Timeline of Sanaa explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sana'a, Yemen.

Prior to 20th century

• 530 CE - Abraha in power, with Sana'a as his capital (approximate date).
• 570 - Siege of Sana'a (570); Sassanids in power.
• 715 - Great Mosque of Sana'a building expanded.
• 869 - Hiwali Yufirids in power (approximate date).
• 901 - Town occupied by forces of Zaidi Yahya bin al-Husain.
• 905 - Karmatian Ali bin al-Fadl in power.
• 915 - Yufirid As'ad bin Ibrahim in power.
• 956 - Town taken by Zaidi Mukhtar.
• 1062 - Ali al-Sulayhi in power.
• 1067 - Sulayhid capital relocated from Sana'a to Jibla by Arwa al-Sulayhi (approximate date).
• 1221 - Rasulid Badr al-Din Hasan in power.
• 1259 - Earthquake.
• 1538 - Ottomans in power.
• 1602 - Ottomans ousted.
• 1872 - Ottomans in power;^[1] Sana'a becomes capital of the Yemen Vilayet.
• 1887 - Population: 25,000 (estimate).
• 1891
  • Uprising against Turkish rule.
  • Population: 50,000 (estimate).

20th century

• 1902 - Dar as-Sanay built.
• 1905 - Uprising against Turkish rule.
• 1911 - Political unrest.
• 1918 - Turkish rule ends.
• 1921 - Population: 25,000 (approximate estimate).^[2]
• 1948
  • 17 February: Imam Yahya assassinated.
  • Alwaziri coup.
• 1952 - Al-Ahli Club Sana'a (football club) formed.
• 1954 - Al-Wehda Club (football club) formed.
• 1956 - Population: 60,000 (estimate).^[3]
• 1962
  • September: Military coup;
  • City becomes capital of the Yemen Arab Republic.
  • Al-Thawra newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1967 - November: Siege of Sana'a (1967) begins.
• 1970 - Sana'a University established.
• 1971 - National Museum of Yemen established in Dar al-Shukr.
• 1974 - June: Military coup; Ibrahim al-Hamdi in power.^[5]
• 1975
  • Installation of water supply system begins.
  • Population: 140,339 (estimate).^[6]
• 1981 - 280,000.
• 1982 - established.
• 1983 - Sana'a University Museum built.
• 1984 - Military Museum^[7] and General Organisation for the Preservation of Old Sana'a^[8] established.
• 1986
  • Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium and Althawra Sports City Stadium open.
  • Old City designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[9]
  • Population: 427,505.
• 1987 - Sultan Palace Hotel in business.
• 1988 - Women's Technical School built.
• 1990
  • City becomes capital of the Republic of Yemen.
  • Central Bank of Yemen headquartered in city.
• 1991 - Yemen Times newspaper begins publication.
• 1994 - Population: 973,548.^[10]
• 1995 - San'a Institute for the Arabic Language established.
• 1996 - Yemen Observer newspaper begins publication.^[11]

21st century

2000s

• 2004 - House of Folklore museum established.
• 2008
  • Saleh Mosque built.
  • 17 September: 2008 attack on the American Embassy in Yemen.^[12]
  • November: Political demonstration.
  • Al-Oruba football club formed.
• 2009 - Population: 1,976,286.^[13]

2010s

See also: Timeline of the Yemeni crisis (2011–present).

• 2011
  • 23 May-7 June: Battle of Sana'a (2011) (first phase).
  • 18 September-25 November: Battle of Sana'a (2011) (second phase).
  • 2011 Yemeni protests.
• 2012 - 21 May: 2012 Sana'a bombing.
• 2014
  • 16–21 September: Battle of Sana'a (2014).
  • 21 September: 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état begins.
  • 9 October: Bombing in Tahrir Square.
• 2015
  • January 2015 Sana'a bombing
  • 20 January: Houthis take Presidential Palace.
  • 20 March: 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings.
  • April: Airstrike.
• 2016
  • 2016–17 Yemen cholera outbreak begins.
  • Yemen Supreme Political Council headquartered in city.

See also

• Sana'a history
• Timeline of Yemeni history
• Timelines of other cities in Yemen: Aden

Bibliography

Published in 18th–19th centuries

• Book: Travels through Arabia . Carsten Niebuhr . Carsten Niebuhr . Robert Heron . Robert Heron (writer) . Edinburgh . R. Morison and Son . 1792 . Of the City of Sana . Rare books reprints ;1 . 2027/inu.39000003114886?urlappend=%3Bseq=409 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.39000003114886?urlappend=%3Bseq=409 . HathiTrust .
• Book: History of Arabia Felix or Yemen . R.L. Playfair . Bombay . 1859 . Sanaa . Selections from the Records of the Bombay government ;no.XLIX. New series . 2027/mdp.39015039640357?urlappend=%3Bseq=45 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015039640357?urlappend=%3Bseq=45 .

Published in 20th century

• Sana . 24 . Wahab . Robert Alexander . 125 - 126 . 1910 . . 1.
• Book: Handbook of Arabia . London . British Admiralty . British Admiralty . . 1916 . 1 . Yemen: Districts and Towns: San'a . 2027/njp.32101006882755?urlappend=%3Bseq=173 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101006882755?urlappend=%3Bseq=173 .
• Book: Encyclopædia of Islam . Leiden . . 1936 . Sana . R. Strothmann . Encyclopædia of Islam . https://books.google.com/books?id=sP_hVmik-QYC . 143+ . 9789004097933 . .
• R.B. Serjeant and R. Lewcock, eds., San'a: An Arabian-Islamic City (London: World of Islam Festival Trust, 1983).
• R. Lewcock, The Old Walled City of San'a (Paris: UNESCO, 1986)
• Book: Modernization of an Islamic City: the Case of Sanaa . Middle East City: Ancient Traditions Confront a Modern World . New York . Paragon . 1987 .
  • • • Book: Routledge . 1884964036 . International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa . 1996 . Noelle Watson . UK . San'a . 629+ . .

Published in 21st century

• Rethinking Cultural Heritage: Lessons from Sana'a, Yemen . Michele Lamprakos . Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review . 16 . 2005 . 2 . 17–37 . 41747744 . International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments . University of California, Berkeley . .
• Book: Historic Cities of the Islamic World . . 2007 . . Leiden . Sanaa . 463+ . 978-9004153882 . .
  • Book: Leiden . Koninklijke Brill . The City in the Islamic World . Salma K. Jayyusi . etal . 9789004162402 . 2008. Sana'a. 615–624.
  • Book: Mohammad Gharipour . The Bazaar in the Islamic City: Design, Culture, and History. 2012. American University in Cairo Press. 978-1-61797-346-8 . Suqs of Sanaa: changing functions and symbolic centrality . Franck Mermier .

External links

• Map of San'a, 1946
• . Pier Paolo Pasolini (Director) . 1971 . it . Walls of Sana'a .
• . 2308-6122 . Geographical Index: Sanaa . Sana'a . fr .
• Europeana. Items related to Sana'a, various dates.
• Web site: . The Fight for Yemen . Public Broadcasting Service . USA . 7 April 2015 . Safa Al Ahmad . Safa Al Ahmad . (Television documentary filmed in Sana'a in 2015, and also in Saada, Jaʿār, Rada'a, Aden)

Notes and References

1. Book: Paul Dresch . History of Modern Yemen . 2000. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-79482-4 . Brief Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=7jxR2q-F3o4C&pg=PA219 .
2. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Arabia: Imamate of Yemen . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1403 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=1403 .
3. Book: Demographic Yearbook 1965 . 1966 . . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 140–161 .
4. Book: William A. Rugh. Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. 2004. Praeger . USA . 978-0-275-98212-6 .
5. Book: Ruth Lapidoth-Eschelbacher . The Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden . International Straits of the World . 1982. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers . The Hague . 90-247-2501-1 . Arab Yemen Republic (North Yemen) . https://books.google.com/books?id=FppkAdwYe-IC&pg=PA61.
6. Book: 1985 Demographic Yearbook . 1987 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 247–289 .
7. Web site: Museums: Yemen . Arabia Antica . . 30 April 2015 .
8. Web site: Conservation of Old Sana'a . 1995 . Aga Khan Award for Architecture . Aga Khan Development Network . Aga Khan Development Network . 30 April 2015 .
9. Web site: Old City of Sana'a . World Heritage Centre . United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization . 30 April 2015 .
10. Web site: Population of Yemen, 1994 census . . 30 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150908210759/http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/data/pop94.htm . 8 September 2015 .
11. Book: Europa World Year Book . 2004. Europa Publications . 978-1-85743-255-8 . Yemen: Directory . 4714+ .
12. News: Yemen Profile: Timeline . BBC News . BBC News . 28 August 2011 . 30 April 2015 .
13. Web site: Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2013 . .