History 11/11

Imagine if the British chose Socotra over Aden

Captain Haines of the Royal British Navy purchased the port of Aden from the sultan of Lahj in 1837, returning in January 1839 with 700...

Library of Dr. C. G. Brouwer

The Dutch scholar C. G. Brouwer. who has made a major contribution to our knowledge of Mocha and the Dutch experience in Yemen, has...

Yemeni Books Online

There are several online sources with pdfs of Arabic books on Yemen. One of these is Al-Yaman al-Maymūn with a variety of searchable...

Muẓaffar Mosque Minbar

Courtesy of Dr. Mohammed Jarhoom

A Tahirid Sultana

AIYS member Lily Filson has written about a Tahirid sultana and the account of the traveler Ludovico de Varthema. Check it out here.

The Fortress Ḥuṣn al-Zakātīn

From the Facebook site of Fahad Ismā‘īl al-Anbārī

Lecture on Ottoman Yemen

For details on this talk and how to join, go here: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/isa/detail/event-detail/template-event-isa-international-gue...

The Battle for Hodeidah in 1924

The recent battle for Hodeidah is not the first time it has been the target of foreign intervention. In October, 1924 the young Idrissi...

Zooming Ludovico di Varthema in Yemen

Please mark this talk on your calendars. Tomorrow, April 22nd at 12:25 PM (Central time), Dr. Lily Filson presents Ludovico de Varthema's...

World Heritage Day, April 18

Sanaa On World Heritage Day we celebrate the incredibly rich heritage, tangible and intangible, of Yemen through the ages and through the...

Weights in 19th century Mocha

The 19th century book of W. A. Browne lists weights around the world at the time. The weights used in Mocha are recorded on pp. 242-243....

Queen Elizabeth in Aden, 1954

In 1954 Britain's young Queen Elizabeth visited the port of Aden, then a British protectorate. There is a short Pathe newsreel available...

British bombing near Aden in 1937

رسمه تاريخيه من الصحافة الايطالية توثق قصف الطائرات البريطانية لاحدى القبائل خارج عدن لاعتراضها على شق طريق في اراضيها 2 مايو 1937م from...

Tahirids in German Prints

AIYS member Lily Filson (Tulane University) has received a fellowship from the Renaissance Society of America for a project entitled:...