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Pakistan–Yemen relations

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Pakistan-Yemen relations
Map indicating locations of Pakistan and Yemen

Pakistan

Yemen

Pakistan–Yemen relations are the foreign relations between Pakistan and Yemen. Relations date back when both nations were part of trading routes of ancient times. Parts of the land that now constitutes Pakistan and the territory of Yemen were part of the Persian Empire, and later of Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates. Yemen has a spiritual role in history of Pakistan. Zaydi school of Yemen produced a soldier Abdullah Ashtar who was a patrilineal descendant of Prophet Muhammad through Hasani branch. He was killed by Abbasid dynasty and he is buried in Karachi, Pakistan. He is famous as a Sufi saint in Pakistan.

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