YEMEN
The Al-Qasimi Dynasty
GENEALOGY
1948 -
1962 H.M. Al-Nasir-li-din Allah Ahmad bin Al-Mutawakkil
'Ala Allah Yahya, Imam and Commander of the Faithful, and
King of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of the Yemen. b.
1891, eldest son of H.M Amir al-Mumenin Al-Mutawakkil
'Ala Allah Rab ul-Alamin Imam Yahya bin Al-Mansur Bi'llah
Ahmad ud-din Muhammad Hamid ud-in, Imam and Commander of
the Faithful, and King of the Yemen, by his first wife,
Fatima, Al-Washali, educ. privately. Appointed as
Heir Apparent with the title of Wali Ahad 1927.
Governor of Ta'izz 1918-1948. Succeeded on the deposition
of 'Abdu'llah bin Ahmad Al-Wazir, 15th March
1948. Altered the name of the kingdom to the
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of the Yemen, 1948. m.
(first) Sayyida Safia bint Muhammad Al-Ezzi (b.
1898; d. in England, February 1983/1988), daughter
of Sayyid Muhammad Al-Ezzi, of Shahara. m.
(second) Wahabia bint Muhammad Raghib, daughter of H.E. Qadi
Muhammad Raghib Bey, sometime Minister for Foreign
Affairs. m. (third) Mutia bint Muhammad Bashir. m.
(fourth) Sayyida Amat Al-Karim bint Ahmad, daughter of
Sayyid Ahmad bin Abbas, sometime Governor of Jebel Sabr
and Dep. Minister for Foreign Affairs. m. (fifth)
1948, a Palastinian Arab lady. m. (sixth) June
1960, Asma bint Ahmad, daughter of Qadi Ahmad
Al-Mujahid. m. (seventh) Sayyida Amat Al-Rahman
bint 'Ali, daughter of Sayyid 'Ali bin Yahya Nassar. He
d. in his sleep, at Dar Al-Bashair, Bir Al-Azab,
San'a, 18th September 1962, having had issue, four sons
and two daughters:- 1) H.R.H. Prince Yahya bin Ahmad Hamidaddin, Saif Al-Islam. He d. young.
- 2) H.M. Al-Mansur Bi'llah Muhammad Al-Badr bin Al-Nasir-li-dinu'llah Ahmad, Imam and Commander of the Faithful, and King of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of the Yemen (s/o Sayyida Safia) - see below.
- 3) H.R.H. Prince
'Abdu'llah bin Ahmad Hamidaddin, Saif Al-Islam.
b. 1950 (s/o the Palestinian wife). He
has issue, one son:
- a) Prince Ayman bin 'Abdu'llah Hamidaddin. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- 4) H.R.H. Prince
Al-'Abbas bin Ahmad Hamidaddin, Saif Al-Islam.
b. 1952 (s/o the Palestinian wife). He
has issue, two sons: Copyright© Christopher
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- a) Prince Ahmad bin Al-'Abbas Hamidaddin.
- b) Prince 'Abdu'llah bin Al-'Abbas Hamidaddin.
- 1) H.R.H. Princess 'Amatu'llah bint Ahmad Hamidaddin. m. H.E. Sayyid 'Abdu'llah bin 'Abdu'l Karim (k. at Sana'a, September 1962), Mbr. Advisory Cncl. 1955-1962.
- 2) H.R.H. Princess (Amira) Khadija bint Ahmad Hamidaddin. m. as one of three wives, H.E. Sayyid Ahmad bin Muhammad Zabbara (b. at Al-Kibs, 25th January 1908; d. at Sana'a, 23rd July 2000, bur. Majil Al-Dimma), sometime teacher at the Theological College (al-madrasa Al-'ilmiyya) and tutor to Crown Prince Muhammad Al-Badr, Mbr. Shari'a Higher Appeal Board, and Consultative Cncl. 1955-1962, imprisoned 1962-1963, exiled in Egypt 1963-1967, Mufti of the Yemen 1967, Lecturer in Shari'a law and jurisprudence Univ. of San'a' 197x, eldest son of Sayyid Muhammad bin Muhammad Zabara, sometime Governor of Jahana, a renowned historian and man of letters. She d. before 1949.
1962 -
[1996] H.M. Al-Mansur Bi'llah Muhammad Al-Badr bin
Al-Nasir-li-dinu'llah Ahmad, Imam and Commander of the
Faithful, and King of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of the
Yemen. b. at Hajjah, 25th February
1926, eldest surviving son of H.M. Al-Nasir-li-dinu'llah
Ahmad as-Shams bin Al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah Yahya, Imam
of the Yemen, by his first wife, Sayyida Safia bint
Muhammad Al-Ezzi, educ. at Hajjah and Taizz
Madrassas. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Crown
Prince, April 1955. Dep. Governor of Hudaidah
1949-1955, Dep. Prime Minister, Minister for Defence and
Foreign Affairs 1955-1962. Succeeded on the death of his
father, 18th September 1962. Received the oath of
allegiance, 19th September 1962. Deposed by a
military coup d'etat at San'a, 26th September
1962, but continued a Royalist government in resistance
in the countryside and from Saudi Arabia. Went into
exile England after the final defeat of the Royalists in
1972. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Merit of the
Republic of Italy (28.11.1957). m. (first) 1948 (div.)
... m. (second) 1956 (div.), ... m.
(third) a daughter of Yahya Al-Hirsi Al-Ban, of
Al-Hamra, in Lahej. He d. from pneumonia at a
London hospital, 6th August 1996 (bur.
Brookwood Cemetery, Woking, Surrey), having had issue,
two sons and two daughters, including: Copyright©
Christopher Buyers- 1) H.R.H. Prince 'Ageel bin Muhammad Al-Badr Hamidaddin, Saif Al-Islam, Head of the Royal House of the Yemen (s/o Yahya Al-Hirsi Al-Ban's daughter) - see below.
- 2) H.R.H. Prince Muhammad bin Muhammad Al-Badr Hamidaddin, Saif Al-Islam (s/o Yahya Al-Hirsi Al-Ban's daughter).
- 1) H.R.H. Princess Amat Al-Ghani bint Muhammad Al-Badr Hamidaddin. b. 1949. m. 1975, Prince Muhammad bin Ismail Hamidaddin, eldest son of H.R.H. Prince Ismail bin Al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah Yahya, Saif Al-Islam, sometime Minister for Education. She had issue, one son and three daughters - see above.
- 2) H.R.H. Princess Ghufran bint Muhammad Al-Badr Hamidaddin (d/o the third wife).
- 1) Prince Muhammad Al-Hassan bin 'Ageel Hamidaddin.