Tahirids (Yemen)

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The Tahirids ( Arabic بنو طاهر, DMG Banū Ṭāhir ) were a Yemeni sheikh family from the area of Juban and al-Miqrāna and Rada , whose reign was between 1454 and 1517 . The Tahirids were Shafiʿite Sunnis . The beginning of their era was marked by the conquest of Aden . Although they were of Arab origin, they took over the titles and institutions of their predecessors, the Persian Tahirids .

In contrast to the previous dynasties , the Tahirids were less interested in the Zayidite (immamatic) areas in the north of the country. Armed forces were only occasionally sent towards Sanaa . The summer residences were in Juban, al-Miqrāna and Rada, while the winter residence was in the Tihama in Zabid . During this time the city regained its old reputation as a metropolis of intellectuals and one of the great universities in the country. In addition, agriculture was further developed.

In a battle near Zabid, the Tahirids were defeated by the Mamluk rulers of Egypt , who had invaded Yemen to conquer Yemen. In doing so, they pursued the goal of preventing the steadily increasing influence of the Portuguese and the Indian trade threatened by them . The Mamluks joined the Zaidites to help in the conflict with the Tahirids. But the Ottoman Sultan Selim was also there. A major reason for the defeat of the Tahirids was a weapon he introduced, a kind of crossbow , the most modern weapon of the time. The Tahirid sultan, who fled towards Taizz , was persecuted and beheaded after being caught. After the Tahirid state treasure was taken away from al-Miqrāna, the traces of Tahirid supremacy were wiped out.

With the end of the Tahirid rule in 1517, that of the Mamluks also ended after they had been subjugated by the Ottomans .

See also

Tahirid architecture

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ G.Rex Smith Political History of Islamic Yemen up to the First Turkish Invasion, pp. 136–154 (144 and 153)

literature

  • G. Rex Smith: Political History of Islamic Yemen up to the First Turkish Invasion . In: Werner Daum: Yemen . Umschau-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-7016-2251-5 .