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.Imam Zaid bin Ali Cultural Foundation, (in Arabic). 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.Zaidi biographies, in http://al-aalam.com/personinfo.asp?pid=3860 (in Arabic). The winner in the power struggle was al-Mu'ayyad Yahya (d. 1346).R.B. Serjeant & R. Lewcock, San'a'; An Arabian Islamic City. London 1983, p. 66.

See also

Imams of Yemen Rassids History of Yemen

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