Islamic Emirate of Yemen

Islamic Emirate of Yemen إِمَارَةُ ٱلْيَمَنُ ٱلْإِسْلَامِيَّةْ
2015—2020
Flag
The Islamic emirate (white) at its territorial peak in February 2016
Status	Unrecognized independent state
Capital	Mukalla (2015–2016) Unknown 2016–2020
Largest city	Mukalla
Official languages	Yemeni Arabic
Religion	Salafism
Government	Islamic emirate
Emir
• 2015	Nasir al-Wuhayshi
• 2015 - 2020	Qasim al-Raymi
Deputies
History
• Established	Battle of Mukalla (2015)
• Disestablished	2020
Preceded by Succeeded by Yemen Southern Transitional Council Yemen Houthis
Today part of	Yemen

The Islamic Emirate of Yemen (Arabic: إِمَارَةُ ٱلْيَمَنُ ٱلْإِسْلَامِيَّةْ) was a short-lived Islamic state established by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula after the 2015 Battle of Mukalla, as part of their goal to establish an Islamic emirate in the wider Hadramaut.^[1] Mukalla became AQAP's headquarters, and the capital of the Islamic Emirate of Yemen.