Al-Hasan Badr al-Din ibn Idris (Arabic: الحسن بدرالدين بن إدريس, romanized: al-Ḥasan Badr al-Dīn ibn Idrīs) was the 20th Tayyibi Isma'ili Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq in Yemen.

Life

He succeeded his father Idris Imad al-Din in 1468, and held the post until his death in 1512, when he was succeeded by his brother al-Husayn Husam al-Din.[1][2] Syedna Al-Hasan encouraged education and bestowed great favors on his students. He used to shower special attention on anyone who came from India.

His son, Muhammad Izz al-Din I, would succeed as the 23rd Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq in 1527, the last from the Banu al-Walid al-Anf family that had dominated the office since the early 13th century.[3]

Death

Syedna Hasan had the longest reign among Dai of Yemen with a tenure of 45 years. He is buried in Masar, Yemen.

References

  1. ↑ Qutbuddin 2018.
  2. ↑ Daftary 2007, pp. 268–269.
  3. ↑ Daftary 2007, pp. 267, 269.

Sources

  • Daftary, Farhad (2007). The Ismāʿı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-61636-2.
  • Qutbuddin, Tahera (2018). "Idrīs ʿImād al-Dīn". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.


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