bin
Qasim ar-R****i. They were the
Zaydis of Sa'dah in the
highlands of
North Yemen,
headed by
imams of
various Sayyid...
-
Sadah social class of
North Yemen bears a
common ancestor to the
other Zaydi Hashemite families in the region, all
being descended from
Yahya ibn Husayn...
