An-Nasir Ali bin Salah

An-Nasir Ali bin Salah (died 1329) was a claimant to the Zaidi state in Yemen, acting in rivalry with other pretenders in 1328–1329.

Ali bin Salah bin Ibrahim was a grandson of the imam al-Mahdi Ibrahim who died in Rasulid captivity in 1284.^[1] When Imam al-Mahdi Muhammad bin al-Mutahhar died in 1328, a turbulent situation arose in the Zaidiyyah territories. Ali bin Salah put forward his da'wa (call for the imamate) in As Sudah, taking the laqab name an-Nasir. He was however immediately opposed by three other claimants. Fighting between the contenders followed, and lives were lost. After one year, an-Nasir Ali bin Salah died and was buried in As Suda.^[2] The winner in the power struggle was al-Mu'ayyad Yahya (d. 1346).^[3]

See also

• Imams of Yemen
• Rassids
• History of Yemen

References

1. Imam Zaid bin Ali Cultural Foundation, http://www.izbacf.org/page_display.php?book_id=37&page_num=48 (in Arabic).
2. Zaidi biographies, in http://al-aalam.com/personinfo.asp?pid=3860 (in Arabic).
3. R.B. Serjeant & R. Lewcock, San'a'; An Arabian Islamic City. London 1983, p. 66.