BIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE

Abu Shuja', Ahmad. Author of shari'a jurisprudence manual, Shafi'i school; died after 1107; lived in Basra

Ahmad b. Yahya Hamid al-Din. Imam of Yemen 1948-1962

al-Akwa', 'Ali b. Husayn. Zaidi scholar; father of Muhammad and Isma'il; posted to Ibb as a teacher in early 1920s

al-Akwa', Isma'il b. 'Ali. Published scholar; Director of Antiquities; Ibb resident in the 1930s and 1940s

al-Akwa', Muhammad b. 'Ali. Born 1903. Published historian; former cabinet minister, judge, and teacher in Ibb; leader in 1940s of early opposition movement in Ibb

al-'Ansi, Salih. Ibb judge; student of al-Shawkani; died 1875

al-'Awdi, Muhammad Zain. Ibb school principal and adib

Basalama, Isma'il. Governor of Ibb (under Ottomans and Imam Yahya); shaykh; leading merchant; died 1934

al-Basir, Ahmad. Ibb teacher and notary; died late 1970s

Faqih al-Nahi. Ibb scholar; died 1171

Faqih Sa'id. Saintly figure; executed in Ibb in 1841

al-Ghazzali, Abu Hamid Muhammad b. Muhammad. A leading Muslim intellectual figure; died 1111

al-Ghazzi, Ibn al-Qasim. Commentator on the text by Abu Shuja'; died 1512

al-Haddad, 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Ali Naji. Shafi'i scholar and public official in the Ottoman period; born in Ibb 1876; died 1922

al-Haddad, Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Ali Naji. Ibb mufti and judge; died 1981

al-Haddad, 'Ali Naji. Ibb scholar and mufti; died 1893

al-Haddad, Muhammad b. Yahya b. 'Ali Naji. Published historian; Ibb resident

Hamid al-Din. The line of Zaidi imams that included twentieth-century imams Yahya, Ahmad, and al-Badr

Ibn Khaldun. North African scholar and jurist; author of Al-Muqaddima ; died 1406

Ibn Samura al-Ja'adi, 'Umar. Yemeni historian; died 1190

al-Iryani, 'Abd al-Rahman b. Yahya b. Muhammad. Ibb judge, local coup leader in 1948; president of the Republic, 1967-1974

al-Iryani, Yahya b. Muhammad. Scholar, Ibb judge, presiding judge of the Appeal Court; died 1943

al-Juwayni, "Imam al-Haramayn." Shafi'i scholar; teacher of al-Ghazzali; author of an usul manual studied in Ibb; died 1086

al-Murtada, Imam Ahmad b. Yahya. Author of Kitab al-Azhar ; died 1432

al-Nawawi, Muhyi al-Din. Shafi'i jurist; author of Al-Minhaj ; native of Syria; died 1277

al-Shafi'i, Muhammad b. Idris. Jurist; founder of the Shafi'i school; died 820

al-Shawkani, Muhammad b. 'Ali. Yemeni scholar; died 1834

al-Wasi'i, 'Abd al-Wasi' b. Yahya. Yemeni historian; died 1959

Yahya Hamid al-Din. Imam of Yemen (declared 1904-, ruled 1918-1948)

Zabara, Muhammad b. Muhammad. Yemeni historian; died 1961

Zaid b. 'Ali. Fourth-generation descendant of the Prophet; founder of the Zaidi school; died 740