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BIOGRAPHY Muhammad al-Badr was born in 1926 as oldest son of Ahmad Bin Yahya , later Imam of the Zaydis and king of North Yemen . He assisted his father in defending his father's control over North Yemen from two rebellious brothers in 1955 . Ahmad named al-Badr Crown Prince . In 1956 he forged connections and signed agreements during a tour to Soviet Bloc countries. During his father's trip abroad for medical treatment in 1960 al-Badr introduces a number of reforms in Yemen which his father had promised. His father annulled these upon his return. In 1962 Imam Ahmad died, and al-Badr succeeded him. Among al-Badr's first actions was to grant amnesty to political prisoners. On September 26 on Abdullah As-Sallal , who al-Badr had appointed commander of the royal guard, staged a coup that removed al-Badr from power. Sallal made himself now leader of North Yemen . Al-Badr escaped to the north of North Yemen , and rallied tribes that support him in opposition to Sallal. Fighting erupted between the two groups, starting the North Yemen Civil War . Al-Badr started getting support from Saudi Arabia , while the Republicans received support from Egypt . On 1970 as the Saudi Arabia stopped its support for al-Badr, and President Abdul Rahman Al-Iryani managed to make peace with al-Badr's supporters. This brought the Civil War to an end, and al-Badr left for exile to United Kingdom . He died in 1996 in London , United Kingdom . He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in Woking , Surrey , England . |
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