Zaydism

branch of Shia Islam

7 dated entries naming Zaydism, drawn from 7 separate years between 859 CE and 1391 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Zaidiyyah, Zaydi, Zaydiyyah in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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9th century

  • 859Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya, first Zaydi Imam of Yemen (d. 911)source
  • 89715 March – Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya enters Sa'dah and founds the Zaydi Imamate of Yemen.source

10th century

  • 911August 18 – Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya, first Zaydi Imam of Yemen (b. 859)source
  • 951Abu Talib Yahya, Muslim imam of the Zaydiyyah sect (d. 1033)source

11th century

  • 1033Abu Talib Yahya, Muslim imam (Zaidiyyah sect) (b. 951)source

14th century

  • 1311December 26 – Al-Mahdi Muhammad bin al-Mutahhar, the Shi'ite Muslim Imam of the Zaidiyyah state in Yemen, leads Zaidi troops to victory in a battle in the Sheref district against the Sunni Muslim Rasulid sultanate that dominates most of Yemen. A 10-year ceasefire agreement is brokered between Zaidiyyah and the Rasulid Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Da'udsultan.source
  • 1391November 2 – Al-Nasir Muhammad Salah al-Din, Imam of the Zaydi sect of Shia Islam in Yemen, dies at San'a from injuries sustained from being thrown off of his mule. Nasir's death is not announced for two months while his son Al-Mansur Ali bin Salah ad-Din becomes the new Imam but three other claimants attempt to claim the office as well.source

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