Ibrahim, that is the jambiya of Sheikh Abdul Aziz al Ahmar. It has appeared here previously here as the "million dollar Jambiya". It is reported to have belonged to Imam Ahmed. Al-Ahmar was certainly in a position to obtain the imam's Jambiya as he was the head Sheikh of the Hashid tribe and effectively controlled the presidents of Yemen since the revolution in 1962. He was held as a hostage by the Imam in his youth and his father was eventually executed by the Imam. He passed several years ago. The jambiya looks to be in the hands of his younger son Hamid al Ahmar.
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