Muhammad al-Badr
| Muhammad Al-Badr Hamididdin | |
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| King of the Muttawakilite Kingdom of Yemen, Imam | |
| Reign | 19 – 26 September 1962 |
| Predecessor | Ahmad bin Yahya |
| Successor | Title abolished (Yemen Arab Republic) |
| Born |
15 February 1926 Sana'a, Yemen |
| Died | 6 August 1996 (aged 70) London, United Kingdom |
| Burial | Brookwood Cemetery |
| Issue |
Ageel bin Muhammad al-Badr Abdullah bin Muhammad al-Badr Al-Abbas bin Muhammad al-Badr |
| House | Rassids |
| Father | Ahmad bin Yahya |
| Religion | Zaidiyyah |
Muhammad Al-Badr (February 15, 1926 – August 6, 1996) (Arabic: المنصور بالله محمد البدر بن أحمد) was the last king of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (North Yemen) and leader of the monarchist regions during the North Yemen Civil War (1962–1970). His full name was Al-Mansur Bi'llah Muhammad Al-Badr bin Al-Nasir-li-dinu'llah Ahmad, Imam and Commander of the Faithful and King of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of the Yemen.
Muhammad al-Badr was born in 1926 as oldest son of Ahmad bin Yahya, later imam of the Zaydis and king of North Yemen. In 1944 he moved to Taizz in the south of the country, where his father had already been the Imam's deputy for several years, to continue his education. Soon after the assassination of Imam Yahya in February 1948 plotted by Sayyid Abdullah al-Wazir, al-Badr arrived in Sana'a, the capital, but apparently only gave tacit support to the new regime. Meanwhile, Sayf al-Islam Ahmad had managed to get away from Taizz and made for Hajjah, where he gathered the tribes around him, proclaimed himself Imam with the title of al-Nasir and within a month of the assassination had easily regained control of Sana'a and executed the principal perpetrators of the rebellion.
Sayf al-Islam al-Badr (as Muhammad now became), not yet 20, was clearly able to patch up speedily any misunderstandings with his father, for in late 1949 he was appointed his deputy over Hodeida, the important port on the Red Sea. He was also made Minister of the Interior.
Al-Badr played a prominent role in quelling the revolt against his father, Imam Ahmad, in 1955 led by Ahmad's brother Sayf al-Islam Abdullah and afterwards was declared Crown Prince.
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