The ruling sharif of the Mikhlaf, an Ayyubid vassal, holds Jazan and the wadis of the northern Tihama; his name for 1200 is not recorded in the sources reached.
Who he is
- Title
- Sharif
- Since
- Not pinned
- Born
- Not pinned
- Family
- The Sulaymani house (Ghanim ibn Yahya's line)
- Confidence
- low
See Sulaymanis.
Overlord
al-Mu'izz Isma'il
What it holds
- Jazan
- The wadis of the Mikhlaf to Baysh
- The Farasan islands (not pinned)
How it was acquired
Hereditary; vassal since 1173-74.
Allies and rivals
Vassal of al-Mu'izz.
How things stand that morning
Vassal ruler.
Wealth
Farmland of the wadis; the harbour of Jazan.
Military
Kinsmen and Tihama tribesmen.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Office certain, holder unknown.
On the map: As the realm record.
Primary sources for Sulaymanis
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- History of Yemen, Umara al-Yamani (Umara ibn Ali al-Hakami) (1168 to 1174, at Cairo). The history of Yemen's dynasties to the eve of the Ayyubid conquest: the Ziyadids and Najahids of Zabid, the Sulayhids and their queen Arwa, the Zuray'ids of Aden, the Hamdanid sultans of San'a and the Mahdids of Zabid, with Umara's own career as a Yemeni envoy to Fatimid Cairo. Read online
- History of the Observant Traveller (A Traveller in Thirteenth-Century Arabia), Ibn al-Mujawir (Jamal al-Din Yusuf ibn Ya'qub) (about 1226 to 1232). A merchant-traveller's description of western and southern Arabia a generation after 1200: Mecca and the Hijaz ports, the Red Sea crossing, Zabid and the Tihama, Aden with its customs and tariffs, the Hadramawt coast, Dhofar and Oman, Socotra, and the opposite African shore at Zeila and the Dahlak islands. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.