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An-Nasir Ali bin Salah (died 1329) was a claimant to the Zaidi state in Yemen, acting in rivalry with other pretenders in 1328–1329.

Ali bin Salah bin Ibrahim was a grandson of the imam al-Mahdi Ibrahim who died in Rasulid captivity in 1284. When Imam al-Mahdi Muhammad bin al-Mutahhar died in 1328, a turbulent situation arose in the Zaidiyyah territories. Ali bin Salah put forward his da'wa (call for the imamate) in As Sudah, taking the laqab name an-Nasir. He was however immediately opposed by three other claimants. Fighting between the contenders followed, and lives were lost. After one year, an-Nasir Ali bin Salah died and was buried in As Suda. The winner in the power struggle was al-Mu'ayyad Yahya (d. 1346).

See also

• Imams of Yemen
• Rassids
• History of Yemen

References

1. Imam Zaid bin Ali Cultural Foundation, "مؤسسة الإمام زيد بن علي الثقافية :: استعراض الكتاب". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-02-12. (in Arabic).
2. Zaidi biographies, in http://al-aalam.com/personinfo.asp?pid=3860 Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic).
3. R.B. Serjeant & R. Lewcock, San'a'; An Arabian Islamic City. London 1983, p. 66.

• Zaydi imams of Yemen
• 1329 deaths
• 14th-century Arab people