Islamic Rulers - Arabian Peninsula

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Biographies

Islamic Rulers
Arabian Peninsular

All dates are A.D.

ARABIAN PENINSULAR
DYNASTY	LOCATION	DATES	NOTES
Rassid, 1st period	Yemen	898 - 1003	originally a Shiite sect from Iran
Governors	of Oman	903 - 918	under the Abbasids
Wajihad	Oman	925 - 961
Amirs	of Oman	978 - 982
Amirs of 'Athar	south-western Saudi province of 'Asir	957 - 984
Tarafid	south-western Saudi province of 'Asir	c. 995 -1004
Mukramid	Oman	1017 - 1039
Ziyadid	Yemen	955 - c. 1050	founded by Muhammad b. Ziyad who was sent by the Caliph al-Ma'mum to subjugate the Yemen
Najjahid	Yemen	1021 - 1158	Ethiopian slaves
Sulayhid	Yemen	1047 - 1137
Zuray'id	'Adan, Yemen	1139 - 1165
Mahdid of Zabid	Yemen	1159 - 1174
Rassid, 2nd period	Yemen	1185 - 1390
Ayyubid	Yemen	1174 - 1236
Rasulid	Yemen	1229 - 1439	Rasul who gave his name to the dynasty, was a Turkoman official of the Abbasids, but the first ruler was his grandson 'Umar I, who was an official under the Ayyubids until their downfall when he was left ruler in the Yemen.
Husaynid Sharifs	Yemen	1362 - 1364
Tahirid	Yemen	1517 -1529	Amirs to the Rasulids
Rassid, 3rd period	Yemen	1506 - 1558
Ottoman	Yemen	1520 - 1635
Qatadid Sharifs	of Mecca	1653 - 1654