Ageel bin Muhammad al-Badr

Prince Ageel bin Muhammad al-Badr Hamidaddin (Arabic: عقيل بن محمد البدر حميد الدين; born 1973) is the eldest son of Muhammad al-Badr, the last ruling king of The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen.^[1]

Ageel bin Muhammad al-Badr عقيل بن محمد البدر حميد الدين
Saif al-Islam
Head of the royal house of Yemen
Tenure	6 August 1996 – present
Predecessor	Muhammad al-Badr
Born	1973 (1973) (age 52) London, England, UK
Issue	Muhammad Al-Hassan bin 'Ageel Hamidaddin
House	Rassids
Father	Muhammad al-Badr
Mother	a daughter of Yahya Al-Hirsi Al-Ban
Religion	Zaidi Shia Islam

Biography

Yemen became a republic following the overthrow of the monarchy in 1962.^[2] Since the death of his father in 1996, Ageel bin Muhammad has been the head of the royal Hamid ad-Din lineage. He uses the title Saif al-Islam ("Sword of Islam"), which had been carried by the Crown Princes of Yemen.^{[citation needed]}

Ageel bin Muhammed has two sons: Muhammad Al-Hassan bin 'Ageel Hamidaddin and Ahmed bin 'Ageel Al-Badr.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ageel bin Muhammad al-Badr
16. Muhammad bin Yahya 8. Yahya bin Muhammad 4. Ahmad bin Yahya 9. Fatima Al-Washali 2. Muhammad bin Ahmad 10. Sayyid Muhammad Al-Ezzi 5. Sayyida Safia bint Muhammad Al-Ezzi 1. Ageel bin Muhammad 6. Yahya Al-Hirsi Al-Ban 3. a daughter of Yahya Al-Hirsi Al-Ban

See also

• 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état