Qasimid State

Qasimid State
Arabic: الدولة القاسمية
Qasimid State Arabic: الدولة القاسمية
1597–1849
	Qasimid State under the rule of Al-Mutawakkil Isma'il (1675)
Capital	Sanaa
Religion	Hadawi Zaidi Islam; Sunni traditionist Zaidism (19th century)
Government	Imamate
Imam
• 1597–1620	Al-Mansur al-Qasim
• 1620–1640	Al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad
• 1640–1676	Al-Mutawakkil Isma'il
• 1676–1681	Al-Mahdi Ahmad
• 1681–1686	al-Mu'ayyad Muhammad II
• 1689–1718	Al-Mahdi Muhammad
• 1716–1727	Al-Mutawakkil al-Qasim
• 1727–1748	Al-Mansur al-Husayn II
• 1748–1775	Al-Mahdi Abbas
• 1775–1809	Al-Mansur Ali I
Historical era	Early modern
• Proclamation	1597
• Takeover of Sanaa	1628
• Secession of Lahej	1740
• Loss of coastal territories	1803
• Reincorporation into Ottoman Empire	1849
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Yemen Eyalet
Sultanate of Lahej
Yemen Vilayet
Principality of Najran
Other Zaidi sultanates
Today part of	Yemen; Saudi Arabia; Oman

The Qasimid State (Arabic: الدولة القاسمية), also known as the Zaidi Imamate, was a Zaidi-ruled independent state in the Greater Yemen region, which was founded by Imam al-Mansur al-Qasim in 1597, absorbed much of the Ottoman-ruled Yemen Eyalet by 1628, and then completely expelled the Ottomans from Yemen by 1638. The Qasimid State continued to exist into 18th and 19th century, but gradually fractured into separate small states. The most notable of those states was the Sultanate of Lahej; most of those states (except Lahej) were submitted by the Ottomans and incorporated into the restored Ottoman province of Yemen Eyalet in 1849.