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Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad
Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad was a Zaydi scholar who proclaimed himself imam in the northern highlands of Yemen in 1597 and launched a revolt against Ottoman rule. He fought until a truce in 1619. His son al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad completed the expulsion of the Ottomans in 1636, and his descendants ruled the Qasimid State until the 20th century.
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