When did Sanaa become Ottoman?

Chronology

1. 1517
   Note

   With Selim I's conquest of Egypt the city was considered to be under Ottoman rule.

   Sultan: Selim I
2. 1546
   Became Ottoman

   Özdemir Pasha, serving under the governor of Yemen, brought the city under actual Ottoman rule.

   Sultan: Suleiman I
3. 1629
   Left Ottoman rule

   With Haydar Pasha's defeat by the Zaydi imam the first Ottoman period ended.

   Sultan: Murad IV
4. 1872
   Became Ottoman

   Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, governor of Yemen, entered the city; the second Ottoman period began.

   Sultan: Abdulaziz
5. 1918
   Left Ottoman rule

   The second Ottoman period ended in 1918.

   Sultan: Mehmed VI

How the total is counted: years of actual Ottoman rule are added up. Temporary occupations shorter than a year (that were reversed) are not subtracted; they appear as notes in the chronology.

In the atlas

On the atlas map the city lies in the region “Yemen–Asir”. Map colours work at region level, so the city's own dates may differ from the region's by a few years.

Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “SAN‘A” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.