Siege of Sanaa (570)

Siege of Sanaa
Part of the Aksumite–Persian wars
Date 570 Location Sanaa, Kingdom of Aksum 15°21′N44°12′E / 15.350°N 44.200°E / 15.350; 44.200 Result Sasanian victory Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan is restored as king of Yemen as a vassal state of the Sasanian Empire
Belligerents
Sasanian Empire	Kingdom of Aksum
Commanders and leaders
Vahrez
Strength
c. 700	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
class=notpageimage| Location within Yemen

The siege of Sanaa is a battle fought in the 6th century by the Kingdom of Aksum and the Sasanian Empire. It took place when the Sasanian under general Vahrez besieged the Aksumite city of Sanaa in 570.

Sources

• Bosworth, C. E. (1983). "Abnāʾ". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 3. pp. 226–228.
• Potts, Daniel T. (2012). "ARABIA ii. The Sasanians and Arabia". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
• Zakeri, Mohsen (1995). Sāsānid Soldiers in Early Muslim Society: The Origins of ʿAyyārān and Futuwwa. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. ISBN   978-3-447-03652-8.