Jul 6

57 yeas rule of Iran over Yemen

Anushiravan Yemen became part of Iranian empire on July 1, 571 AD after driving away the Abyssinians from that land. Ottoman historians have given 575 AD as the started of Iranian rule over Yemen.     In 570 AD, the Yemeni authorities requested Khosrow Anushiravan, the Sassanian King, to send an army and drive out the Abyssinians. The army dispatched from Iran, under command of Vahrez, a Daylami general, arrived Yemen by ship from the Persian Gulf and drove out the Abyssinians. The rule of Iran in Yemen ended 57 years later, in 628 AD, after assassination of Khosrow Parviz and the spread of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula.          Translation by Rowshan Lohrasbpour (Amordad – News writer)