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In 1948 the Imam Yahya was killed but his son Ahmad escaped only to return and reclaim Sana'a with the help of Zaydi tribesmen from the Northern Highlands of Yemen. He then let the Zaydi tribesmen (200,000 people) loot Sana'a and its people of anything of any value- including doors! (as a way to avenge the fact that the people of Sana'a did not rise up to help). After this Ahmad changed the capital from Sana'a to Ta'izz. The capitol swiched back to Sana'a after the civil war (1962 to 1970) that eventually ended the line of Imams.