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Ahmad bin Yahya

1891 - 1962

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Ahmad bin Yahya Hamidaddin (18 June 1891 – 19 September 1962) was the penultimate king of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, who reigned from 1948 to 1962. His full name and title was H.M. al-Nasir-li-Dinullah Ahmad bin al-Mutawakkil 'Alallah Yahya, Imam and Commander of the Faithful, and King of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of the Yemen. Ahmad's ruthless, arbitrary and inconsistent rule made him the subject of a coup attempt, frequent assassination attempts and eventually led to the downfall of the kingdom shortly after his death. His enemies ranged from ambitious family members to forward-looking pan-Arabists and Republicans and from them he was given the name "Ahmad the devil." He remained surprisingly popular among his subjects, particularly the northern tribesmen from whom he had the name "Big Turban". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad bin Yahya is the 9,440th most popular politician (down from 9,362nd in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Yemen (down from 15th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Yemeni Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahmad bin Yahya ranks 9,440 out of 19,576. Before him are Meir Dizengoff, Gaius Aurelius Cotta, Tostig Godwinson, Karel Kramář, Gagik II of Armenia, and Gaius Cornelius Cethegus. After him are Joan I, Countess of Burgundy, Sebastiano Ziani, James F. Byrnes, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, Jean Rapp, and Jambyl Jabayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Ahmad bin Yahya ranks 106. Before him are Fred Kelly, Carl W. Stalling, Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Sultan al-Atrash, Ronald Colman, and Béla Imrédy. After him are Alfred Meyer, Evgeny Pashukanis, Werner Lorenz, Pietro Nenni, Hans Albers, and Laura Vicuña. Among people deceased in 1962, Ahmad bin Yahya ranks 82. Before him are Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, John Rimmer, Milan Vidmar, Michel de Ghelderode, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, and Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa. After him are Max Fabiani, Erik Scavenius, Ricardo Rodríguez, Diego Martínez Barrio, Indalecio Prieto, and Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Ahmad bin Yahya ranks 16 out of 35. Before him are Rashad al-Alimi (1954), Tawakkol Karman (1979), Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869), Muhammad al-Badr (1926), Wahb ibn Munabbih (655), and Hussein al-Houthi (1960). After him are Ali Nasir Muhammad (1940), Shoshana Damari (1923), Mohammed Basindawa (1935), Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939), Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (1979), and Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani (893).

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Among POLITICIANS In Yemen

Among politicians born in Yemen, Ahmad bin Yahya ranks 8. Before him are Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (1945), Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (600), Rashad al-Alimi (1954), Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869), Muhammad al-Badr (1926), and Hussein al-Houthi (1960). After him are Ali Nasir Muhammad (1940), Mohammed Basindawa (1935), Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939), Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (1979), Ibrahim al-Hamdi (1943), and Abdullah al-Sallal (1917).

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