The Yuʿfirids (Arabic: بنو يعفر, romanized: Banū Yuʿfir) were an Islamic Himyarite dynasty that held power in the highlands of Yemen from 847 to 997.[1] The name of the family is often incorrectly rendered as "Yafurids". They nominally acknowledged the suzerainty of the Abbasid caliphs. Their centres were San'a and Shibam Kawkaban. The Yuʿfirids followed Sunni Islam.
Yufi'rid dynasty بنو يعفر | |||||||||
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| 847–997 | |||||||||
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| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Emirate | ||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||
• 847-872 (first) | Yu'fir bin ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Ḥiwālī al-Ḥimyārī | ||||||||
• 963-997 (last) | Abdallah bin Qahtan | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 847 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 997 | ||||||||
| Currency | Dinar | ||||||||
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- ^ G. Rex Smith, "Politische Geschichte des islamischen Jemen bis zur ersten türkischen Invasion" in Werner Daum, Jemen, Frankfurt am Main, p. 137.
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