Al-Nasir Muhammad ibn al-Mahdi Salahuddin ( Arabic: الناصر محمد صلاح الدين ; September 4, 1338 - November 2, 1391 ) - Imam of Yemen, who ruled from 1372 to 1391 . He was a Zaydi imam and a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad .
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Biography
An-Nasir Muhammad Salahuddin was the son of Imam Yemen Ali al-Mahdi bin Muhammad who ruled from 1349 to 1372 . [one]
In the first half of the 14th century, several imams challenged the succession. Around the middle of the fourteenth century, his father Ali al-Mahdi ibn Muhammad achieved significant influence, which, however, was reduced to his death in Dhamar in 1372 . Al-Nasir Mohammed Salah al-Din becomes the only and undeniable Zayed imam of Yemen. Be that as it may, the important and significant city of Sana'a was in the hands of the Zaydite family, who ruled like emirs .
A year after taking office, Nasir al-Mohammed Salah ad-Din attempted to capture the city of Sanaa, but was unable to penetrate the city’s strong defenses. Then he resorts to strategy. He married Emir’s mother Idris bin Abdallah, but when Idris arrived to meet his new stepfather, his stepfather arrested him and then became the sovereign ruler in Sanaa in 1381. Idris and his mother were allowed to live in the city, but without further contact with the imam. [2]
Al-Nasir Muhammad Salah ad-Din was a relatively successful ruler. He advanced to Tijama in the Red Sea coastal zone of South Arabia , acting against the Rasulids . In 1391, he was thrown off by his mule , which dragged him across the earth and the imam was fatally injured. When he died in Sanaa , his death was hidden for two months due to an unsafe situation. [3]
He is buried in the Salah ad-Din mosque , built on his initiative. He was the husband of al-Sayyid Fatim ( as-Sayyidah Fatimah ), the daughter of the leader of the Kurds from Damar , who built the mosque of al-Abkhar in Sana'a . [4] The death of al-Nasir was followed by internal turmoil among the Zaydite elite, but control over Sana'a was soon entrusted to his young son al-Mansur Ali bin Salah ad-Din
Literary work
Al-Nasir Mohammed Salah ad-Din wrote a commentary on the work of al-Zamahshari al-Kalim al-Nawabig ("Outstanding words"). He entitled his work al-Hikam al-Sawabig fi-l-Kalim al-Nabawig (Full Wisdom). At the same time, al-Taftazani (died in 1390 ) also wrote a commentary on the work of al-Zamahshari under a slightly different name (heading): al-Niam al-Sabawig fi-l-Kalim al-Navabig (“Full blessings”) .
Notes
- ↑ HC Kay, Yaman; Its Early Medieval History . London, 1892, p. 190.
- ↑ RB Serjeant & R. Lewcock, San'a '; An Arabian Islamic City . London 1983, p. 66.
- ↑ Encyclopaedia of Islam , Vol. VII, Leiden 1993, p. 996.
- ↑ RB Serjeant & R. Lewcock, 1983, p. 370