Hussein al-Houthi

Badr al-Din al-Huthi (Arabic: بدرالدين الحوثي, romanized: Badr al-Dīn al-Ḥūthī; c. 1926–2004) was a Yemeni political and religious leader.^[2]

Hussein al-Houthi حسين الحوثي
Born	20 August 1959 Marran district, Saada Governorate, Yemen
Died	10 September 2004 (aged 45) Marran district, Saada Governorate, Yemen
Cause of death	Assassination by Yemeni military alongside the Saudi military.[1]
Nationality	Yemeni
Known for	Founder of the Houthi movement
Allegiance	Houthis
Years of service	2004
Rank	Commander
Battles/wars	Houthi insurgency in Yemen

Ancestry and early life

Badr al-Din was born in c. 1926 in Dahyan, Saada. He belonged to the Arab tribe of Huth.

He studied under the prominent scholar Majd al-Din al-Mu'yyadi.

Leadership of Zaydis

In the 1970s–1980s, Badr al-Din gained scholarly reputation among the high-ranking clergy of Zaydi Shi'a in Yemen. (Salmoni, Loidolt, Wells 100).

Following the assassination of Husayn in September 2004, Badr al-Din briefly took over the leadership of the Houthi movement before transferring the office to his son Abd al-Malik.

Bibliography

• Salmoni, Barak; Loidolt, Bryce; Wells, Madeleine (2010). Regime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon. Rand Corporation. ISBN 9780833049742.