Literary CornerYemeni Annals (Hawliat Yamaniyah) part III [Archives:2006/994/Culture]

Abu Al-Kalmah Al-Tayyibah
After Imam Al-Mansour's death in the middle of Ramadan 1224 AH (April 1, 1809), his son Ahmed took over at age 60. At this time, the Najdis were out spreading their Wahhabi creed and had reached Yemen, especially in the Tihama. They were confronted there by some Yemeni nobles, namely Al-Sharif Hamoud, who met them in a valley in Asir.

After seeing that the Wahhabis, or Najdis, and their Asir allies were a very large force, the author relates that Hamoud and his troops disguised themselves like Najdis, who were many, “and spread out like locusts.”” Thus they were able to infiltrate the Najdis easily until Hamoud reached Najdi leader Abu Noqta's tent.

The former immediately “”drew his sword and struck him one (fatal) blow. Afterward