# Al-Ashraf Isma'il I

> Al-Malik al-Ashraf Ismāʿīl ibn al-ʿAbbās, numbered al-Ashraf Ismāʿīl I, was the seventh Rasūlid sultan of Yemen from 1377 until 1400. He succeeded his father, al-Afḍal al-ʿAbbās, and continued his patronage of literature and scholarship. He was also faced with several revolts and Zaydī raids. He was the author or co-author of a history of Yemen, Fākihat al-zaman, which overlaps substantially with the Kifāya wa-l-iʿlām of ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Khazrajī. On his death, he was succeeded by his son, al-Nāṣir Aḥmad.

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1359
- **Died:** 1400
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Al-Malik al-Ashraf Ismāʿīl ibn al-ʿAbbās, numbered al-Ashraf Ismāʿīl I, was the seventh Rasūlid sultan of Yemen from 1377 until 1400. He succeeded his father, al-Afḍal al-ʿAbbās, and continued his patronage of literature and scholarship. He was also faced with several revolts and Zaydī raids. He was the author or co-author of a history of Yemen, Fākihat al-zaman, which overlaps substantially with the Kifāya wa-l-iʿlām of ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Khazrajī. On his death, he was succeeded by his son, al-Nāṣir Aḥmad.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 5.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Almáleque Alaxerafe Ismail I](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alm%C3%A1leque_Alaxerafe_Ismail_I)
- [Al-Ashraf Isma'il I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ashraf_Isma'il_I)
- [الأشرف إسماعيل بن الأفضل](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81_%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84)
- [Wikiquote](https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81_%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84)
- [اشرف رسولی بن افضل](https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81_%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84)
- [اشرف رسولی بن افضل](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81_%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12183466)

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