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The Al-Qasimi Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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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, 15^th March 1948. Altered the name of the kingdom to the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of the Yemen, 1948. (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, Layla Mufta (d. 1991), an Ehiopian muslim 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. at Ta'izz, 10^th May 1948 (s/o Layla Mufta), educ. Exeter Coll., Devon. Settled in England 1966. m. (first) at Bromley, Kent, 8^th July 1976, Aidah Hameed-Addien (b. at Exeter, Devon, 6^th March 1954), née Diane Denman, educ. Exeter Coll., Devon, Univ. of Greenwich (B.Sc.), and King's Coll., London (B.Sc. & PGCE), bio-medical scientist. m. (second) in Egypt, 2004, Nabila Hamidaddin, a Yemeni lady. He had issue, one son and three daughters by his first and one daughter by his second wife:
- a) Prince Aymon bin 'Abdu'llah Hameed-Addien. b. at Bromley, Kent, 4^th August 1985 (s/o Aidah), educ. Christchurch Coll., Canterbury, Kent. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- a) Princess Amani bint 'Abdu'llah Hameed-Addien. b. at Bromley, Kent, 12^th November 1978 (d/o Aidah), educ. Exeter Univ. (B.Sc. & PGCE). Science teacher at a secondary school. m. at Truro, Cornwall, October 2003, James A. Leslie.
- b) Princess Alia bint 'Abdu'llah Hameed-Addien. b. at Bromley, Kent, 1^st July 1980 (d/o Aidah), educ. Univ. of Kent, Canterbury (LLB) and Coll. of Law of England & Wales (LPB). Trainee solicitor.
- c) Princess Ariege bint 'Abdu'llah Hameed-Addien. b. at Bromley, Kent, 6^th March 1988 (d/o Aidah), educ. Univ. of Sussex, Brighton.
- d) Princess Layla bint 'Abdu'llah Hameed-Addien. b. at Chatham, Kent, 9^th July 2005 (d/o the second wife).
4) H.R.H. Prince Al-'Abbas bin Ahmad Hamidaddin, Saif Al-Islam. b. 1952 (s/o Layla Mufta). m. Olla. He has issue, two sons and one daughter:
- a) Prince Ahmad bin Al-'Abbas Hamidaddin. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- b) Prince 'Abdu'llah bin Al-'Abbas Hamidaddin.
- a) Princess Rima bint Al-'Abbas Hamidaddin. b. at Bromley, Kent, September 1976.
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 Khadija bint Ahmad Hamidaddin. m. as one of three wives, H.E. Sayyid Ahmad bin Muhammad Zabbara (b. at Al-Kibs, 25^th January 1908; d. at Sana'a, 23^rd 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, 25^th 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, 19^th September 1962. Deposed by a military coup d'etat at San'a, 26^th 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, 6^th August 1996 (bur. Brookwood Cemetery, Woking, Surrey), having had issue, two sons and two daughters, including:

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).

[1996] H.R.H. Prince 'Ageel bin Muhammad Al-Badr Hamidaddin, Saif Al-Islam, Head of the Royal House of the Yemen. b. 1974, eldest son of H.M. Al-Mansur Bi'llah Muhammad Al-Badr bin Al-Nasir-li-dinu'llah Ahmad, Imam of the Yemen, by his fourth wife, a daughter of Yahya Al-Hirsi Al-Ban, of Al-Hamra, educ. Succeeded on the death of his father, as Head of the Royal House of the Yemen, 6^th August 1996. He has issue, one son:

1) Prince Muhammad Al-Hassan bin 'Ageel Hamidaddin.

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