Abdullah Al-Wazir | |
|---|---|
عبدالله الوزير | |
 Al-Wazir after proclaiming himself as the Imam of Yemen, 1948 | |
| Imam of Yemen | |
| In office February 17, 1948 – March 13, 1948 | |
| Preceded by | Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad bin Yahya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1885 Bayt al-Sayyid, Bani Hushaysh, Yemen vilayet |
| Died | April 8, 1948 (62-63 years old) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Yemen |
| Battles/wars | Al-Waziri coup |
Abdullah bin Ahmed Al-Wazir (Arabic: عبدالله بن أحمد الوزير, 1885 - 8 April 1948) was a Yemeni coup leader and Islamic scholar.[1] He declared himself Imam during the Al-Waziri coup.[2] In the 1920s, he served as the commander of the Yemeni army and held the governorships of Dhamar and Al Hudaydah in the 1930s.[3] He was executed by beheading on April 8, 1948.
- ^ Von Bruck, Gabriele: Islam, Memory, and Morality in Yemen: Ruling Families in Transition. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2005. S. 261.
- ^ Douglas, J. Leigh: The Free Yemeni Movement 1935–1962. Beirut: The American University of Beirut. 1987. S. 22f., 50.
- ^ Anzi, Menashe und Karin Hünefeld: "Ṣanʿāʾ, Jerusalem and New York: Imām Yaḥyā Ḥamīd ad-Dīn (1869-1948) and Yemeni-Jewish Migration from Palestine to the United States". In: David Hollenberg et al. (Hg.): The Yemeni Manuscript Tradition. Leiden: Brill. 2015. S. 265f.