1904 - 1948 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. b. at San'a, June 1869, son of H.H. Al-Mansur Bi'llah Ahmad ud-din Muhammad bin Yahya Hamid ud-in, Imam of the Yemen, educ. privately. Succeeded as Imam on the death of his father, 4th June 1904. Led the revolt against Turkish rule and succeeded in gaining Ottoman recognition as both spiritual and temporal head of the Zaidis, 22nd September 1913. Declared independence and assumed the title of King, November 1918. Recognised as such, 24th July 1923. m. (first) Fatima, a lady from the Bait Al-Washali tribe. m. (second) Sayyida 'Atigah bint Al-Hadi Sharif ud-din, daughter of H.H. Al-Hadi Sharif ud-din bin Muhammad, Imam of the Yemen. m. (third) Sayyida Houria bint Muhammad Al-Mutawakil, granddaughter of H.H. Al-Mutawakkil Al-Muhsin bin Ahmad, Imam of Yemen, and daughter of Sayyid Muhammad bin Al-Muhsin Al-Mutawakil. m. (fourth) Safiah bint Ahmad Al-'Ansi. m. (fifth) Sayyida Fatima bint 'Ali Al-Madani (b. 1896; d. at Bromley, Kent, 1st May 1981), daughter of Sayyid 'Ali Al-Madani. m. (sixth) Sayyida Amat Al-Rahman bent Ali Ghamdhan, gave birth to one daughter Tagiyah. m. (seventh) Sayyida Amat Al-Razag bint Muhammad Al-Darwish. m. (eighth??) a daughter of Shaikh Makhbut and sister of Shaikh Nasir bin Makhbut, Shaikh of the Hajid wa Bakil. He was k. with his grandson while driving in his motor-car outside San'a, 17th February 1948, having had issue, fourteen sons and six daughters:
1) 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 (s/o Fatima Al-Washali) - see below.
2) H.R.H. Prince Muhammad Al-Badr bin Al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah Yahya, Saif Al-Islam (s/o Fatima Al-Washali). b. June 1895, educ. privately. He d. in the Red Sea (drowned while attempting to save the life of a servant), March 1934, having had issue, an only surviving daughter:
a) Princess Amat Al-Malik bint Muhammad Al-Badr Hamidaddin.
3) H.R.H. Prince Al-Hasan bin Al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah Yahya, Saif Al-Islam. b. at Al-Qafla, Hashid, 13th June 1908 (s/o Sayyida Houria), educ. at Al-Qafla Madrassa and in Sana'a, Governor of Hodeida and Ibb 1938-1948, Prime Minister and Governor of Sana'a 1948-1955, Adviser to the Imam 1955, Representative at the UN, New York 1955-1962, Prime Minister of the Royal Government-in-exile 1962-1968. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Merit of Italy (13.1.1953). m. (first) …(d. before June 2003). m. (second) ... m. (third) …(d. before June 2003). m. (fourth) ... He d. at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 13th June 2003 (bur. Medina), having had issue, six sons and four daughters:
a) Prince Al-Hasan
bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin. b. at San’a,
1936. Sometime Envoi Ext & Minister Plen to Ethiopia. He had issue, two
sons and four daughters:
i) Sayyid
Ahmad bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin. He has issue, two sons and two daughters:
(1) Sayyid Zaid bin Ahmad Al-Hasan Hamidaddin. b. 1994.
(2) Sayyid Hashim bin Ahmad Al-Hasan Hamidaddin. b. 2003.
(1) Sayyida Zainab bint Ahmad Al-Hasan Hamidaddin. b. 1988.
(2) Sayyida Maryam bint Ahmad Al-Hasan Hamidaddin. b. 2005.
b) Prince 'Abdu'llah bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin. b. at San'a, 1938, educ. privately. He was k. at Sa'adah, 25th July 1969 (Martyr of the Jihad), having had issue, one son and two daughters:
i) Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Abdu'llah Hamidaddin. He has issue, two sons:
(1) Sayyid 'Abdu'llah bin Muhammad Hamidaddin.
(2) Sayyid Al-Hamzah bin Muhammad Hamidaddin.
i) Sayyida Razia bint 'Abdu'llah Hamidaddin.
ii) Sayyida Amal bint 'Abdu'llah Hamidaddin.
c) Prince Al-Husain bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin. b. at San'a, 1945. He was k. outside San'a, with his grandfather, 17th February 1948.
d) Prince Ahmad bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin. He had issue, one son:
f) Prince Muhammad bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin, Saif Al-Islam. m. at New York, USA, June 1972, his first cousin, Princess Khadija bint Ismail Hameed Addeen, elder daughter of H.R.H. Prince Ismail bin Al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah Yahya, Saif Al-Islam. He has issue, three sons and two daughters:
i) Sayyid 'Abdu'llah bin Muhammad Hamidaddin.
ii) Sayyid Zaid bin Muhammad Hamidaddin.
iii) Sayyid 'Ali bin Muhammad Hamidaddin.
i) Sayyida Khadija bint Muhammad Hamidaddin. b. at New York, USA, ca. 1973.
ii) Sayyida Norah bint Muhammad Hamidaddin.
a) Princess Amat Al-Malik bint Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
b) Princess Amat Al-Karim bint Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
c) Princess Amat us-Sabur bint Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
d) Princess Amat Al-Halim bint Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
4) H.R.H. Prince Al-Husain bin Al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah Yahya, Saif Al-Islam (s/o Sayyida Houria), educ. privately. Minister for Defence and Education. Represented his father at the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in London 1937 (rcvd. Coron. medal). He was k. at the Dar Al-Sa'ada Palace, San'a, 17th February 1948, having had issue, five sons and four daughters:
a) Prince Yahya bin Al-Husain Hamidaddin. He had issue, three sons and two daughters:
(1) Sayyid 'Ali bin Husain Hamidaddin. b. at Beirut, Lebanon, 26th October 1974, educ. American Univ. (BSA in Marketing 1992), George Washington Univ., Washington DC (MA Marketing 1998), and with the Jordan Arab Army. Employed with Raytheon Dvpt. Group in London 2001, and for HRH Prince Sultan of Saudi Arabia 2002-2004, joined family company 2004. m. Sayyida Noha bint Muhammad Hamidaddin, daughter of Prince Muhammad bin Al-Muhsin Hamidaddin. No issue.
(2) Sayyid Yahya bin Husain Hamidaddin. b. at Arlington, Virginia, December 1985, educ. George Mason Univ.
(1) Sayyida Sukaenah bint Al-Hussain Hamidaddin.
(2) Sayyida Somaeah bint Al-Hussain Hamidaddin.
(3) Sayyida Zaenab bint Al-Hussain Hamidaddin.
ii) Sayyid Ahmad bin Yahya Hamidaddin. He has issue, two sons and two daughters:
iii) Sayyid Ibrahim bin Yahya Hamidaddin. He has issue, two sons and two daughters:
(1) Sayyid Yusuf bin Ibrahim Hamidaddin.
(2) Sayyid Yahya bin Ibrahim Hamidaddin.
(1) Sayyida Reem bint Ibrahim Hamidaddin.
(2) Sayyida Noor bint Ibrahim Hamidaddin.
i) Sayyida Huda bint Yahya Hamidaddin.
ii) Sayyida Hana bint Yahya Hamidaddin.
b) Prince 'Abdu'llah bin Al-Husain Hamidaddin. He had issue, one son and two daughters:
i) Sayyid Al-Hasan bin 'Abdu'llah Hamidaddin. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
(1) Sayyid Yahya bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
(1) Sayyida Fatima bint Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
i) Sayyida Amat Al-Rahman bint 'Abdu'llah Hamidaddin.
ii) Sayyida Amat Al-Malik bint 'Abdu'llah Hamidaddin.
c) Prince Muhammad bin Al-Husain Hamidaddin. b. 1937, educ. privately. Chair. Islamic Council 1969. m. a daughter of his uncle, H.R.H. Prince Yahya bin Al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah Yahya, Saif Al-Islam. He had issue, seven sons and seven daughters:
i) Sayyid Ahmad bin Muhammad Hamidaddin. He has issue, two sons and one daughter:
(1) Sayyid 'Abdu'llah bin Ahmad Hamidaddin.
(2) Sayyid Salman bin Ahmad Hamidaddin.
(1) Sayyida Noura bint Ahmad Hamidaddin.
ii) Sayyid 'Ali bin Muhammad Hamidaddin. He has issue, three daughters:
e) Prince 'Ali bin Al-Husain Hamidaddin. He was k. in battle, 1963 (Martyr of the Jihad).
f) Prince Al-Hasan bin Al-Husain Hamidaddin. b. 1944, educ. Regent for the Royalists in Yemen. He has issue, six sons and two daughters:
i) Sayyid Muhammad bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
ii) Sayyid 'Abdu'llah bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
iii) Sayyid Al-Hasan bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
iv) Sayyid Al-Muhsen bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
v) Sayyid Al-Husain bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
vi) Sayyid Qasim bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
i) Sayyida Lamia bint Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
ii) Sayyida Fatima bint Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
a) Princess 'Amat Al-Latif bint Al-Husain Hamidaddin. m. and had issue.
b) Princess Omhani bint Al-Husain Hamidaddin. m. and had issue.
c) Princess Tageah bint Al-Husain Hamidaddin.
d) Princess Amat Al-Rahman bint Al-Husain Hamidaddin. m. and had issue.
5) H.R.H. Prince 'Ali bin Al-Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah Yahya, Saif Al-Islam (s/o Sayyida 'Atigah), educ. privately. Governor of San'a, Minister for Economic Affairs 1948-1955, and Education 1955-1962. He was k. by the revolutionaries at San'a, 28th September 1962, having had issue, three sons and seven daughters:
a) Prince Al-Hasan bin 'Ali Hamidaddin. He had issue, two sons:
i) Sayyid Khalid bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin. He has issue, four sons:
b) Prince 'Ali bin 'Ali Hamidaddin. He had issue, five sons:
i) Sayyid Ahmad bin 'Ali Hamidaddin. He has issue, one son:
(1) Sayyid 'Ali bin Ahmad Hamidaddin.
ii) Sayyid Al-Hasan bin 'Ali Hamidaddin. m. Sayyida Bushra bint Sharaf Hamidaddin, eldest daughter of Prince Sharaf ud-din bin Al-Mutahir Hamidaddin. He has issue, two sons and two daughters:
(1) Sayyid 'Ali bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin (twin with his sister Al-Batoul).
(2) Sayyid Muhammad bin Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
(1) Sayyida Al-Batoul bint Al-Hasan Hamidaddin (twin with her brother Ali).
(2) Sayyida Maryam bint Al-Hasan Hamidaddin.
iii) Sayyid Al-Husain bin 'Ali Hamidaddin. He has issue, one son:
(1) Sayyid 'Ali bin Al-Husain Hamidaddin.
iv) Sayyid Madha bin 'Ali Hamidaddin.
v) Sayyid Al-Abbas bin 'Ali Hamidaddin.
c) Prince Muadh bin 'Ali Hamidaddin. m. at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 18th February 1982, Anisa Salwa bint Ahmad as-Sayyaghy, daughter of Ahmad as-Sayyaghy. He has issue, two sons:
g) Princess Wafiyah bint 'Ali Hamidaddin. m. Prince 'Ali bin Ibrahim Al- Hamidaddin (b. 1941), second son of her uncle, H.R.H. Prince Ibrahim bin Yahya, Saif Al-Haq. She has issue two sons and one daughter - see below.
h) Princess Amat Al-Hafiz bint 'Ali Hamidaddin.
i) Princess Amat Al-Ghawi bint 'Ali Hamidaddin.
j) Princess 'Usmah bint 'Ali Hamidaddin.
One of these princesses m. H.M. Al-Mansur Bi'llah Muhammad Al-Badr bin Al-Nasir-li-dinu'llah Ahmad, Imam and King of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of the Yemen - see below.
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