The Zaidi imamate's small billon fractions from this period were minted at Qaflat Idhar, a highland mint that saw intermittent use as Ottoman pressure on the region forced administrative and monetary functions inland. Imam Yahya's early coinage was issued against the backdrop of the final years of Ottoman Yemen — the 1911 date places this piece just months before the Treaty of Da'an, which effectively granted the imamate autonomous control over the Zaydi highlands.
The Zaidi imamate's small billon fractions from this period were minted at Qaflat Idhar, a highland mint that saw intermittent use as Ottoman pressure on the region forced administrative and monetary functions inland. Imam Yahya's early coinage was issued against the backdrop of the final years of Ottoman Yemen — the 1911 date places this piece just months before the Treaty of Da'an, which effectively granted the imamate autonomous control over the Zaydi highlands.