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Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Ukhaydir

9th century · 9th century

Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Ukhaydir was the founder of the Ukhaydirid dynasty of al-Yamama in central Arabia. A descendant of al-Hasan ibn Ali, he fled the Hejaz around 866 after a failed Alid revolt and took control of al-Yamama, with his seat at al-Khidrima near modern al-Kharj. His descendants ruled the oases for nearly two centuries.

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