The relationship between the Ayyubids and Zaydis in Yemen (569 e-626 e / 1174-1228)

Abstract

Yemen as an ancient country in the Arabian lands had a significant political, religious and economic position in the Islamic world, especially in terms of religion, because the existence of the Zaydi doctrine in Yemen that had a profound impact on the course of historical and political events in the region. And if we know that most of the people of Yemen and neighboring areas, were on the Sunni doctrine, and because Zaidi was unable to extend its influence on all areas of Yemen, so intensified sectarian conflict, political , even military between the people of the regions and Zaidis because. All this events led to the intervention of external forces to suppress and reduce the influence of the Zaidi doctrine and comes at the forefront of those forces, Ayyubids