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Name: Najahid Dynasty

Type: Polity

Start: 1023 AD

End: 1158 AD

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Was a dynasty of Abyssinian origin that founded a Kingdom in the lowlands of Yemen.

Establishment


  • January 1023: Najah founded the Najahid dynasty in 1022.
  • Chronology


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    1. Conquests of Tughril I


    Expansion during the rule of Tughril I in the Seljuk Empire.

  • January 1054: Between 1053 and 1154 Oman was part of the Seljuk Empire.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1061: Najah lost Aden to the Banu Ma'an Dynasty, only Zabid remained under his possession.

  • January 1063: Hadramawt fell into Sulayhid hands after their capture of Aden in 1062.

  • January 1064: By 1063, the Sulayhids had subjugated Greater Yemen.

  • January 1068: Descendants of Najah murdered Ali al-Sulaihi in 1067 and were able to re-establish the Najahideen dynasty in Zabid.

  • January 1084: The Zurayids were a Yamite Hamdani dynasty based in Yemen in the time between 1083 and 1174.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1159: The last ruler of the Najahids was murdered by Mahdids. the Mahdids took over Zabid in 1158.
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