Muḍaykirah

Mudhaykhirah is a mountain settlement in southwestern Yemen, remembered as a stronghold of the Ismaili missionary Ali ibn al-Fadl. In 905 he captured it from its Manakhi ruler, who was killed in the fighting. The fortress became a base for Ibn al-Fadl's campaigns as his movement spread through the Yemeni highlands. Its position among the mountains made it a defensible centre in an age when rival rulers and religious movements contested control of the region.