Umara al-Yamani
Umāra al-Yamanī | |
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| Born | 1121 AD (515 AH) Murtan, Yemen |
| Died | Saturday, April 6, 1174 AD (2 Ramadan 569 AH) |
| Occupation(s) | faqih (juriconsult), historian, poet |
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| Era | Abbasid period |
| School or tradition | Shafi'i, Sunni |
| Main interests | Traditional Arabic Literature, history |
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Najm al-Dīn Umāra al-Ḥakamī al-Yamanī (Arabic: نجم الدين عمارة الحكمي اليمني) was a Sunni historian, jurist and poet of Yemen of great repute who was closely associated with the late Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. He was executed by order of Saladin at Cairo on April 6, 1174 for his part in a conspiracy to restore Fatimid rule. His Tarikh al-Yaman is the earliest, and in respects the most important, history of Yemen from the Islamic era.