Zaydi Imamate in Yemen

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Islamic polity Zaydi Shia imamate theocratic state

The Zaydi Imamate in Yemen was a long-standing theocratic state led by Zaydi Shia imams that dominated highland Yemen’s political and religious life from the medieval period until the 20th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Zaydi Imamate in Yemen canonical	1
Zaydi imamate in Yemen	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic polity ⓘ Zaydi Shia imamate ⓘ theocratic state ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Saada ⓘ Sanaʽa ⓘ
capital	Saada ⓘ Sanaʽa ⓘ
conflictWith	British-backed South Arabian entities ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ local tribal confederations ⓘ
culturalInfluence	development of Zaydi scholarship ⓘ formation of highland Yemeni identity ⓘ
currency	various Islamic coinages ⓘ
dissolutionEvent	North Yemen Civil War ⓘ
dominantRegion	Yemeni Highlands ⓘ surface form: Yemeni highlands northern Yemen ⓘ
dominantSchoolOfLaw	Zaydi fiqh ⓘ
endTime	1962 ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
founder	al-Hadi ila’l-Haqq Yahya ⓘ
founderReligion	Zaydi Shia ⓘ surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam
foundingLocation	Saada region ⓘ
governmentType	hereditary theocracy ⓘ imamate ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
leaderTitle	Imam ⓘ
legalSystem	Islamic law ⓘ Zaydi jurisprudence ⓘ
legitimacyBasis	Zaydi doctrine of the imamate ⓘ descent from the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
locatedIn	Yemen ⓘ Yemeni Highlands ⓘ surface form: Yemeni highlands
notableDynasty	Rassid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Qasimid dynasty
partOf	Islamic history ⓘ history of Yemen ⓘ
peakExtent	control over most of Yemen ⓘ
peakPeriod	17th century ⓘ
politicalRole	dominant power in highland Yemen ⓘ
politicalSystem	religious monarchy ⓘ
religiousRole	supreme Zaydi religious authority in Yemen ⓘ
religiousTradition	Shia Islam ⓘ Zaydi Shia ⓘ surface form: Zaydi Shia Islam
replacedBy	Yemen Arab Republic ⓘ
script	Arabic script ⓘ
selectionPrinciple	military capability ⓘ religious learning ⓘ sayyid descent ⓘ
startTime	897 ⓘ late 9th century ⓘ
stateReligion	Zaydi Shia ⓘ surface form: Zaydi Islam
succeededBy	1962 Yemeni revolution ⓘ surface form: Republican regime in North Yemen

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zaydi Shia → associatedDynasty → Zaydi Imamate in Yemen ⓘ

Zaydi fiqh → closelyAssociatedWith → Zaydi Imamate in Yemen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi imamate in Yemen