Sep 8

The Yemenis requested Khosrow Anushiravan for help

Taq-e Kasra = Iwan Madaen (the king’s palace) in Ctesiphon (close to today’s Baqdad     On September 8th, 562 AD a Yemeni delegation met with Khosrow Anushiravan, the then king of Iran, in Taq-e Kasra = Iwan Madaen (the king’s palace) in Ctesiphon (close to today’s Baqdad), the capital of Iran, and requested the king to send an army to Yemen to help Yemenis drive out the Ethiopians. The Christian army of Ethiopia took advantage of the internal conflicts between Yemeni tribes and conquered their land. Khosrow Anushiravan coin The king of Iran (“Anushiravan” as written in the Tabari history, and “Nushiravan” as written by Saadi), after discussing the matter with his advisers and senior officers, accepted the request and ordered some units of the Persian soldiers to be transferred, by ship, from Kerman and Pars (Fars) provinces.     On that day, Khosrow Anushiravan had first given audience to the public, who had complained about the national authorities, in his palace, Iwan Madaen= Kasra hall (according to a historian), and listened to their complaints of the injustices, before receiving the representatives of Yemeni tribes.     Kasra hall, which is still standing, is about 50 m in length and 25 m in width. As stated by Roman, Iranian and Arab historians, the the Persian troops sent from Iran, though much less in number than the Ethiopians, broke up the Ethiopian forces and threw them into the Red Sea, and upon the request of the Yemeni tribes, from then onwards, an Iranian general was stationed in Yemen and was practically involved in government affairs.          Translation by Rowshan Lohrasbpour