Qasimid State
Qasimid State الدولة القاسمية (Arabic) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1597–1849 | |||||||||||||||
Qasimid State in 1800 with depiction of Rassid coin | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Sanaa | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Hadawi Zaidi Islam Sunni traditionist Zaidism (19th century) | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Imamate | ||||||||||||||
| Imam | |||||||||||||||
• 1597–1620 | Al-Mansur al-Qasim | ||||||||||||||
• 1620–1640 | Al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad | ||||||||||||||
• 1640–1676 | Al-Mutawakkil Isma'il | ||||||||||||||
• 1676–1681 | Al-Mahdi Ahmad | ||||||||||||||
• 1681–1686 | al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad II | ||||||||||||||
• 1689–1718 | Al-Mahdi Muhammad | ||||||||||||||
• 1716–1727 | Al-Mutawakkil al-Qasim | ||||||||||||||
• 1727–1748 | Al-Mansur al-Husayn II | ||||||||||||||
• 1748–1775 | Al-Mahdi Abbas | ||||||||||||||
• 1775–1809 | Al-Mansur Ali I | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern | ||||||||||||||
• Proclamation | 1597 | ||||||||||||||
• Takeover of Sanaa | 1628 | ||||||||||||||
• Secession of Lahej | 1740 | ||||||||||||||
• Loss of coastal territories | 1803 | ||||||||||||||
• Reincorporation into Ottoman Empire | 1849 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Yemen Saudi Arabia Oman | ||||||||||||||
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The Qasimid State (Arabic: الدولة القاسمية), also known as the Imamate of Yemen, was a state in South Arabia which was ruled by the Imams of Yemen. It was founded by Imam al-Mansur al-Qasim in 1597, absorbed much of the Ottoman-ruled Yemen Eyalet by 1628, and then completely expelled the Ottomans from Yemen by 1638. The Qasimid State continued to exist into 18th and 19th century, but gradually fractured into separate small states. The most notable of those states was the Sultanate of Lahej; most of those states (except Lahej) were submitted by the Ottomans and incorporated into the restored Ottoman province of Yemen Eyalet in 1849.