Al-Hasan Badr al-Din ibn Idris () was the 20th Tayyibi Isma'ili '' Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq'' in

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

Life

He succeeded his father

Idris Imad al-Din Idris Imad al-Din ( ar, إدريس عماد الدين بن الحسن القرشي, Idrīs ʿImād al-Dīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Qurashī; 1392 – 10 June 1468) was the 19th Tayyibi Isma'ili '' Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq'' and a major religious and politic ...

in 1468, and held the post until his death in 1512, when he was succeeded by his brother al-Husayn Husam al-Din. Syedna 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, AH 946AH in Zabid -Yemen) was the 23rd Dai 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 Fat ...

, would succeed as the 23rd ''Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq'' in 1527, the last from the Banu al-Walid al-Anf family that had dominated the office since the early 13th century.

Death

Syedna Hasan had the longest reign among Dai of Yemen with a tenure of 45 years. He is buried in Masar, Yemen.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasan Badr al-Din 02 15th-century births 15th century in Yemen 16th century in Yemen 1512 deaths Year of birth unknown Banu al-Walid al-Anf Tayyibi da'is 15th-century Arabs 16th-century Arabs 15th-century Ismailis 16th-century Ismailis 15th-century Islamic religious leaders 16th-century Islamic religious leaders