Prince Ageel bin Muhammad al-Badr Hamidaddin (; born 1973) is the eldest son of
Muhammad al-Badr
Muhammad Al-Badr (15 February 1926 – 6 August 1996) was the last king and Zaidi Imam of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (North Yemen) and leader of the monarchist regions during the North Yemen Civil War (1962–1970). His full name wa ...
, the last
ruling king of The
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
The Kingdom of Yemen (), officially the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen () and also known simply as Yemen or, retrospectively, as North Yemen, was a state that existed between 1918 and 1970 in the northwestern part of the modern country of Yemen ...
.
Biography
Yemen became a
republic
A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a State (polity), state in which Power (social and political), political power rests with the public (people), typically through their Representat ...
following the overthrow of the monarchy in 1962.
Since the death of his father in 1996, Ageel bin Muhammad has been the head of the royal
Hamid ad-Din lineage. He uses the title ''Saif al-Islam'' ("Sword of Islam"), which had been carried by the Crown Princes of Yemen.
Ageel bin Muhammed has two sons: Muhammad Al-Hassan bin 'Ageel Hamidaddin and Ahmed bin 'Ageel Al-Badr.
Ancestry
See also
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2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état
References
1973 births
Living people
Heirs apparent who never acceded
Middle Eastern royalty
Rassid dynasty
Pretenders
Sons of kings
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