He was not closely related to the recent imams , but an 11th - generation descendant of the imam ad - Da'i Yusuf .
Ali bin Muhammad al - Hosni was born in the village al - Ahani in the Sa'dah area in northern Yemen .
Ali bin Muhammad al - Hosni was not closely related to the recent imams , but an 11th - generation descendant of the imam ad - Da'i Yusuf .
Ali bin Muhammad al - Hosni was born in the village al - Ahani in the Sa'dah area in northern Yemen .