Yu'firids

The Yuʿfirids (Arabic: بنو يعفر, romanized: Banū Yuʿfir) were an Islamic Himyarite dynasty that held power in the highlands of Yemen from 847 to 997. The name of the family is often incorrectly rendered as "Yafurids". They nominally acknowledged the suzerainty of the Abbasid caliphs. Their centres were San'a and Shibam Kawkaban. The Yuʿfirids followed Sunni Islam.

Yufi'rid dynasty
بنو يعفر
847–997
Capital
Common languages
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentEmirate
Emir 
 847-872 (first)
Yu'fir bin ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Ḥiwālī al-Ḥimyārī
 963-997 (last)
Abdallah bin Qahtan
History 
 Established
847
 Disestablished
997
CurrencyDinar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Abbasid Caliphate
Ziyadid dynasty
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