|¹⁸⁰In volume 2 | book 3, The Decline of Islamic Literature | Section 1, From Mongol Rule Until the Conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selīm I in the Year 1517
previous chapter | German edition
The peace that reigned in Yemen under the Rasūlids (626–858/1229–1454) and the Ṭāhirids (850–923/1446–1517) allowed a lively literary culture, whose focal point was the academies in Zabīd. In spite of its isolati…