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onslaught began, al-Mutawakkil Yahya Sharaf ad-Din had to ask his son al-Mutahhar for support. From that date, Al-Mutahhar took over from his ageing father and struck coins in his own name. The
Turkish advance could not be stopped, however. Udzimir Pasha took San'a through treachery in the same year
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had to withdraw, and the important city was taken over by al-Mutawakkil Yahya Sharaf ad-Din. The imam proceeded to expand the territory of the Zaidi
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had a vital interest in securing Yemen, which was described as being "more flourishing than the province of Egypt". At this time the
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in 1517 and the Sultan Amir was killed. Shortly afterwards, the Mamluk sultanate in Egypt was in turn defeated by the
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