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He was succeeded by his son Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Mahdī ibn Jaʿfar during the era of al-Qādir bī
Allāh. He ruled with stability till he passed away.
➢➢ Thereafter, Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Hārūn ibn al-Ḥusayn revolted during the era of al-
Qādir in 380 A.H. He engaged in a few wars and eventually was successful in gaining authority
over Ṭabrastān.
➢➢ He was succeeded by his brother al-Nāṭiq bi al-Ḥaqq Abū Ṭālib Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn
Hārūn ibn al-Ḥusayn during the era of al-Qāʾim bi Amr Allah. He ruled with stability till he
passed away in 424 A.H.
➢➢ Thereafter al-ʿAqīqī ʿAlī ibn Jaʿfar ibn al-Ḥasan revolted during the era of al-Qāʾim as well in
404.
➢➢ Thereafter Mānaldīm Sandīm Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan
revolted in 417 A.H.
➢➢ Thereafter, al-Nāṣir al-Ḥusayn ibn Jaʿfar ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Nāṣir al-
Aṭrūsh revolted toward Daylam.
➢➢ Thereafter al-Muwaffaq bī Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Zayd ibn Jaʿfar revolted. He was
succeeded by his son al-Murshid bī Allāh Yaḥyā ibn al-Ḥusayn.
➢➢ Thereafter Abū Ṭālib Yaḥyā ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ᾱmir Abū al-Qāsim al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Muʾayyad
bī Allāh revolted in after 490 A.H. during the era of al-Mustaẓhir toward Daylam.
➢➢ Over and above these individuals there are others whose history in unknown. They are:
➢➢ Imām Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Aʿrābī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar al-
Ashraf ibn ʿAlī ibn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, Imām ʿAlī al-ʿIrāqī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿĪsā ibn Zayd ibn
Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, Imām Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā ibn Zayd ibn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, Imām al-Hādī ibn al-
Mahdī ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Imām al-Rāḍī
bī Allāh Nāṣir ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn Ṣāliḥ, Imām Zayd ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Zayd
ibn Ṣāliḥ, Imām ʿAlī ibn Muḥsin ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUbayd Allah ibn al-Ḥasan, Imām al-Ḥusayn
ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Jaʿfar ibn ʿUbayd Allah and his brother Imām al-Ḥasan ibn
Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī.
➢➢ Similarly, those regarding who it is not known how are they related to the Alawids are the
following:
➢➢ Imām Ashraf ibn Zayd, from the children of Zayd ibn al-Ḥasan, Imām al-Sayyid al-Azraqī,
Imām Abū al-Rihā al-Kaytamī. All these individuals had revolted in the Qazwīn, Ṭabrastān,
al-Jīl, al-Daylam, Jurjān al-Ḥijāz, Iraq and the western regions.
Thereafter, al-Maʿṣūmī goes on to enumerate all those who revolted in Yemen alone. See: Simṭ al-
Nujūm al-ʿAwālī 4/177 (with slight adulteration).
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