Name :	Muhammad Ziyad
Period :	9th century -
Biographical detail :	The founder of the Ziyadid dynasty of Yemen. The Abbasid caliph al Mamun transferred the rule of Yemen to the Ziyad family in 819 to offset the power of the Alids. The last Ziyadid ruler was killed in 1018.
	(Compiler : M. Nauman Khan / Ghulam Mohiuddin)