Mawza Exile
The Mawzaʿ Exile (Hebrew: גלות מוזע, romanized: gāluṯ mawzaʻ; 1679–1680) is an event experienced by Yemenite Jews, in which Jews living in nearly all cities and towns throughout Yemen were banished by decree of the ruler, al-Mahdi Ahmad, and sent to a dry and barren region of the country named Mawzaʿ. Only a few communities, inhabitants who lived in the far eastern quarters of Yemen (now Nihm, al-Jawf, and Khawlan in the east) were spared this fate by their mawali (Muslim patrons), who refused to obey the king's orders.