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al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad
Al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad was the Zaydi imam of Yemen from 1620 to 1644 and the second ruler of the Qasimid State. Continuing the revolt begun by his father al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, he drove the Ottomans from the highlands, took Sanaa and forced them to evacuate Yemen in 1636. His success made the Qasimid family masters of the whole country.
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