List of Monarchs of Yemen

List of Monarchs of Yemen

This is list of monarchs of Yemen since the establishment of the Rassid Dynasty in 850 until 1962 when monarchy was deposed.

Rassid Dynasty (first reign, 850-1173)

*al Qasim I (850 - 860)
*al Husayn I (860 - 897)
*Yahya I al Hadi ila l-Haqq (897 - 911)
*Muhammad I al Murtad (911 - 913)
*Ahmad I an-Narsir (913 - 934)
*Yahya II (934 - 956)
*"Vacant (956 - 968)"
*Yusif I al-Mansur (968 - 998)
*al Qasim II (998 - 1003)
*"Vacant (1003 - 1009)"
*al Husayn II (1009 - 1013)
*"Vacant (1013 - 1020)"
*Jafar I (1020 - 1035)
*al Hasan I (1035 - 1040)
*Abul-Fath al Daylami (1040 - 1062)
*"Vacant (1062 - 1066)"
*Hamaz I (1066 - 1067)
*al Fadil I (1067 - 1068)
*Muhammad II (1068 - 1085)
*"Vacant (1085 - 1117)"
*Yahya III (1117 - 1137)
*Ali I (1137 - 1138)
*Ahmad II al-Mutawakkil (1138 - 1171)
*"Vacant (1171 - 1173)"

Ayyubid Dynasty (1173-1229)

*al Muazzam Shams udDin Turan Shah (1173 - 1181)
*al Aziz Zahir udDin Tughtigin (1181 - 1197)
*Muizz udDin Ismail (1197 - 1202)
*anNasir I (1202 - 1214)
*alMuazzam (1214 - 1215)
*alMasud Salah adDin Yusif (1215 - 1229)

Rassid Dynasty (second reign, 1187-1229)

"In opposition to the Ayyubid Dynasty".
*Abdullah I al-Mansur (1187 - 1217)
*Yahya IV Najm ad Din al-Hadilal Haqq (1217)
*Muhammad III Izz ad-Dim an-Nassir (1217 - 1229)

Rasulid Dynasty (1229-1454)

*Umar I al Mansur (1229 - 1250)
*Ahmad III (1248 - 1258)
*Yusif II al-Muzaffar (1250 - 1295)
*Umar II al-Ashfar Mumahhid adDin (1295 - 1296)
*Dawud I al-Muayyad Hizabr adDin (1296 - 1322)
*Ali II al-Mujahid Sayf adDid (1322 - 1363)
*al-Abbas I al-Afdal Dirgham adDin (1363 - 1377)
*Ismail I al Ashraf (1377 - 1400)
*an Nasir Salah adDin Ahmad IV (1400 - 1424)
*al-Mansur Abdullah II (1424 - 1427
*al-Ashraf Ismail II (1427 - 1428)
*Yahya V al-Zahir (1428 - 1440)
*Ismail III al-Ashraf (1440 - 1442)
*al-Muzaffar Yusuf III (1442 - 1450)
*al-Afdal Muhammad IV (1442) (in opposition)
*Ahmad IV an-Nasir (1442) (in opposition)
*al-Masud Salha I adDin and al-Mu'ayyad al Husayn II (1450 - 1454)

Tahirid Dynasty (1454-1517)

*az-Zafir Amir I Salha adDin (1454 - 1460)
*Ali II al-Mujahid adDin (1454 - 1478)
*al-Mansur Abdal I Wahhab Taj Adin (1478 - 1489)
*az-Zafir Amir II Salah adDin (1489 - 1517)

"Five further Tahirid princes continued to rule in remote fortresses. The first of the five was Ahmad ibn 'Amir; The last one, 'Amir III ibn Daoud, was executed by the Ottomans in 1538".

Ottoman Empire First Rule (1517-1597)

"See Ottoman Dynasty"

Qasimid Dynasty (first reign, 1517-1872)

*al Qasim III (the Great) (1597 - 1620)
*Muhammad V (1620 - 1644)
*Ismail IV al Mutawakkil (1644 - 1676)
*Ahmad V (1676 - 1681)
*Muhammad VI (1681 - 1686)
*Muhammad VII (1686 - 1718)
*al Qasim IV (1718 - 1727)
*Husayn III (1727 - 1748)
*Abbas II (1748 - 1775)
*Ali IV (1775 - 1806)
*Ahmad VI (1806 - 1808)
*Ahmad VII (1808 - 1816)
*Abdullah III (1816 - 1835)
*Ali V (1835 - 1837) (1st reign)
*Abdullah IV (1837 - 1840)
*Muhammad VIII (1840 - 1844)
*Ali V (1844 - 1845) (2nd reign)
*Muhammad IX (1845 - 1849)
*Ali V (1849 - 1850) (3rd reign)
*Abbas IV (1850)
*Ghalib I (1850 - 1857)
*Ali V (1857) (4th reign)

"Chronic civil war and Ottoman Empire interference from 1857 until 1872".

Ottoman Empire Second Rule (1872-1918)

"See Ottoman Dynasty"

Qasimid Dynasty (second reign, 1890/1918-1926)

"In opposition to the Ottoman Empire until 1918".
*Muhammad X (1890 - 1904)
*Yahyal I (1904 - 1926)

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1926-1962/1970)

Qasimid Dynasty

*Yahyal I (2 September 1926 - 17 February 1948)
*Abdullah V (18 February 1948 - 14 March 1948)
*Ahmad VIII (15 March 1948 - 31 March 1955) (1st reign)
*Abdullah VI (31 March 1955 - 5 April 1955)
*Ahmad VIII (5 April 1955 - 18 September 1962) (2nd reign)
*Muhammad XI (19 September 1962 - 27 September 1962)

"King Muhammad XI continued to rule over the Royalist part of the country during the North Yemen Civil War which erupted when he was deposed in the Republican coup d'etat in September 1962 and lasted until May 1970. From 1967 he ruled from exile in at-Ta´if, Saudi Arabia".

See President of Yemen Arab Republic for the continuation of leadership.

Pretenders to the Yemeni throne since 1970

Qasimid Dynasty

*Muhammad XI (1970 - 6 August 1996)
*BilalHomran (6 August 1996 - Present)


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