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Years: 1174 - 1174
…takes from the Shia Banu Karam tribe the strategic port city of Aden (a crucial link in trade with India, the Middle East, and North Africa) later this year.
He annexes Yemen to the Ayyubid Empire, and with this feat, almost the entire Yemen is united under one rule for the first time since the Abbasid heyday.
The Zaydi Shi'ites who dominate Yemen try to force the Jews here to convert to Islam.
A false messiah arises during the attendant persecutions.
The Jewish leadership writes to Maimonides in Egypt, asking for his advice.
He warns of false messiahs in his famous reply, Igeret Teiman (Epistle to Yemen).
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Years: 1174 - 1174
Locations
People
Groups
- Jews
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Muslims, Shi'a
- Muslims, Ibadi
- Zaidiyyah
- Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
- Egypt, Ayyubid Sultanate of
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Subregions