Ali Abdul Mughni

Ali Abdul Mughni (Arabic: علي عبد المغني; 1935– 8 October 1962) was a Yemeni military officer and revolutionary.[1] He was one of principal leaders of the Yemeni revolution of 1962 that toppled the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, leading to the establishment of the Yemen Arab Republic.[2][3] He has been known as "the Architect of the 1962 Revolution.[4][5]

Ali Abdul Mughni
Native name
علي عبد المغني
Born1935
As Saddah District, Ibb Governorate, Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
Died8 October 1962(1962-10-08) (aged 28–29)
Sirwah District , Marib Governorate
Allegiance North Yemen
Service/branchNorth Yemeni Army
Rank2nd Lieutenant
Commands heldFree Offers Organization
Battles/warsNorth Yemen Civil War

Biography

Abdul Mughni was born in 1935 in Al-Masqah village, Al Saddah District, Ibb Governorate. In 1948 he moved to Sana'a to continue his basic education at Al-Aytam school, and in 1958 he joined the Yemeni Military Academy. He participated in establishing and leading Free Officers Organization, a group of army officers, that played a key role in the revolution with a coup d'état to depose Imam Ahmad bin Yahya and announced the 26 September Revolution on Radio Sanaa, declaring the Yemen Arab Republic in 1962.[6][4] Ali led a military campaign against the royalists led by Hassan ibn Yahya in Marib and was killed in Sirwah on 8 October 1962.[1]

References
  1. "علي عبدالمغني.. دينامو الثورة السبتمبرية ورائدها الأول – الثورة نت" [Ali Abdul-Mughni.. The dynamo of the September Revolution and its first pioneer]. الثورة نت (in Arabic). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. "مالا تعرفه عن مؤسس تنظيم الضباط الأحرار في ثورة 26 سبتمبر (صور)" [What you do not know about founder of Free Officers Organization in September 26 Revolution]. Elyamnelaraby (in Arabic). 23 September 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  3. "الشهيد/علي عبد المغني" [Martyr Ali Abdul-Mughni]. www.almotamar.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  4. "علي عبدالمغني .. مهندس الثورة اليمنية و أول شهدائها - موقع الحرف 28 الإخباري" [Ali Abdul-Mughni.. Architect of the Yemeni Revolution and its first martyr]. alharf28 (in Arabic). 25 September 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  5. Miglietta, John P. (2002). American Alliance Policy in the Middle East, 1945-1992: Iran, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-0304-3.
  6. Rogers, Joshua. "Importing the Revolution: Institutional change and the Egyptian presence in Yemen 1962-1967" (PDF). Retrieved 13 February 2023.


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