Tahirid Sultanate
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The Tahirid Sultanate or Tahirid dynasty were a Muslim dynasty that ruled Yemen from 1454 to 1517. They succeeded the Rasulid Dynasty and were themselves replaced by the Mamluks of Egypt after only 63
Tahirids in light green and Zaydi imams in dark green
Cisterns of Tawila
Baran Temple
Siege of Aden (1513)
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The siege of Aden occurred when the Portuguese Governor of India, Afonso de Albuquerque, launched an unsuccessful expedition to capture Aden on 26 March 1513.
Tahirid Sultanate
…India in 1509. A second fleet was equipped in 1515, again under Husain al-Kurdi. This time, az-Zafir Amir II, who had recently beaten off a Portuguese attack on Aden, refused to provide resources to the Mamluks. The infuriated Husain al-Kurdi sought and found willing allies in Yemen itself, including the Zaydiyya…
Assault on Aden in 1513, by Gaspar Correia
Attempted escalade of Aden in 1513