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The imamate did not follow a cohesive mechanism for succession, and family quarrels and tribal insubordination led to the political decline of the Qasimi dynasty in the 18th century.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ari Ariel|year=2013|title=Jewish-Muslim Relations and Migration from Yemen to Palestine in the Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries|page=24|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-9004265370}}</ref>
In 1728 or 1731, the chief representative of [[Lahej]] declared himself an independent [[Sultan]] in defiance of the Qasimid Dynasty and conquered [[Aden]] thus establishing the [[Sultanate of Lahej]].
The rising power of the fervently Islamist [[Wahhabi]] movement on the Arabian Peninsula cost the Zaidi state its coastal possessions after 1803 CE. The imam was able to regain them temporarily in 1818, but new intervention by the Ottoman viceroy of Egypt in 1833 again wrested the coast from the ruler in Sana'a. After 1835, the imamate changed hands with great frequency and some imams were assassinated. After 1849, the Zaidi polity descended into chaos that lasted for decades.<ref>R.L. Playfair (1859), ''A History of Arabia Felix or Yemen''. Bombay; R.B. Serjeant & R. Lewcock (1983), ''San'a': An Araban Islamic City''. London.</ref>
==Economy==
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