Ottoman Expedition to Yemen

Timeline

1. 1561–1567Yemeni highlands · YemenZaydi imams organized resistance in northern Yemen and the highlands, challenging Ottoman rule in Sanaa and elsewhere. The empire needed to maintain control over coffee and spice trade routes and Red Sea ports, and decided to send reinforcements to suppress the revolt.
2. 1563–1567Southern Yemen and Aden · YemenThe Ottomans repeatedly dispatched reinforcements and supplies from Egypt and the Indian Ocean direction, attempting to restore control over Yemen's southern ports and inland communication lines, but mountain guerrilla warfare kept the cost of occupation rising.
3. 1568–1570Sanaa · YemenIn 1568 Sinan Pasha led a large expeditionary force south from Egypt, advancing via Zabid and other places, and around 1570 recaptured Sanaa, temporarily restoring Ottoman rule in Yemen, though local resistance was not fully quelled.