The Kingdom of Yemen, officially the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen and also known simply as Yemen or, retrospectively, as North Yemen, was a state that existed between 1918 and 1970 in the northweste
Imam Yahya and his troops in Sana'a
Imam Yahya's children, 1930s
Abdullah Al-Wazir, March 1948
The North Yemen civil war, also known in Yemen as the 26 September Revolution, was a civil war fought in North Yemen from 1962 to 1970 between partisans of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom and supporters of
Kingdom of Yemen
…to 1962. Yemen was admitted to the United Nations on 30 September 1947. A republican coup was launched against the government in 1962, leading to the North Yemen Civil War. The royalist government only controlled the northern portions of the country from 1962 to 1970, until a peace deal in 1970 saw it largely dissolved…
Royalist Yemeni forces attempt to repel an Egyptian armored attack
Yemeni tribesmen who supported al-Badr
Yemeni tribesman being held as a hostage by al-Badr's forces
Muhammad al-Badr praying with his guards