Al-Malik al-Manṣūr Nūr al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ‘Umar ibn ‘Alī ibn Rasūl was the first

Rasulid The Rasulids () or the Rasulid dynasty was a Sunni Yemenis, Yemeni dynasty of Oghuz Turks, Oghuz Turkic origin who ruled Yemen from 1229 to 1454. Origin The Rasulids take their name from a messenger under the Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasids, Muh ...

Sultan of

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 1228 to 1249.

Emir of Mecca

In the month of

Rabi' al-awwal Rabiʽ al-Awwal (, also known as Rabi' al-Ula (), or Rabi' I) is the third month of the Islamic calendar. The name ''Rabī‘ al-awwal'' means "''the first month'' or ''beginning of Spring (season), spring''", referring to its position in the ...

619 AH (April/May 1222)

al-Mas'ud Yusuf Al-Malik al-Mas‘ūd Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Abū al-Muẓaffar Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad (‎; 1201–1229) was the sixth and final Ayyubid The Ayyubid dynasty (), also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultan o ...

captured Mecca from Hasan ibn Qatadah. After the Hajj was complete (in January/February 1223) he returned to Yemen and left Nur al-Din Umar as his deputy in Mecca with a contingent of three hundred horsemen. In 625 AH (1228) al-Mas'ud recalled him to Yemen and appointed in his place Husam al-Din Yaqut.

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