A study of the personality and performance of the civilization-building leaders of the Islamic world (Case study of Imam Hadi Rossi, the founder of the Zaidi civilization in Yemen)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD student in Islamic history, lecturer and researcher at the university

2 Imam Hossein

3 Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran

Abstract

The rule of the Zaydi government in Yemen is the longest religious government in the Islamic world. Long rule over Yemen. In the meantime, the position of Imam Hadi Rossi has different dimensions and he has always been mentioned as a model for the leaders of this civilization in Yemen. The main purpose of this study is to answer the main question: what was the personality and performance of Imam Hadi Rossi as the founder of the Zaidi civilization in Yemen?
The achievement of this research, which has been obtained by library and documentary methods and descriptive-analytical method using Persian and Arabic sources, especially Zaidi texts in the history of Yemen, states that the political thought and theological and jurisprudential principles of Imam Hadi Rasi He is the exaltation of Islamic civilization and he has a spirit of oppression and jihad with the enemies, religiosity and meritocracy, democracy and concern for the development of the country, while he is a skilled politician and a thinker in political, military, economic and cultural performance. His time has also fulfilled its mission of civilization for future generations of Zaydis in Yemen.

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