Ottoman–Zaydi wars

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series of conflicts war

The Ottoman–Zaydi wars were a series of protracted military and political struggles between the Ottoman Empire and the Zaydi Imamate in Yemen over control of the region from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ottoman–Zaydi wars canonical	1
Zaydi Imamate forces	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	series of conflicts ⓘ war ⓘ
conflictBetween	Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaydi Imamate NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaydi Imamate of Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	19th century ⓘ
hasCause	Ottoman expansion into Yemen ⓘ control of Red Sea trade routes ⓘ control of Yemeni highlands ⓘ religious and political rivalry ⓘ resistance to Ottoman centralization ⓘ
hasLocation	Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMilitaryAspect	guerrilla warfare in mountainous terrain ⓘ sieges of fortified mountain towns ⓘ
hasPart	First Ottoman–Zaydi War NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman conquest of Yemen (1538–1635) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman reconquest of Yemen (19th century) NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Ottoman–Zaydi War NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemeni–Ottoman conflicts of the 17th century NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPoliticalAspect	struggle for regional hegemony in Yemen ⓘ
hasResult	eventual recognition of Zaydi rule over much of northern Yemen ⓘ intermittent Ottoman control over parts of Yemen ⓘ persistence of Zaydi autonomy in Yemeni highlands ⓘ weakening of Ottoman authority in Yemen over time ⓘ
involves	Sanaʽa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tihama coastal plain NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemeni highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainOpponent	Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaydi Imamate of Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponentReligion	Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaydi Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ottoman expansion in the Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman–Arab conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ history of Yemen ⓘ
relatedTo	History of Zaidism ⓘ History of the Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts in the Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea trade history ⓘ
significantEvent	Ottoman capture of Sanaʽa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman return to Yemen in the 19th century ⓘ Ottoman withdrawal from Yemen in the 17th century ⓘ Zaydi uprisings against Ottoman rule ⓘ
startTime	16th century ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century imperial competition ⓘ Early modern period ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rassid dynasty → conflict → Ottoman–Zaydi wars ⓘ

Ottoman garrisons in Yemen → opposedBy → Ottoman–Zaydi wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zaydi Imamate forces