siege, medieval

Siege of Sanaa

Name: Siege of Sanaa
Location: Sanaa, Yemen

Siege of Sanaa was a siege conducted in AD 570 at Sanaa, in what is now Yemen. It was part of the Aksumite–Persian Wars, which ran from AD 570 to AD 578. The recorded result: Sasanian victory; Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan is restored as king of Yemen as a vassal state of the Sasanian Empire. Recorded strength: 700 against Unknown.

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FoughtAD 570

WhereSanaa, Yemen15.350N, 44.200E

OutcomeSasanian victory; Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan is restored as king of Yemen as a vassal state of the Sasanian Empire

BelligerentsSasanian EmpireagainstKingdom of Aksum Barbaria (region)

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofAksumite–Persian WarsAD 570 to AD 578

Record

Date	AD 570 (year precision)
Place	Sanaa, Yemen 15.350N, 44.200E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	700	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Wahrez

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Sanaa 1967, same recorded site
Battle of Zafar AD 632, 128 km S
Siege of Najran AD 523, 238 km N
Capture of Aden 1548, 297 km S
Siege of Aden 1513, 300 km S

In the same war

After: Battle of Hadhramaut AD 570

Elsewhere in AD 570

Aksumite siege of Mecca Saudi Arabia

Siege of Sanaa is one of 120 engagements of the 6th century in the atlas and one of 18 in present-day Yemen.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q15211837, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Sanaa (570), revision 1370745009, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.