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4th, Mohammed. 5 th, Achmed. Gth^YusufF. 7th,Ismael. 8th, Hassan. 
9th, Hossein. 10th, Abdulrachman. Uth, Jachia. l^th^ Ibrahim. 
13th, Soolimaun. 14th, Saduc. 15th, Salauddien. leth, Saleb. 17th, 
Yacoub. 18th, Sherifuddien. 1 9th, Shumsuddien. ^Oth, Abdulkerim. 
The present Imaum has only nine sons. 1st, Achmed. ^d, Hassan. 
3d, Abdallah. 4th, Mohammed. 5th, Jachia. 6th, Ismael. 7th, Khas- 
sem. 8th, Abbas. 9th, Saiid. Achmed has three sons, Khassem, 
Ibrahim, and Abdallah ; while his brother Abdallah has already 
fifteen. It is supposed that at the death of the Imaum the succession 
will be disputed by Achmed and Abdallah ; the former, though the 
eldest, is the son of an Abyssinian slave ; he is rich, but avaricious, 
is the favorite of his father, and has great power as commandant 
of the military force at Sana. The latter is the son of an Arab wife, 
is in his manner open, in his character liberal, and consequently a 
great favorite of the soldiers. 
The Imaum is, at least, seventy-eight years old, and fast ap- 
proaching to dotage; he will not hear of any danger, and endea- 
vours still to amuse himself in his sooty harem of four hundred 
Abyssinian slaves. The Vizier attaches himself to the party of Ab- 
dallah, though, before the Imaum, he treats them with equal respect. 
As the powers of the old man decay, their hostilities become more 
open, and the Hadje Abdallah informed me, that, during his resi- 
dence at Sana, they actually drew their jambeas on each other, in 
their father's presence, but were separated by the Vizier. If, while 
disputing about the succession, they do not exert themselves to 
raise a force sufficient to resist the Wahabee, they will have no 
kingdom to succeed to. The whole disposable force of Yemen 
did not then exceed six hundred horse, and three thousand foot ; 
