Abstract
On the death of the Iman Ahmad on 18 Sept. 1962, army officers seized power on 26–27 Sept., declared his son, Saif Al-Islam Al-Badr (Imam Mansur Billah Muhammad), deposed and proclaimed a republic. The republican régime was supported by Egyptian troops, whereas the royalist tribes received aid from Saudi Arabia.
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Heyworth-Dunne, G. E., Al-Yemen. Social, Political and Economic Survey, Cairo, 1952
Ingrams, H., The Yemen. London, 1963
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Paxton, J. (1972). Yemen. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271012_161
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