Ahmad ibn Mubarak () was the seventh Tayyibi Isma'ili in

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

, from 1229 to his death in 1230.

Life

Ahmad was the son of Mubarak, brother of the fifth ,

Ali Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib an ...

. Upon assuming office, he dispatched emissaries to various places in Yemen and India. Sanaa remained his seat of administration and he maintained cordial relations with various rulers in Yemen. He was succeeded by

al-Husayn Husayn ibn Ali (; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680 CE) was a social, political and religious leader in early medieval Arabia. The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and an Alid (the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muhammad's daughter ...

, the son of Ali ibn Muhammad.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmad ibn Mubarak Year of birth unknown 1230 deaths Banu al-Walid al-Anf Tayyibi da'is 13th century in Yemen 13th-century Arab people 13th-century Ismailis 13th-century Islamic religious leaders