Ali bin Muhammad bin Ali al-Sulayhi (Arabic: علي بن محمد الصليحي) was the founder and sultan of the Sulayhid dynasty in Yemen. He established his kingdom...

Arwa al-Sulayhi (Arabic: أَرْوَى بِنْت أَحْمَد ابْن مُحَمَّد ابْن جَعْفَر ابْن مُوْسَى ٱلصُّلَيْحِي, romanized: Arwā bint Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar...

Sulayh') was an Ismaili Shi'ite Arab dynasty established in 1047 by Ali ibn Muhammad al-Sulayhi that ruled most of historical Yemen at its peak. The Sulayhids...

her cousin, Ali al-Sulayhi, sultan and founder of the Sulayhid dynasty. The marriage between Ali and Asma was reportedly a happy one, and Ali relied on...

ruled by different local dynasties. In 1060, Ali ibn Mohammed Al-Sulayhi conquered Zabid and killed its ruler Al-Najah, founder of the Najahid dynasty, whose...

than it." In 1062, Sanaa was taken over by the Sulayhid dynasty led by Ali al-Sulayhi and his wife, the popular Queen Asma. He made the city capital of his...

abi al-Qasim went into state of occultation from Cairo in 528 AH/1134 AD, his father, the 20th Imām al-Amīr had instructed Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi/Al-Hurra...

ruled by different local dynasties. In 1060, Ali ibn Muhammad Al-Sulayhi conquered Zabid and killed its ruler Al-Najah, founder of the Najahid dynasty. His...

(1063) Ali al-Sulayhi captured Mecca and appointed Abu Hashim Muhammad ibn Ja'far as Emir. Daḥlan, Aḥmad Zaynī (2007) [1887/1888]. Khulāṣat al-kalām fī...

December 30 – Yusuf ibn Naghrela, Jewish vizier Abu al-Hakam al-Kirmani, Moorish philosopher Ali al-Sulayhi, sultan of Yemen and Tihamah (b. 966) Conrad of...

used by the Assassins. Contemporaneous historians include ibn al-Qalanisi, Ali ibn al-Athir, and Ata-Malik Juvayni. The former two referred to the Assassins...

from the sharifian dynasty of the Hawashim. He was appointed Emir by Ali al-Sulayhi in 455 AH (1063) and died in 487 AH (1094) over the age of 70. During...

historian of the Fatimid caliphs Ali al-Sulayhi -the founder and sultan of the Sulayhid dynasty in Yemen Khvajeh Ali Safavi -great-great-grandfather of...

founder Ali al-Sulayhi. Al-Sulayhi seized control of Sana from the Yufirids, and started directly challenging Najah's rule. According to Umara al-Yamani...

while those of al-Musta'li became the Musta'li branch. Al-Mustansir was born in Cairo on 16th Jumada II, 420 AH/2 July 1029, to Ali az-Zahir and Rasad...

between political and religious authority in Sulayhid Yemen after Ali al-Sulayhi's death. Al-Mukarram inherited the status of da‘i from his father along with...

co-regency with her cousin and spouse, Ali al-Sulayhi, and later her son, Ahmad al-Mukkaram, and daughter-in-law, Arwa al-Sulayhi. Though there were many female...

December 30 – Yusuf ibn Naghrela, Jewish vizier Abu al-Hakam al-Kirmani, Moorish philosopher Ali al-Sulayhi, sultan of Yemen and Tihamah (b. 966) Conrad of...

the royal family was also recognized by Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar when Aqa Ali Shah's father died. Nasser al-Din himself carried out a ceremony performed...

known as Ibrahim al-Anf ("Ibrahim the Proud"), had been a follower of Ali al-Sulayhi, the Isma'ili founder of the Sulayhid dynasty that came to rule over...

Muhammad al-Sulayhi, built the Al-Qahira Castle. Taiz first became an urbanized area during the days of his brother Ali bin Muhammad al-Sulayhi. The next...

Hasan Ali Shah (Persian: حسن علی شاه, romanized: Ḥasan ʿAlī Shāh; 1804–1881), known as Aga Khan I (Persian: آقا خان اوّل, romanized: Āqā Khān Awwal),...

original name most likely was Sa'id ibn al-Husayn, although in later life he insisted that is real name was Ali, and Sa'id was just a cover name. His father...

with roses. In Yemen, a special variety of attar was introduced by Arwa al-Sulayhi, the Yemeni Queen. This type of attar was prepared from mountainous flowers...

Abu Ali al-Mansur (Arabic: أبو علي المنصور, romanized: Abū ʿAlī al-Manṣūr; 13 August 985 – 13 February 1021), better known by his regnal name al-Hakim...

with the last princes. According to his account, the Sulayhid ruler Ali al-Sulayhi (d. 1066 or 1081) subdued the important port Aden which was ruled by...

position remained in his family until 1209, when it passed to Ali ibn Muhammad of the Banu Al-Walid Al-Anf family, which held it for more than three centuries...

12th-century historians, and a surviving example, sent to the Yemeni queen Arwa al-Sulayhi, of the letters sent to friendly rulers to announce the event. The concept...

sheltered by Abu Abdallah's old mentor, Abu Ali, for a year in 904–905. In view of Abu Abdallah's successes, al-Mahdi decided to next move west towards Ifriqiya...

the rule of his brother Ali ibn Muhammad al-Sulayhi. Al-Qahira Castle consists of two sections. The first section is called "Al-Adina" and includes gardens...