and al-Miqranah. A rebellion among the Rasulid's slave soldiers deprived the last claimant of any means to assert his position, after 1442. Lahij fell to the Tahir clan in 1443, followed by Aden in 1454. In the same year, the last Rasulid sultan, al-Mas'ud Abu al-Qasim, gave up his throne in favour of az-Zafir Amir bin Tahir and withdrew to Mecca. The new ruling clan governed Yemen from 1454-1517 as the Tahirids. List of sultans Legacy In the 1940s, descendents of the Rasulid dynasty established an Islamic dynastic order, named the Order of the Rasulids, under the protection of the Qavloical Authority. See also List of Sunni Muslim dynasties Imams of Yemen History of Yemen Islamic history of Yemen Ghassanids References Sources Further reading Kenney, Ellen. "Treasuring Yemen: Notes on Exchange and Collection in Rasūlid Material Culture" Der Islam, vol. 98, no. 1, 2021, pp. 27–68. https://doi.org/10.1515/islam-2021-0003 Mahoney, Daniel and Varisco, Daniel. "Introduction: Rasūlid Entanglement in the Medieval Islamic World and Beyond" Der Islam, vol. 98, no. 1, 2021, pp. 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1515/islam-2021-0001 Margariti, Roxani Eleni. "The Rasūlids and the Bountiful Sea: Marine Resources, State Control, and Maritime Culture in the Southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (626/1229‒854/1454)" Der Islam, vol. 98, no. 1, 2021, pp. 69–99. https://doi.org/10.1515/islam-2021-0004 Moorthy Kloss, Magdalena. "Eunuchs at the Service of Yemen’s Rasūlid Dynasty (626‒858/1229‒1454)" Der Islam, vol. 98, no. 1, 2021, pp. 6–26. https://doi.org/10.1515/islam-2021-0002 Varisco, Daniel Martin. "Reading Rasūlid Maps: An Early 14th-Century Geographical Resource" Der Islam, vol. 98, no. 1, 2021, pp. 100–152. https://doi.org/10.1515/islam-2021-0005 States and territories established in 1229 States and territories disestablished in 1454 13th century in Yemen 14th century in Yemen 15th century in Yemen Arab dynasties