Tahiride
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The Tahiride was an Arab Muslim dynasty that ruled Yemen
Yemen
The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....

 and the Hadramawt from 1454 to 1526.

The Tahiride Rulers, who took power at the end of a period of anarchy that followed the collapse of the Rasulid
Rasulid
The Rasulid was a Muslim dynasty that ruled Yemen and Hadhramaut from 1229 to 1454. The Rasulids assumed power after the Egyptian Ayyubid left the southern provinces of the Arabian Peninsula....

 dynasty in the mid-15th century, tried to imitate Bani Rasool. Thus they built schools, mosques and irrigation channels as well as water cisterns and bridges in Zabid
Zabid
Zabid is a town with an urban population of around 23,000 persons on Yemen's western coastal plain. The town, named after Wadi Zabid, the wadi to its south, is one of the oldest towns in Yemen...

 and Aden
Aden
Aden is a seaport city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea , some 170 kilometres east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000. Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a...

, Yafrus, Rada'a, Juban
Juban
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, etc. They also moved the capital to Sana'a
Sana'a
-Districts:*Al Wahdah District*As Sabain District*Assafi'yah District*At Tahrir District*Ath'thaorah District*Az'zal District*Bani Al Harith District*Ma'ain District*Old City District*Shu'aub District-Old City:...

around 1500.

List of Sultans

  • Az-Zafar ben Tahir (1454–1466)
  • Al-Mujahid Amar ibn Tahir (1466–1479)
  • Al-Mansur Abad al-Wahab ben Tâhir (1479–1489)
  • Az-Zahir Amar Abad al-Wahab (1489–1517)
  • Amar ben Da'ud (1517–1526)
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