Siege of Sanaa (570)

Siege of Sanaa
	Part of the Aksumite–Persian wars
Date	570
Location	Sanaa, Kingdom of Aksum15°21′N 44°12′E / 15.35°N 44.2°E
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
	Wahrez
Strength
c. 700	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Yemen

The siege of Sanaa is a pre-Islamic battle fought in the 6th century by the Kingdom of Aksum and the Sasanian Empire, during the Aksumite–Persian wars. 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.