Imam Ahmad bin Yahya
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Imam Ahmad bin Yahya was the penultimate Zaydi Imam and King of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, known for his conservative rule and resistance to modernization and republican movements in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
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| Imam Ahmad bin Yahya canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: Imam Ahmad bin Yahya Context triple: [Imam Muhammad al-Badr, father, Imam Ahmad bin Yahya]
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Imam Muhammad al-Badr
Imam Muhammad al-Badr was the last ruling imam and king of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, who led royalist forces against republicans during the North Yemen Civil War in the 1960s.
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Imam al-Aʿzam
Imam al-Aʿzam is the honorific title of Abu Hanifa, the eminent 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian who founded the Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic law.
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Imam al-Haramayn
Imam al-Haramayn was the honorific title of the eminent 11th-century Sunni Shafi'i jurist and Ash'ari theologian Abu al-Ma'ali al-Juwayni, renowned as a leading scholar of his time in the Islamic holy cities.
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Imam Ghazi Muhammad
Imam Ghazi Muhammad was a 19th-century Dagestani Islamic leader and the first imam of the Caucasian Imamate who led resistance against Russian imperial expansion in the North Caucasus.
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Muhammad ibn Khairun
Muhammad ibn Khairun was a 9th-century Muslim patron known for commissioning the historic Mosque of the Three Doors in Kairouan, Tunisia.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Imam Ahmad bin Yahya Target entity description: Imam Ahmad bin Yahya was the penultimate Zaydi Imam and King of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, known for his conservative rule and resistance to modernization and republican movements in the mid-20th century.
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Imam Muhammad al-Badr
Imam Muhammad al-Badr was the last ruling imam and king of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, who led royalist forces against republicans during the North Yemen Civil War in the 1960s.
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B.
Imam al-Aʿzam
Imam al-Aʿzam is the honorific title of Abu Hanifa, the eminent 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian who founded the Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic law.
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C.
Imam al-Haramayn
Imam al-Haramayn was the honorific title of the eminent 11th-century Sunni Shafi'i jurist and Ash'ari theologian Abu al-Ma'ali al-Juwayni, renowned as a leading scholar of his time in the Islamic holy cities.
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Imam Ghazi Muhammad
Imam Ghazi Muhammad was a 19th-century Dagestani Islamic leader and the first imam of the Caucasian Imamate who led resistance against Russian imperial expansion in the North Caucasus.
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Muhammad ibn Khairun
Muhammad ibn Khairun was a 9th-century Muslim patron known for commissioning the historic Mosque of the Three Doors in Kairouan, Tunisia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zaydi imam
ⓘ
king ⓘ political leader ⓘ |
| capitalOfRealm | Sanaʽa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Zaydi Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Hamid al-Din dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | pre-republican Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Ahmad bin Yahya Hamid al-Din NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Ahmad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | absolute monarchy ⓘ |
| ideology | traditionalist monarchy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conservative rule
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opposition to republican movements ⓘ resistance to modernization ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| limited | foreign influence in Yemen ⓘ |
| maintained |
isolationist policies for Yemen
ⓘ
traditional Zaydi legal system ⓘ |
| monarchOf | North Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEventContext | preceded the 1962 Yemeni revolution ⓘ |
| opposed |
Arab nationalist republicanism
ⓘ
Yemeni republican revolutionaries ⓘ |
| penultimateImamOf | Zaydi Imamate in Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | conservative ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | theocratic monarchy ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of North Yemen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zaydi Imam of Yemen ⓘ |
| predecessor | Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled | North Yemen Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Taiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resisted | rapid social reforms ⓘ |
| roleInHistory | last effective ruler of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen ⓘ |
| ruledDuring | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| successor | Muhammad al-Badr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Imam of Yemen
NERFINISHED
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King of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Imam Ahmad bin Yahya Description of subject: Imam Ahmad bin Yahya was the penultimate Zaydi Imam and King of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, known for his conservative rule and resistance to modernization and republican movements in the mid-20th century.
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