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Sana'a

صنعاء

Capital of Yemen, an early centre of Islam in the south of Arabia with a UNESCO-listed old city and a very old Great Mosque.

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Region
Arabia
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Place of death of
al-Aswad al-Ansi
Contains
al-Qullays (the Yemeni Kaaba)

People and things also explored

YemenRashidun Caliphateal-Qullays (the Yemeni Kaaba)al-Aswad al-Ansi

Sources

  • GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Sana'a”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/sanaa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.

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Yemen

The southwest corner of Arabia, homeland of the Qahtani Arabs and seat of the successive Sabaean, Himyarite, Abyssinian and Persian powers narrated in the sira's prologue.