116. Strategic Location?

According to the Jesuit and traveller Jeronimo Lobo, who sailed the Red Sea in 1625, this place (marked in red) was “ formerly of limited reputation and trade but since the Turkish assumption of power throughout Arabia, it became the major city of the territory under Turkish domination, even though it was not the Pasha's place of residence, which was two days' journey inland in the city of Sana'a. Its importance as a port was also due to the Ottoman law that required all ships entering the Red Sea to put in at the port and pay duty on their cargoes.”

Which place is Lobo talking about?