Zurayids

The Zurayiden, Arabic بنو زريع, DMG Banū Zurai ʿ, are a Fatimid dynasty in Yemen from the period 1080-1173. Center of their power was Aden.

The Zurayiden had the same fate as the hamdanidischen sultans who Sulaymaniden and Mahdiden experience, namely to be replaced by the rule of the Ayyubid and go to the end.

History

About the history of the dynasty are insufficient information.

Two brothers, al - Abbas and al - Masud were used and shared the government. The former died in 1084, so his son, Zuray, who gave the name of the dynasty, together with his uncle al - Masud reigned jointly. An existing with the Sharifen Dynasty Sulaymaniden deal of funding from revenues of the city of Aden was terminated and from 1101 began more than sixty years of independent rule of the Zurayiden in the city.

The descendants of the families of the brothers al - Abbās and al - Masud were in great rivalry among themselves, which is why not only the power constellations changed frequently, but always came up expansive aspirations. The power ratios ranged up sometimes in the Hadramaut. Northward important fortresses and urban settings were purchased ( 1152 ). Among them: Jibla Dhu al- Takar, Ibb and Habb. With the conquest of Aden by the Ayyubid rule ended in 1175 with the arrest and execution of the last state affairs performing slaves Minister Yasir 'm Bilāl.

Zurayidische influences were revived during the first two decades of the Ayyubid dominance here and there, until they too finally dried up around 1193.