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The Kingdom of the Yemen is an independent sovereign state, member of the United Nations and of the Arab League. Its ruler is His Majesty, Imam Ahmad, son of the Imam Yahya (murdered on 17 Feb., 1948), who succeeded to the throne on 14 March, 1948. The Imam is the head of the Zaidi Sect of the Shiah Moslems. Heir apparent is the Crown Prince, Saif Al-Islam Al-Badr, who is also Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence.
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Faroughy (A.), Introducing Yemen. New York, 1947.
Heyworth-Dunne (G. E.), Al-Yemen. Social, Political and Economic Survey. Cairo, 1952.
Scott (H.), In the High Yemen. 2nd ed. London, 1947.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1956). Yemen. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270855_85
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