# Ahmad bin Yahya - Imam and king of Yemen

URL: https://allhistories.com/yemen/rulers/ahmad-bin-yahya
Reign: 17 February 1948 – 19 September 1962
Number in the list: 266
Born-Died: 1891 - 1962
Dynasty: Hamid al-Din imams
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_bin_Yahya

Dates as in Wikipedia's heads of state list; died in office 19 September 1962.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din](https://allhistories.com/yemen/rulers/yahya-muhammad-hamid-ed-din)
- Next in list: [Muhammad al-Badr](https://allhistories.com/yemen/rulers/muhammad-al-badr)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1948 - [Ta'izz Becomes the Royal Capital](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1948-ta-izz-becomes-the-royal-capital)
- 1948 - [Assassination of the Imam in the Al-Waziri Coup](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1948-assassination-of-the-imam-in-the-al-waziri-coup)
- 1948 - [Imam Ahmad Retakes Sana'a; Abdullah al-Wazir Executed](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1948-imam-ahmad-retakes-sana-a-abdullah-al-wazir-executed)
- 1949 - [Border Skirmishes Along the Violet Line](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1949-border-skirmishes-along-the-violet-line)
- 1949 - [Operation Magic Carpet Airlifts Yemen's Jews to Israel](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1949-operation-magic-carpet-airlifts-yemen-s-jews-to-israel)
- 1949 - [Aden Airways Begins Flights](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1949-aden-airways-begins-flights)
- 1952 - [First Aden Trade Union Founded](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1952-first-aden-trade-union-founded)
- 1953 - [Kamaran Quarantine Station Closes](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1953-kamaran-quarantine-station-closes)
- 1954 - [Aden Refinery Opens at Little Aden](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1954-aden-refinery-opens-at-little-aden)
- 1954 - [Queen Elizabeth II Visits Aden](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1954-queen-elizabeth-ii-visits-aden)
- 1955 - [Failed Officers' Coup Against the Imam](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1955-failed-officers-coup-against-the-imam)
- 1955 - [First Elections to the Aden Legislative Council](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1955-first-elections-to-the-aden-legislative-council)
- 1956 - [Refinery Strike at Little Aden](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1956-refinery-strike-at-little-aden)
- 1956 - [Yemen Signs the Jeddah Defence Pact with Egypt](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1956-yemen-signs-the-jeddah-defence-pact-with-egypt)
- 1958 - [Border Clashes at Jebel Jihaf](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1958-border-clashes-at-jebel-jihaf)
- 1958 - [United Arab States Formed with Egypt and Syria](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1958-united-arab-states-formed-with-egypt-and-syria)
- 1958 - [State of Emergency and General Strike in Aden](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1958-state-of-emergency-and-general-strike-in-aden)
- 1958 - [Sultan of Lahej Deposed by Britain](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1958-sultan-of-lahej-deposed-by-britain)
- 1959 - [Federation of Arab Emirates of the South Formed](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1959-federation-of-arab-emirates-of-the-south-formed)
- 1959 - [Imam Ahmad Seeks Treatment in Rome as Egyptian Advisers Cause Crisis](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1959-imam-ahmad-seeks-treatment-in-rome-as-egyptian-advisers-cause-crisis)
- 1961 - [Soviet-Built Hodeidah Port Opens](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1961-soviet-built-hodeidah-port-opens)
- 1961 - [Fire Destroys Much of Hodeidah](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1961-fire-destroys-much-of-hodeidah)
- 1961 - [Assassination Attempt Wounds the Imam](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1961-assassination-attempt-wounds-the-imam)
- 1961 - [Levies Renamed Federal Regular Army](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1961-levies-renamed-federal-regular-army)
- 1961 - [United Arab States Dissolved](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1961-united-arab-states-dissolved)
- 1962 - [Death of Imam Ahmad and accession of Muhammad al-Badr](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1962-death-of-imam-ahmad-and-accession-of-muhammad-al-badr)
- 1962 - [26 September Revolution and proclamation of the Yemen Arab Republic](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1962-26-september-revolution-and-proclamation-of-the-yemen-arab-republic)
- 1962 - [Royalist rally around Imam al-Badr](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1962-royalist-rally-around-imam-al-badr)
- 1962 - [Egypt sends an expeditionary army to Yemen](https://allhistories.com/yemen/timeline/1962-egypt-sends-an-expeditionary-army-to-yemen)