The siege of Sanaa is a battle fought in the

6th century The 6th century is the period from 501 through 600 in line with the Julian calendar. In the West, the century marks the end of Classical Antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages. The collapse of the Western Roman Empire late in the prev ...

by the Kingdom of Aksum and the Sasanian Empire. It took place when the

Sasanian The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranians"), was an Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, the length of the Sasanian dynasty's reign ...

under general

Vahrez Wahrez (born Boe or Bōē) was a Sasanian Empire, Sasanian general of Daylamites, Daylamite origin, first mentioned in the prelude to the Iberian War and then during the Aksumite–Persian wars. Name He was born Boe (Middle Persian: ''Bōē'', ...

besieged the Aksumite city of

Sanaa Sanaa, officially the Sanaa Municipality, is the ''de jure'' capital and largest city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate, but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrative unit. At an elevation ...

in 570.

Sources

* * * {{cite book, last= Zakeri, first= Mohsen, title=Sāsānid Soldiers in Early Muslim Society: The Origins of ʿAyyārān and Futuwwa, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VfYnu5F20coC, year=1995, publisher=Otto Harrassowitz, location=Wiesbaden, isbn=978-3-447-03652-8 570 570s conflicts Battles involving the Kingdom of Aksum 6th century in Asia Military history of Sanaa Battles of pre-Islamic Arabia Abyssinian–Persian wars 6th century in Iran Sieges of the Middle Ages Sieges involving the Sasanian Empire