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Qasimid Dynasty XXXXXXX

1637 CE 1805 CE

G SC OTHER  ye_qasimid_dyn_222222



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Religion
Social Complexity Variables
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Transport Infrastructure
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Information / Postal System
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General Variables
Identity and Location
Utm Zone:
38 N
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Original Name:
Qasimid Dynasty
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Capital:
Sana’a
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Sana’a was secured as the capital by the Qasimid dynasty after they drove the Ottomans out of Yemen (al-Yaman) in 1636. It is the oldest city in Yemen and many existing buildings are more than 800 years old. [1]

[1]: Hestler 1999: 16. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/RH82MHZP


Alternative Name:
Qasimid State
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Alternative Name:
Zaydis
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Alternative Name:
Yemeni Zaidi State
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Alternative Name:
Zaidi Imamate
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Temporal Bounds
Peak Years:
[1644 CE ➜ 1679 CE]  
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The reign of AI-Mutawakkil ‘ala Allah Isma’il is considered to be the peak time of the Qasimids in Yemen, when the territory was at its greatest extent. [1]

[1]: Bearman 2002: 273. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/B86ZAJ3C


Duration:
[1637 CE ➜ 1805 CE]  
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Political and Cultural Relations
Language
Religion
Religious Tradition:
Islam
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale
Polity Territory:
848,116 km2
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in squared kilometers.The above is an approximate estimate based on the above map showing the territory in 1675 drawn onto google maps. Needs a much more accurate confirmation from the scholarship. Once the Ottomans had been expelled from Yemen, the Qasimid dynasty continued to expand its territory for more than 200 years. At its height it stretched from Hadramawt in the east, north to Asir (now part of Saudi Arabia). [1]

[1]: Hestler 1999: 24. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/RH82MHZP


Hierarchical Complexity
Settlement Hierarchy:
3
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levels. [1] : 1. Capital city (Sana’a) :: 2. Smaller cities (Aden, Ta’izz, Hodeida) ::: 3. Villages

[1]: Hestler 1999: 16-17. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/RH82MHZP


Professions
Bureaucracy Characteristics
Law
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Market:
present
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Markets were present all across the polity and in particular in the ports and cities of Yemen which catered for overseas trade. [1]

[1]: Bosworth 1997: 2. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/JAITFHFE


Symbolic Building:
present
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Mosques.


Entertainment Building:
present
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Public baths played an important part in the social lives of the inhabitants of the polity. [1]

[1]: Bosworth 1997: 2. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/JAITFHFE


Transport Infrastructure
Port:
present
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There were many ports along the coast of Yemen. The largest was in the city of Aden which was a central point of goods being shipped between India and China to Africa and the Mediterranean. [1]

[1]: Hestler 1999: 20. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/RH82MHZP


Special-purpose Sites
Enclosure:
present
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Cities, including the capital of Sana’a, had walled centres. Fortresses were also used. [1]

[1]: Hestler 1999: 16. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/RH82MHZP


Information / Writing System
Information / Kinds of Written Documents
Information / Money
Indigenous Coin:
present
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Coins were minted in Sana’a. [1]

[1]: Bosworth 1997: 2. https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/JAITFHFE


Information / Postal System
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications
Military use of Metals
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Human Sacrifice Data
Human Sacrifice is the deliberate and ritualized killing of a person to please or placate supernatural entities (including gods, spirits, and ancestors) or gain other supernatural benefits.
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