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Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din

1869 - 1948

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Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (18 June 1869 – 17 February 1948) (or Imam Yahya) was the first king of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen from 1918 until his assassination in 1948. He became Imam of the Zaydis, a branch of Shia Islam, in 1904 after the death of his father, Muhammad Al-Mansur, and Imam of Yemen in 1918. His name and title in full was "His Majesty Amir al-Mu'mimin al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah Rab ul-Alamin Imam Yahya bin al-Mansur Bi'llah Muhammad Hamidaddin, Imam and Commander of the Faithful" (the Prince of the Believers, He who Relies on God, the Lord of the Universe). Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din was born on Friday 18 June 1869 in Sanaa into the Hamidaddin branch of the al-Qasimi dynasty who ruled most of Yemen proper and the southern region of present-day Saudi Arabia for over 900 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din is the 6,442nd most popular politician (down from 5,853rd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Yemen (down from 10th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Yemeni Politician.

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Among politicians, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din ranks 6,442 out of 19,576. Before him are Levi Lincoln Sr., Stephen Zápolya, Emperor Tsuchimikado, Meir Kahane, Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry, and Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland. After him are Chen Yun, Leland Stanford, Luís Cabral, Luis Arce, Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, and Devlet Bahçeli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din ranks 53. Before him are Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, Hans Pfitzner, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Alfred Flatow, Louise d'Orléans, and Giulio Douhet. After him are Liane de Pougy, Caterina Albert, Stanisław Wojciechowski, Stanisław Wyspiański, Hjalmar Söderberg, and Joseph Franklin Rutherford. Among people deceased in 1948, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din ranks 59. Before him are Rosika Schwimmer, Kenji Doihara, Wolfram Sievers, Viktor Brack, Kantarō Suzuki, and Otto Rasch. After him are Arshile Gorky, Princess Henriette of Belgium, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Mitsumasa Yonai, Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, and Therese Brandl.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din ranks 12 out of 35. Before him are Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (600), Abdullah ibn Saba' (700), Miqdad ibn Aswad (589), Malik al-Ashtar (585), Rashad al-Alimi (1954), and Tawakkol Karman (1979). After him are Muhammad al-Badr (1926), Wahb ibn Munabbih (655), Hussein al-Houthi (1960), Ahmad bin Yahya (1891), Ali Nasir Muhammad (1940), and Shoshana Damari (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In Yemen

Among politicians born in Yemen, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din ranks 5. Before him are Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947), Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (1945), Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (600), and Rashad al-Alimi (1954). After him are Muhammad al-Badr (1926), Hussein al-Houthi (1960), Ahmad bin Yahya (1891), Ali Nasir Muhammad (1940), Mohammed Basindawa (1935), Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939), and Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (1979).

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