Arwa al-Sulayhi
Syedna Hatim was the first Dai to venture into the Yemeni political field after the era under the rule of the Sulayhid Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi and her political patronage. The Zaydi Shia Imams of Yemen began to wage war against the Tayyibi Ismaili Shia (see Al-Mutawakkil Ahmad bin Sulayman). It is in this context that Syedna Hatim became interested in territorial acquisition and becoming a military power as a security requisition for the Taiyabi Ismailis.