Qasimid State

Qasimid State
Arabic: الدولة القاسمية
1597–1849
Qasimid State under the rule of Al-Mutawakkil Isma'il (1675)
Qasimid State under the rule of Al-Mutawakkil Isma'il (1675)
CapitalSanaa
Religion
Zaidi Islam
Sunni Islam (1830s–1849)[1]
GovernmentImamate
Imam 
• 1597–1620
Al-Mansur al-Qasim
• 1620–1640
Al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad
• 1640–1676
Al-Mutawakkil Isma'il
• 1676–1681
Al-Mahdi Ahmad
• 1681–1686
al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad II
• 1689–1718
Al-Mahdi Muhammad
• 1716–1727
Al-Mutawakkil al-Qasim
• 1727–1748
Al-Mansur al-Husayn II
• 1748–1775
Al-Mahdi Abbas
• 1775–1809
Al-Mansur Ali I
Historical eraEarly modern
• Proclamation
1597
• Takeover of Sanaa
1628
• Secession of Lahej
1740
• Loss of coastal territories
1803
• Reincorporation into Ottoman Empire
1849
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Yemen Eyalet
Sultanate of Lahej
Yemen Vilayet
Principality of Najran
Other Zaidi sultanates
Today part of Yemen
 Saudi Arabia
 Oman

The Qasimid State (Arabic: الدولة القاسمية), also known as the Zaidi Imamate, was a Zaidi-ruled independent state in the Greater Yemen region, which was founded by Imam al-Mansur al-Qasim in 1597 and absorbed much of the Ottoman-ruled Yemen Eyalet by 1628 and completely expelled the Ottomans from Yemen by 1638. The Qasimid State continued to exist into 18th and 19th century, but gradually fractured into separate small states. The most notable of those states was the Sultanate of Lahej; most of those states (except Lahej) were submitted by the Ottomans and incorporated into the restored Ottoman province of Yemen Eyalet in 1849.

  1. ^ Afzal Upal, M. Cusack, Muhammad, Carole (2021). Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements. Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. p. 220. ISBN 978-90-04-42525-5. When al-Shawkānī died in 1834, the Qāsimī Imāms had fully embraced Sunnī traditionism.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)