Ismail III

Ismail III
King of al-Fahraan Mukarrib of the Hasidhmawt Sultan of Amran and Khimyariyyah Emir of Zabral
Ismail attending peace negotiations after the May War
King of Fahran
Reign	29 November 1988 - 11 December 1996
Coronation	2 January 1989
Predecessor	Office Reestablished
Successor	Monarchy Abolished List Hazea I as Queen of Fahran Hassan El Gheisari as President of the Republic
Prime Ministers	List Souheil al-Qahtani Abd al-Kadir ibn Hussein ar-Rashidi Qaid ibn Fahd Al Ruweyn Mohammed Moghadam Daoud al-Ghazawi Mubashir Nabhani
Born	(1957-04-01)1 April 1957 Tel Imradhil, Fahran
Died	(1996-12-31)31 December 1996 Nirvan, Fahran
Spouse	Oihana Victoria
Issue	Hazea I
Full name Ismail ibn Abd al-Rahman Al Aidarus
House	Aidarus
Father	Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abdullah
Mother	Havîn bint Ardalan
Religion	Malufi Irsad

Ismail III (Gheiravic: إسماعيل بن عبد الرحمن, Transliteration: Ismā’īl ibn ʿAbd ar-Raḥman al-‘Aydarūs, 1 April 1957 - 31 December 1996) was the last recognized King of Fahran, ruling from 29 November 1988 until his forced abdication on 11 December 1996 in the wake of the December Intifada. His reign saw a continued decline in the prestige of Fahran, which had effectively ceased to be a regional power in the aftermath of the Fahran-Habasha War, and presided over a pair of severe economic recessions in 1991 and 1995 that left the government teetering on the brink of collapse. Despite the advice of his liberal-minded Prime Minister Mohammed Moghadam, appointed at the close of 1991, Ismail was slow to implement the democratic reforms that had been promised when Sabir Afzal Rahmani stepped down as dictator in 1988 and, after a quarrel, Moghadam was dismissed and replaced with the more conservative Daoud al-Ghazawi. He was notably suspicious of neoliberal trade policies, maintaining high tariffs and stringent price controls even as inflation made basic commodities non-affordable for many of his subjects. His refusal to abolish shipping fees on freighters passing through the Strait of Asmara put immense strain on his diplomatic relations with Midrasia and Qal'eh, and only served to further alienate wealthy industrialists and magnates within Fahran, who found the favoritism shown to the aristocratic class stifling and injudicious.