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On his death, he was succeeded by his son, al-Nāṣir Aḥmad.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1359","date":"1359"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12183466#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Old City of Taiz","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139829337"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12183466#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"1400","date":"1400"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12183466#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Old City of Taiz","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139829337"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12183466#P20"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"monarch","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116"},{"text":"author","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q482980"},{"text":"military leader","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1402561"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"king","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12097"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12183466#P106"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ashraf_Isma'il_I","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12183466"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Al-Ashraf Isma'il I born?","a":"Al-Ashraf Isma'il I was born on 1359 in Old City of Taiz."}],"related":[{"name":"Alan Sugar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alan-sugar"},{"name":"Aleksandr Skorobogatko","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aleksandr-skorobogatko"},{"name":"Alinaghi Khamoushi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alinaghi-khamoushi"},{"name":"Andrej Babiš","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrej-babis"},{"name":"Anil Ambani","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anil-ambani"},{"name":"Anutin Charnvirakul","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anutin-charnvirakul"},{"name":"Aziz Akhannouch","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aziz-akhannouch"},{"name":"Bhumibol Adulyadej","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bhumibol-adulyadej"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"},{"name":"Boris Titov","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/boris-titov"},{"name":"Cindy Monica Salsabila Setiawan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/cindy-monica-salsabila-setiawan"},{"name":"Danjuma Laah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/danjuma-laah"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/al-ashraf-isma-il-i-fd891342fa.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Shohdi Alsofi","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81_%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84.png"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Al-Ashraf Isma'il I","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ashraf_Isma'il_I","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q12183466","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12183466","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: السلطان الملك الأشرف إسماعيل.png by Shohdi Alsofi (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81_%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84.png","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Al-Ashraf Isma'il I, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: السلطان الملك الأشرف إسماعيل.png — Shohdi Alsofi, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Al-Ashraf Isma'il I\". DigiNepal. Last updated 15 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/al-ashraf-isma-il-i. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-15T06:53:34Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/al-ashraf-isma-il-i","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/al-ashraf-isma-il-i","ne":null}}