Al Hajjarah is built upon a precipice and is famous for its towering houses
which are built onto the cliff faces. Its citadel was founded in the 12th
century by the Sulaihids, and became an important fortification during the
Ottoman occupation of Yemen, given the strategic importance of the location. Al
Hajjarah is known to be a producer of pepper.
Al Hajjarah contains the former residence
of Imam Yahya Muhammad, a signatory to the Italo-Yemeni Treaty of 1926
