Al-Hasan Badr al-Din ibn Idris () was the 20th of Tayyibi Isma'ilis 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 1468 to 1512.

Life

He succeeded his father

Idris Imad al-Din Idris Imad al-Din ibn al-Hasan al-Qurashi (; 1392 – 10 June 1468) was the 19th of Tayyibi Isma'ilis from 1428 to 1468. A major religious and political leader in 15th-century Yemen, as well as a notable theologian, Idris was also an important m ...

in 1468, and held the post until his death in 1512, when he was succeeded by his brother

al-Husayn Husam al-Din Al-Husayn Husam al-Din ibn Idris Imad al-Din () was the 21st of Tayyibi Isma'ilis in Yemen from 1512 to 1527. Life He succeeded his brother al-Hasan Badr al-Din II in 1512, and held the post until his death in 1527, when he was succeeded by ...

. Al-Hasan encouraged education and bestowed great favors on his students. He used to shower special attention on anyone who came from India. His son,

Muhammad Izz al-Din I Syedna Mohammad Ezzuddin () (died 1539 / 27th Safar, 946 AH in Zabid, Yemen) was the 23rd Da'i of the Dawoodi Bohra, a sub-sect of Isma'ili Shi'i Islam. The Dawoodi Bohra trace their belief system back to Yemen, where it evolved from the Fatimid C ...

, would succeed as the 23rd ' in 1527, the last from the

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family that had dominated the office since the early 13th century.

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