ARABIAN PENINSULAR
|
DYNASTY |
LOCATION |
DATES |
NOTES |
Rassid, 1st period |
Yemen |
898 - 1003 |
originally a Shiite sect from Iran |
Governors |
of Oman |
903 - 918 |
under the Abbasids |
Wajihad |
Oman |
925 - 961 |
|
Amirs |
of Oman |
978 - 982 |
|
Amirs of 'Athar |
south-western Saudi province of 'Asir |
957 - 984 |
|
Tarafid |
south-western Saudi province of 'Asir |
c. 995 -1004 |
|
Mukramid |
Oman |
1017 - 1039 |
|
Ziyadid |
Yemen |
955 - c. 1050 |
founded by Muhammad b. Ziyad who was sent by the Caliph al-Ma'mum to subjugate the Yemen |
Najjahid |
Yemen |
1021 - 1158 |
Ethiopian slaves |
Sulayhid |
Yemen |
1047 - 1137 |
|
Zuray'id |
'Adan, Yemen |
1139 - 1165 |
|
Mahdid of Zabid |
Yemen |
1159 - 1174 |
|
Rassid, 2nd period |
Yemen |
1185 - 1390 |
|
Ayyubid |
Yemen |
1174 - 1236 |
|
Rasulid |
Yemen |
1229 - 1439 |
Rasul who gave his name to the dynasty, was a Turkoman official of the Abbasids, but the first ruler was his grandson 'Umar I, who was an official under the Ayyubids until their downfall when he was left ruler in the Yemen. |
Husaynid Sharifs |
Yemen |
1362 - 1364 |
|
Tahirid |
Yemen |
1517 -1529 |
Amirs to the Rasulids |
Rassid, 3rd period |
Yemen |
1506 - 1558 |
|
Ottoman |
Yemen |
1520 - 1635 |
|
Qatadid Sharifs |
of Mecca |
1653 - 1654 |
|