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Yemen: Heads of State: 1926-1962
Ruling House: Ḥāmid al-Dīn (Banū al-Qāsim) [1926-1948; 1948-1962]; Āl Wazīr [1948]
Imām al-Muslimīn, Amīr al-Muʾminīn, Malik al-Mamlaka al-Mutawakkiliyya al-Yamaniyya
2 Sep 1926 - 17 Feb 1948 Sayyid Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad Ḥāmid al-Dīn al-Mutawakkil ʿalā-Allāh Rabb al-ʿĀlamīn [1]
17 Feb 1948 - 14 Mar 1948 Sayyid ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad Āl Wazīr al-Dāʿī al-Hādī ilā al-Ḥaqq
15 Mar 1948 - 1 Apr 1955 Sayyid Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā Ḥāmid al-Dīn
1 Apr 1955 - 5 Apr 1955 Sayyid ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā Ḥāmid al-Dīn
5 Apr 1955 - 19 Sep 1962 Sayyid Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā Ḥāmid al-Dīn 
19 Sep 1962 - 27 Sep 1962 Sayyid Muḥammad al-Badr ibn Aḥmad Ḥāmid al-Dīn al-Mansūr bi-Allāh [2]

[1] Imām al-Muslimīn, Amīr al-Muʾminīn from 4 Jun 1904.
[2] 27 Sep 1962 - ? Mar 1970 continues in dissidence; from ? ? 1969 opposed by Raʾīs Majlis Imāmī Sayf al-Islām Sayyid Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn Ḥāmid al-Dīn.
Last update: 25 Dec 2023
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