| Sultan | Reign |
|---|---|
| al-Mansur Umar I | 1229–1250 |
| al-Muzaffar Yusuf I | 1250–1295 |
| al-Ashraf Umar II | 1295–1296 |
| al-Mu'ayyad Da'ud | 1296–1322 |
| al-Mujahid Ali | 1322–1363 |
| al-Afdal al-Abbas | 1363–1377 |
| al-Ashraf Isma'il I | 1377–1400 |
| an-Nasir Ahmad | 1400–1424 |
| al-Mansur Abdullah | 1424–1427 |
| al-Ashraf Isma'il II | 1427–1428 |
| az-Zahir Yahya | 1428–1439 |
| al-Ashraf Isma'il III | 1439–1442 |
| al-Muzaffar Yusuf II | 1442 |
The Rasulids were a Muslim dynasty that ruled Yemen and Hadhramaut from 1229 to 1454. The Rasulids assumed power after the Egyptian Ayyubids left the southern provinces of the Arabian Peninsula.
The Rasulids descended from the eponymous Rasul (his real name is Muhammad ibn Harun), a Turkmen Oghuz chief. Later, they assumed an Arab lineage, claiming descent from an ancient Arabian tribe. Rasul came to Yemen around 1180 while serving as a messenger for an Abbasid caliph. His son Ali was governor of Mecca for a time, and his grandson Umar bin Ali was the first sultan of the Rasulid dynasty.
Rasūl is Arabic for messenger (although in this context it does not carry the Islamic prophet significance); during their reign, however, the Rasulids claimed to be descendants of the legendary patriarch Qahtan.
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Bibliography [link]
- Dresch, P., Tribes, Government, and History in Yemen. Oxford, 1989.
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