The Zaidi Imam Yahya and the 1948 Coup

In 1948, Yemen's capital Sanaa erupted in a bloody coup that killed the long-reigning Zaidi Imam Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, who had ruled for nearly four decades. The assassination, orchestrated by the al-Wazir family and reformist intellectuals, briefly installed a new imam before the old imam's son, Ahmad bin Yahya, crushed the rebellion with tribal support. This episode explores the conspiracy, the role of the Hamid ed-Din family, the al-Wazir clan, and the brutal aftermath that cemented Zaydi imamate rule for another decade and a half.

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