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* From the time of al-Hadi ila al-haqq in 284/897 until the second half of the fourth century AH at the time of [[al-Mansur bi Allah]], al-Qasim b. Ali al-'Iyani, a descendant of al-Qasim al-Rassi. This period came to an end by the beginning of the fifth century AH when [[Isma'ili]] Sulayhids repeatedly defeated Zaydi Imams, resulting in a period of decline which lasted until the end of the sixth century AH. | * From the time of al-Hadi ila al-haqq in 284/897 until the second half of the fourth century AH at the time of [[al-Mansur bi Allah]], al-Qasim b. Ali al-'Iyani, a descendant of al-Qasim al-Rassi. This period came to an end by the beginning of the fifth century AH when [[Isma'ili]] Sulayhids repeatedly defeated Zaydi Imams, resulting in a period of decline which lasted until the end of the sixth century AH. | ||
* The second period started in the late sixth century AH by 'Abd Allah b. Hamza and lasted until the eleventh century AH when Isma'il al-Mutawakkil 'ala Allah (d. 566/1170-71) was the Imam. | * The second period started in the late sixth century AH by 'Abd Allah b. Hamza and lasted until the eleventh century AH when Isma'il al-Mutawakkil 'ala Allah (d. 566/1170-71) was the Imam. | ||
* The third period of this government began with the conquest of Yemen by Ottomans. In this period, Mansur Billah Qasim b. Muahammad b. Ali (a descendant of Hadi Ila l-Haqq) took the leadership of Zaydis and entered the war with Ottomans. He took Yemen from them and returned its government to Zaydis. After him, his children Mu'ayyid Billah (d. 1054 AH/1644-45) and Mutawakkil 'Ala Allah Isma'il (d. 1087 AH/1676-77) continued his way, but in this period, Zaydis had internal weakness and disputes which led to return of Ottomans and occupation of Yekmen toward the end of 13th/19th century. | |||
* The forth period started with the decline of the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1377/1918, when Yahya b. Muhammad Hamid al-Din was the Zaydi Imam of Yemen. | * The forth period started with the decline of the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1377/1918, when Yahya b. Muhammad Hamid al-Din was the Zaydi Imam of Yemen. | ||