Sanaa, Yemen صنعاء اليمن

San'a' is one of the ancient Yemeni cities dating back to the Sabaean dynasty of the 6th Century BC. The oldest written reference to its existence is found in inscriptions which date back to the 1st Century AD. It is suggested that San'a' was the capital of the Himyarite kingdom at the onset of the 6th Century AD.

When King Yousef Athar (or Dhu Nuwas), the last of the Himyarite kings, was in power, San'a' was also the capital of the Ethiopian viceroys, then after 570 of the Persians.

As of the dawn of Islam until the detachment of independent sub-states in many parts of Yemen Islamic Caliphate, San'a' persisted as the governing seat, who himself is Caliph's deputy in running the affairs of one of Yemen's Three Makhalifs: Mikhlaf San'a', Mikhlaf al-Janad and Mikhlaf Hadhramawt. The city of San'a' recurrently assumed an important status and all Yemenite States competed to control it.

The Mamelukes arrived in Yemen in AD 1517. Following the collapse of the Mamelukes in Egypt at the hands of the Ottoman Turks, Yemen fell under the Ottoman Rule and during the first Ottoman rule of Yemen between 1538-1635, San'a' became the capital of the Ottoman Vilayet and also during the Ottoman second rule 1872-1918. In 1918, San'a' was the capital of Imam Yahya, who ruled North Yemen. At the onset of the 1962 revolution which deposed the imamate rule, it became the capital of the Yemen Arab Republic. It was then the capital of unified Yemen in 1990 where it is dubbed as the historical capital of Yemen.

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[markman0625]

this video doesnt actually have anyone wanting to visit does it? I was there for reasons none of you want to know and I can tell you it is hell on earth.

[sharif510]

@markman0625 So you were there for CIA work....?

[gary7466]

I look forward to visiting Yemen!

[DRABEE2009]

اليمن امي اليمن الله يحرسها ويحفظ وحدتها

[umayman4]

mashallah very nice brother I was looking for the same pictures and views

[eapa]

Is yemen a dangerous country??????

[MrDennysblack]

RIO DE JANEIRO-BRAZIL,BEST COUNTRY OF THE WORLD hahaha

[AliIKarimi]

@markman0625 please explain, i was planning on visiting

[a1rh3add]

Nice pics! It looks like a very pretty place.

I want one of those hookahs!!!

[WagnersEarAlive]

@gary7466 No Gary noooooo. Poor Gary posted this a year ago. Must be dead!

[saaqer2010]

حلوة الصور وياا زين اليمن

 داام الله الامن فيهاا والاستقرار في كل الشعوب لبي اليمن واهلة [iminent=0dLTQNFIjR3]

[01lo0ve]

@alamry19 ياخوي السعوديه افضل بلد في العالم بس انتم اقلبوا وجيههكم من المقاطع اليمنيه واهل اليمن بخير ياخي فارقوا نحن لانرغب فيكم سوى الذين يرجعون لليمن من السعوديين اما الباقين لا نرغب بهم اذلفوا فارقو