Siege of Sanaa (570)
Part of the Aksumite–Persian wars of the 6th century
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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.
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- Sasanian victory
- Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan is restored as king of Yemen as a vassal state of the Sasanian Empire
| Siege of Sanaa | |||||||
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| Part of the Aksumite–Persian wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Sasanian Empire | Kingdom of Aksum Barbaria (region) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Wahrez | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| c. 700 | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
  Location within Yemen | |||||||
bn Hishām transmits a poem attributed to ʿAdī ibn Zayd describing the fall of the Aksumite kingdom following the Persian invasion. The poem includes the line: “On the day they call upon Āl Barbar and al-Yaksūm (Aksum), none of its fugitives shall escape.”[1] the poem was made in reference to the joint axumite barbar retreat from Siege of Sanaa (570).[2]