Tahirids

This article is about the specific polity Tahirids and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here: All Statistics

Were an Arab Muslim dynasty that ruled Yemen from 1454 to 1517. They succeeded the Rasulid Dynasty and were themselves replaced by the Mamluks of Egypt after only 63 years in power.

Establishment

January 1444: Lahij fell to the Tahir clan in 1443.

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

1. Events

January 1455: The last Rasulid sultan al-Mas'ud Abu al-Qasim gave up his throne in favour of az-Zafir Amir bin Tahir and withdrew to Mecca.
January 1455: Aden conquered by Tahirids.
January 1455: In the same year the last Rasulid sultan al-Mas'ud Abu al-Qasim gave up his throne in favour of az-Zafir Amir bin Tahir and withdrew to Mecca. The new ruling clan governed Yemen from 1454-1517 as the Tahirid dynasty.
January 1471: The Kathiri conquered Ash-Shihr in the 1460s.
January 1481: Around 1480, the Mahri settled the island of Socotra and used it as a strategic base against their rivals in Hadhramaut.
January 1514: Before British administration, Aden was ruled by the Portuguese between 1513.

Disestablishment

January 1517: The sultans of Dahlak and the Tahirids were overthrown by the Mamluks of Egypt.