States of the Aden Protectorates
Note: By the Government of India Act of 2
Aug 1935 (effective 1 Apr 1937), Aden was dis-annexed from
British
India and split into two parts (1) the Colony of Aden and
the (2) Aden Protectorate. In order to
administer it more effectively, the protectorate was split
into a Western Aden Protectorate (headquarters:
Lahej) and an Eastern Aden Protectorate (headquarters:
Mukalla). Western Aden included 16
states and several subdivisions near the colony, and
Eastern Aden included the Hadhramaut, Socotra, and
several smaller divisions west of Muscat and Oman.
Government was by individual rulers, with
cooperation of the British Resident, subject to the
Governor of Aden. The Residents were represented locally
by British Advisers under the Advisory treaties signed
from 1937 on. Rulers of the four most prominent states
(Lahj, Qu`aiti, Mahra, and Fadli) were entitled to
hereditary salute of 9 guns. All states were abolished in
1967 (see Aden
Protectorates Map). All population numbers are
estimates (the first census was taken in 1973).
States of the Western Aden Protectorate
British Political Officers in Western Aden
Protectorate (at Lahej)
1 Apr 1937 - Aug 1938 Stewart
Henry Perowne
(b. 1901 - d. 1989)
1938 - 1939?
Robert Alexander Benjamin Hamilton
(b. 1903 - d. 1961)
(acting)
1940 - 1951
Basil William
Seager
(b. 1898 - d. 1977)
1947
John W.T. Allen
(acting for Seager) (b. 1904 - d. 1979)
1951 - 1954?
Sir Gerald Kennedy
Nicholas
(b. 1915 - d. 1990)
Trevaskis (1st time)
1955 - 1959
Robin Leonard Bidwell
(b. 1929
- d. 1994)
1959? - 1963
Sir Gerald Kennedy
Nicholas
(s.a.)
Trevaskis (2nd time)
1963 - 12 Nov 1967
Robin G.E. Young
(b. 1926 - d. 1990)
Senior Advisers (East)
(the Senior Political Advisers for Eastern Part of
Western Aden Protectorat
e)
1937 - 19..
....
19..
1963?
William David Heber-Percy
(b. 1939 - d. 2020)
1963 - Oct 1967
Ralph Hinshelwood Daly
(b. 1924 - d. 2006)
Senior Advisers (West)
(the Senior Political Advisers for Western
Part of Western Aden Protectorate)
1937 - 1938
....
1938 - 15 Apr 1947 Peter C.
Davey
(b. 1914 - d. 1947)
Jan 1948 - 1950/52 Nigel
Groom
(b. 1924 - d. 2014)
af.1954 -
c.1963
Ralph Hinshelwood
Daly
(s.a.)
1963 - Dec
1963
George
Henderson
(b. 1921 - d. 1963)
Dec 1963 - 1967
....
`Alawi
Capital: Al-QashaŽ
|
Population:
1,500 (1961)
|
17..
`Alawi Sheikhdom (al-Mashyakha al-`Alawiyya),
subject to Dali`.
1839
Independent
from Dali`.
1895
British protectorate.
1923 - 1928
Occupied by Yemen (Sana).
28 Aug
1967
Sheikhdom abolished.
Sheikhs (title Shaykh al-Mashyakha
al-`Alawiyya)
1800 -
1839
Sha'if al-`Alawi
1839 -
18..
Hilal ibn ShaŽif al-`Alawi
18.. - Mar
1875
ShaŽif ibn ShaŽif al-`Alawi
1875 -
1892
Sa`id ibn Salih al-`Alawi
1892 - Apr
1898
ShaŽif ibn Sa`id al-`Alawi
1898
al-Husayn ibn Salih al-`Alawi
1898 - Jul
1920
`Ali ibn Nasir al-`Alawi
1920 -
1925
`Abd al-Nabi ibn `Ali al-`Alawi
1925 -
1940
Muhsin ibn `Ali al-`Alawi
1940 - 28 Aug
1967
Salih ibn Sayil al-`Alawi
`Aqrabi (Akrabi)
Capital: Bir Ahmad
|
Population:
1,000 (1946)
|
17..
`Aqrabi Sheikhdom (al-Mashyakha al-`Aqrabiyya)
1888
British protectorate.
1915 - 1918
Under Ottoman occupation.
28 Aug
1967
Sheikhdom abolished.
Sheikhs (title Shaykh al-Mashyakha
al-`Aqrabiyya)
1770 -
1833
al-Mahdi ibn `Ali al-`Aqrabi
1833 -
1858
Haydara ibn al-Mahdi al-`Aqrabi
1858 - 8 Mar
1905
`Abd Allah ibn Haydara al-`Aqrabi
1905 -
1940
al-Fadl ibn `Abd Allah al-`Aqrabi
1940 -
1957
Muhammad ibn al-Fadl al-`Aqrabi
1957 - 28 Aug
1967
Mahmud ibn Muhammad al-`Aqrabi
`Awdhali (Audhali)
Capital: Lawdar
(Zarah c.1942)
|
Population:
15,000 (1961)
|
17..
al-`Awdhali Sultanate (al-Saltana al-`Awdhaliyya)
1914
British protectorate.
1952
Advisory
treaty with the British.
27 Aug
1967
Sultanate abolished.
Sultans (title Sultan al-Saltana
al-`Awdhaliyya)
c.1750 -
1780
Salih al-`Awdhali Ibn al-Awsaji
c.1780 -
1820
Ja`bil ibn Salih al-`Awdhali ibn
al-Awsaji
c.1820 -
1870
Ahmad ibn Salih al-`Awdhali ibn
al-Awsaji
1870 -
1890
Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-`Awdhali ibn
al-Awsaji
1890 -
1900
Hamid ibn Ja`bil al-`Awdhali ibn
al-Awsaji
1900 - 3 Sep 1928
al-Qasim ibn Hamid al-`Awdhali
ibn
al-Awsaji
1928 - 27 Aug
1967
Salih ibn al-Husayn ibn
Ja`bil (b. c.1921)
al-`Awdhali ibn al-Awsaji
1928 - bf.1942
Muhammad ibn Ja`bil al-`Awdhali
al-Awsaji -Regent
Lower `Awlaqi
(Aulaqi)
-
to 9
Sep1967
|
Capital: Ahwar
|
Population:
14,000 (1960)
|
17..
Lower `Awlaqi Sultanate (al-Saltana al-`Awlaqiyya
al-Sufla)
1888
British protectorate.
1944
Advisory treaty
with the British.
9 Sep
1967
Sultanate abolished.
Sultans (title Sultan al-Saltana al-`Awlaqiyya
al-Sufla)
.... -
....
`Ali ibn Munassar al-`Awlaqi
.... -
....
al-Mahdi ibn `Ali al-`Awlaqi
.... -
....
`Ali ibn al-Mahdi al-`Awlaqi
.... -
....
`Abd Allah ibn `Ali al-`Awlaqi
.... -
....
Nasir ibn Abi Bakr al-`Awlaqi
1855? - Jul
1863
Munassar ibn Abi Bakr al-`Awlaqi
1863 -
1892
Abu Bakr ibn `Abd Allah al-`Awlaqi
1892 -
1900
Salih ibn `Ali al-`Awlaqi
1900 - 5 Dec
1902
`Ali ibn Munassar al-`Awlaqi
6 Dec 1902 -
1912
Nasir ibn Abi Bakr al-`Awlaqi
1912 -
1924
Abu Bakr ibn Nasir al-`Awlaqi
1924 - Apr
1930
Munassar ibn `Ali al-`Awlaqi
1930 -
1947
`Aydarus ibn `Ali al-`Awlaqi
(d. 1947)
1947 - 9 Sep
1967
Nasir ibn `Aydarus al-`Awlaqi
c.1960
Abu Bakr ibn Ahmad
al-Awlaqi -Regent
Upper
`Awlaqi Sheikhdom
Capital: As-SaŽid
(Yashbum c.1946)
|
Population:
12,000 (1960)
|
17..
Upper `Awlaqi Sheikhdom (al-Mashyakha al-`Awlaqiyya
al-`Ulya)
1903
British protectorate.
1952
Advisory
treaty with the British.
27 Oct
1967
Sheikhdom abolished.
Sheikhs (title Shaykh al-Mashyakha
al-`Awlaqiyya al-`Ulya)
.... -
....
Amir Daha
.... -
....
Amir Yaslam ibn Daha
.... -
....
Amir `Ali ibn Yaslam
.... -
....
Amir `Amm Dayb ibn `Ali
al-Yaslami al-`Awlaqi
.... -
....
Amir Ruways ibn `Amm Dayb
al-Yaslami al-`Awlaqi
.... -
....
Amir Nasir ibn Ruways al-Yaslami
al-`Awlaqi
1871? - 2 Jun
1883 Amir
Farid ibn Nasir al-Yaslami
al-`Awlaqi
1883 -
1890
Amir Ruways ibn Farid al-Yaslami
al-`Awlaqi
1890 - Jul
1902
Amir `Amm Rassas ibn Farid
al-Yaslami al-`Awlaqi
1902 -
1959
Amir Muhsin ibn Farid al-Yaslami
al-`Awlaqi
1959 - 27 Oct
1967
Amir `Abd Allah ibn Muhsin
al-Yaslami al-`Awlaqi
Upper
`Awlaqi Sultanate
Capital: Nisab
|
Population:
19,000 (1960)
|
17..
Upper `Awlaqi Sultanate (al-Saltana al-`Awlaqiyya
al-`Ulya)
1904
British protectorate.
1952
Advisory treaty with the British.
29 Nov
1967
Sultanate abolished.
Sultans (title Sultan al-Saltana al-`Awlaqiyya
al-`Ulya)
.... -
....
Munassar
.... -
....
Farid ibn Munassar
.... -
1862
`Abd Allah ibn Farid
1862 - Sep
1879
`Awad ibn `Abd Allah
1879 - 11 Dec
1887
`Abd Allah ibn `Awad
Dec 1887 -
1935
Salih ibn `Abd Allah al-`Awlaqi
1935 - 29 Nov
1967
`Awad ibn Salih
al-`Awlaqi
(d. 1967/68)
Bayhan (Beihan)
-
to 28 Aug 1967
|
Capital: Bayhan al-Qisab
(An-Nuqub c.1946)
|
Population:
28,000 (1960)
|
16..
Emirate of Bayhan
(Amirat Bayhan).
1903
British
protectorate.
1944
Advisory treaty with
the British.
28 Aug
1967
Emirate abolished.
Emirs (title Amir Bayhan)
c.1750 -
1800
Sharif al-Husayn ibn Qays al-Hashimi
c.1800 -
1820
Suqbil ibn al-Husayn Abu al-Qaysi
al-Hashimi
.... -
....
Sharif al-Barak ibn `Abil
.... -
1903
Sharif Muhsin ibn al-Barak
al-`Abili al-`Abili al-Hashimi
1903 -
1935
Sharif Ahmad ibn Muhsin al-`Abili
al-`Abili al-Hashimi
1935 - 28 Aug 1967
Sharif Salih
ibn al-Husayn al-`Abili (b. 1935
- d. 2010)
al-`Abili al-Hashimi
1935 - 28 Aug 1967
Sharif Husain bin Ahmad bin Muhsin
al-`Abili al-Hashimi -Regent
Dali` (Dhala)
-
to 17
Aug 1967
|
Capital: DhalaŽ
|
Population:
27,000 (1960)
|
17..
Emirate of Dali` (Amirat Dali`), also known as
Amiri State.
1873 - 1878
Under Ottoman occupation.
1880
Informal British
protection.
1904
British protectorate (also Qutaibi Sheikhdom made a
British
protectorate and placed under Dali`).
1915 - 1918
Under Ottoman occupation.
1919 - 1928
Occupied by Yemen (Sana).
1944
Advisory treaty with
the British.
17 Aug
1967
Emirate abolished.
Emirs (title Amir Dali`)
.... -
....
Shafa`ul al-`Amiri
.... -
....
Ahmad ibn Shafa`ul al-`Amiri
.... -
....
al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-`Amiri
.... -
....
`Abd al-Hadi ibn al-Hasan al-`Amiri
1839?
Musa`id ibn al-Hasan al-`Amiri
.... - Jan
1872
Shafa`ul ibn `Abd al-Hadi al-`Amiri
Apr 1872 -
1873
`Ali ibn Muqbil al-`Amiri (1st time)
1873 - Dec
1873
Muhammad ibn Musa`id al-`Amiri
Jan 1874 - Apr
1874 `Ali ibn
Muqbil al-`Amiri (2nd time)
Apr 1874 - Mar
1878 `Abd
Allah ibn Muhammad al-`Amiri
Mar 1878 - 10 Sep 1886 `Ali
ibn Muqbil al-`Amiri (2nd time)
Sep 1886 - 22 Dec 1911 ShaŽif
ibn Sayf al-`Amiri
Dec 1911 -
1920
Nasir ibn Sha'if al-`Amiri (1st time)
1920 -
1928
Haydara ibn Nasir al-`Amiri
Jul 1928 -
1947
Nasir ibn Sha'if al-`Amiri (2nd time)
1947 -
1954
`Ali ibn `Ali al-`Amiri
1954 - 17 Aug
1967
Shafa`ul ibn `Ali al-`Amiri
Dathina
Capital: Mudiyah
|
Population: 12,000
(1967)
|
Constitution
(1962)
|
1947
State of Dathina (Dawlat al-Dathina), the local
sheikhs ceased
to be tributaries of Upper Awlaqi Sultanate.
14 Aug
1967
State abolished.
Chairmen of the Council of State (title Na'ib,
Ra'is Majlis al-Dawla)(for one-year
terms)
1947 af.1960
Majlis (the council of
sheikhs)
c.1962
al-Husayn ibn
Mansur al-Jabiri (1st time)
1965 - af.6 Apr 1966
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Jabiri (2nd time)
1966 - 14 Aug
1967
`Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaya
Fadli (Fadhli)
-
- to 27 Aug 1967
|
-
- Reported Flag Variant
|
Capital: Zinjibar
(ShuqraŽ to 1962)
|
Population:
55,000 (1960)
|
16..
Fadli Sultanate (al-Saltana al-Fadliyya)
1867
Informal British
protection.
1888
British protectorate.
1915 - 1918
Ottoman ally.
1944
Advisory treaty
with the British.
27 Aug
1967
Sultanate abolished.
Sultans (title Sultan al-Saltana al-Fadliyya)
16.. -
1670
`Uthman
1670 -
1700
al-Fadl ibn `Uthman
1700 -
1730
Ahmad ibn al-Fadl
1730 -
1760
`Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Fadli
1760 -
1789
Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah al-Fadli
1789 -
1805
`Abd Allah
1805 -
1819
Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah al-Fadli
1819 -
1828
`Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Fadli
1828 - 3 Feb
1870
Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah al-Fadli
Feb 1870 - 23 Aug 1877 Haydara
ibn Ahmad al-Fadli
1877
al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Fadli
(1st
time)
1877 - Mar
1907
Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al-Fadli
1907 -
1924
al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Fadli
(2nd
time)
1924 - 31 Mar
1927
`Abd al-Qadir ibn Ahmad al-Fadli
1927 -
1929
`Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn al-Fadli
21 May 1929 -
1933
al-Fadl ibn al-Husayn al-Fadli
1933 -
1936
`Abd al-Karim al-Fadli
1936 -
1941
Salih ibn al-Fadl al-Fadli
1941 - 21 Dec
1962
`Abd Allah ibn `Uthman al-Fadli
21 Dec 1962 - 9 Jul 1964 Ahmad ibn `Abd
Allah al-Fadli
10 Jul 1964 - 27 Aug 1967 Nasir ibn `Abd Allah
al-Fadli
Hawshabi (Haushebi)
Capital: Musaymir
|
Population:
3,100 (1960)
|
17..
Hawshabi Sultanate (al-Saltana al-Hawshabiyya)
(also referred to as Musaymir).
1895
British
protectorate.
1915 - 1918
Ottoman ally.
1944
Advisory treaty
with the British.
Aug 1967
Sultanate abolished.
Sultans (title Sultan al-Saltana
al-Hawshabiyya)
c.1730
al-Fajjar al-Hawshabi
c.1800
Sultan al-Hawshabi
1839? - 1 Jun
1858 Mani` ibn
Sallam al-Hawshabi
1858 -
1863
`Ubayd ibn Yahya al-Hawshabi
1863 - 4 May
1886
`Ali ibn Mani` (I)al-Hawshabi
1886 -
1894
Muhsin ibn `Ali (I) al-Hawshabi
(1st time)
1894 -
1895
al-Fadl ibn `Ali (usurper)
6 Mar 1895 - 28 Sep 1904 Muhsin ibn `Ali
(I) al-Hawshabi
(2nd time)
1904 - Aug
1922
`Ali ibn Mani` (II) al-Hawshabi
1922 -
19..
Muhsin ibn `Ali (II) al-Hawshabi
c.1941
as-Surur ibn Muhammad al-Hawshabi
bf.1947 -
1955
Muhammad ibn as-Surur al-Hawshabi (d. 1955)
1955 - Aug 1967
Faysal ibn
as-Surur al-Hawshabi
Lahj (Lahej)
-
to 13 Aug 1967
|
Capital: Lahj al-Hauta
|
Population:
50,000 (1960)
|
1728
Sultanate of Lahj (Saltanat Lahj), also known as
Abdali State.
1873
British
protectorate.
1915 - 1918
Under Ottoman occupation.
1919
Subayhi
Sheikhdoms (British protectorate from 1889) under
suzerainty of Lahj.
1944
Advisory treaty
with the British.
13 Aug
1967
Sultanate abolished.
Sultans (title Sultan Lahj)
1728 -
1742
al-Fadl I ibn `Ali al-Sallami
al-`Abdali
1742 -
1753
`Abd al-Karim I ibn al-Fadl
al-`Abdali
1753 -
1775
`Abd al-Hadi ibn `Abd al-Karim
al-`Abdali
1775 -
1791
al-Fadl II ibn `Abd al-Karim
al-`Abdali
1791 -
1827
Ahmad I ibn `Abd al-Karim
al-`Abdali
1827 - Nov
1839
Muhsin ibn al-Fadl al-`Abdali
(1st
time)
Nov 1839 - Dec
1839 Ahmad II
ibn Muhsin al-`Abdali
(1st
time)
Dec 1839 - Aug
1846 Muhsin
ibn al-Fadl al-`Abdali
(2nd
time)
11 Aug 1846 - Sep 1846 Sayyid
Isma`il ibn al-Hasan
al-Husayni (usurper)
Sep 1846 - 30 Nov 1847 Muhsin
ibn al-Fadl al-`Abdali
(3rd
time)
Dec 1847 - 20 Jan 1849 Ahmad
II ibn Muhsin al-`Abdali
(2nd
time)
Mar 1849 - 7 Apr 1863
`Ali I ibn Muhsin al-`Abdali
Apr 1863 -
1863
al-Fadl III ibn `Ali al-`Abdali
(1st
time)
1863 - 5 Jul
1874
al-Fadl IV ibn Muhsin al-`Abdali
5 Jul 1874 - 27 Apr 1898 al-Fadl III ibn
`Ali al-`Abdali
(2nd
time)
29 Apr 1898 - Mar 1914 Ahmad
III ibn al-Fadl al-`Abdalib (d. 1914)
(from 9 Nov 1901, Sir Ahmad III
ibn al-Fadl al-`Abdali)
Mar 1914 - 1915
`Ali II ibn Ahmad al-`Abdali
(from 8 Oct 1914, Sir `Ali II ibn
Ahmad al-`Abdali)
14 Dec 1915 - 18 Jun 1947 `Abd al-Karim II ibn
al-Fadl (d.
1947)
al-`Abdali (from 1 Feb 1918, Sir
`Abd al-Karim II ibn al-Fadl al-`Abdali)
18 Jun 1947 - 21 May 1952 al-Fadl V ibn `Abd
al-Karim
al-`Abdali
4 Jun 1952 - 10 Jul 1958 `Ali III ibn `Abd
al-Karim
al-`Abdali (from 1 Jan 1955, Sir (b. 1923 -
d. 2016)
`Ali
III ibn `Abd al-Karim al-`Abdali)
10 Jul 1958 - 13 Aug 1967 al-Fadl VI ibn
`Ali al-`Abdali
(acting with style Na'ib to 8 Dec 1958)
Presidents of the State Council (chief
ministers)
1951 - 1958
Sayyid Muhammad Ali
al-Jifri
SAL
1958 - 1967
....
Party abbreviation: SAL = South Arabian
League (Arab nationalist, pro-independence, right-wing,
1951-1967)
Maflahi (Muflahi)
Capital: al-Maflahi
(al-Jurba c.1946)
|
Population:
N/A
|
1850
Maflahi Sheikhdom (al-Mashyakha al-Maflahiyya), a
part (section)
of Upper
Yafa.
1963
Independent
from Upper Yafa.
13 Aug
1967
Sheikhdom abolished.
Sheikhs (title Shaykh al-Mashyakha
al-Maflahiyya)
1850 -
1885
al-Qasim al-Sakkaf
1885 -
1920
`Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Qasim
al-Sakkaf
1920 - 12 Aug
1967
al-Qasim ibn `Abd al-Rahman
(d. 1967)
Sha`ib
Capital: Awabil
(Bakhal c.1946)
|
Population:
5,000 (1960)
|
17..
Sheikhdom of Sha`ib (Mashyakhat Sha`ib), a part
(section) of
Upper
Yafa.
1919 - 1928
Occupied by Yemen (Sana).
1934
Independent from
Upper Yafa.
Aug
1967
Sheikhdom abolished.
Sheikhs (title Shaykh Sha`ib)
c.1850 -
1880
Mani` al-Saqladi
1880 -
1915
`Ali ibn Mani` al-Saqladi
1915 -
1935
Mutahhar ibn Mani` al-Saqladi
1935 -
1948
Muhammad ibn Muqbil al-Saqladi
Aug 1948 -
1954
Kassem ibn Mused ibn Ali al-Saqladi
1955 - 30 Mar
1963
Yahya ibn Muhammad al-Saqladi
1963 - 7 Jul
1965
Nashir ibn `Abd Allah al-Saqladi (d. 1965)
10 Jul 1965 - Aug 1967 Yahya
ibn Mutahhar al-Saqladi (b.
19.. - d. 2001)
Lower Yafa`
-
- .... - ....
|
-
- .... - 28 Aug 1967
|
Capital: JaŽar
(al-Qara c.1946)
|
Population:
35,000 (1967)
|
16..
Sultanate of Lower Yafa` (Saltanat Yafa` Bani `Afif-
literally Yafa` of the Banu `Afif)(referred to as
"Yafa").
1895
British protectorate.
1944
Advisory
treaty with the British.
28 Aug
1967
Sultanate abolished.
Sultans (title Sultan Yafa` Bani `Afif)
1681 -
c.1700
`Afif
c.1700 -
1720
Qahtan ibn `Afif
c.1720 -
1740
Sayf ibn Qahtan al-`Afifi
c.1740 -
1760
Ma`awda ibn Sayf al-`Afifi
c.1760 -
1780
Ghalib ibn Ma`awda al-`Afifi
c.1780 -
1800
`Abd al-Karim ibn Ghalib
al-`Afifi
c.1800 - 14 Dec
1841 `Ali ibn Ghalib
al-`Afifi
(b. 1726 - d. 1841)
Dec 1841 - 28 Sep 1873 Ahmad
ibn `Ali al-`Afifi
1873 - 26 May
1885
`Ali ibn Ahmad al-`Afifi
May 1885 - 19 Jul 1891 Muhsin
ibn Ahmad al-`Afifi
1891 - 27 Jun
1893
Ahmad ibn `Ali al-`Afifi
1893 - 4 Jan
1899 Abu
Bakr ibn Sha'if al-`Afifi
1899 - Jan/Feb
1916 `Abd
Allah ibn Muhsin al-`Afifi
1916 -
1925
Muhsin ibn `Ali al-`Afifi
1925 - 28 Jan 1960
`Aydarus ibn
Muhsin al-`Afifi
(b. 1886 - d. 1960)
25 Feb 1960 - 28 Aug 1967 Mahmud ibn `Aydarus
al-`Afifi (b. 1949 - d. 1972)
(de facto from 10 Feb 1959)
1960 196.
Haydara ibn Mansur -Regent
Upper Yafa`
-
- .... - ....
|
-
- ... - 2 Sep 1967
|
Capital: Mahjaba
|
Population:
35,000 (1967)
|
17..
Sheikhdom of Upper Yafa` (Mashyakhat Yafa` al-Sufla)
(Yafa` al-Sufla - literally Lower Yafa`).
c.1800
Sultanate of Upper Yafa` (Saltanat Yafa` al-Sufla),
included
several
subdivisions (sections), as of 1930: Al-Busi, Daudi,
Dubi,
Hadrami, Maflahi, Mawsata, Sha`ib.
1903
British protectorate.
2 Sep
1967
Sultanate of Upper Yafa` abolished.
Sheikhs (title Shaykh Yafa` al-Sufla)
c.1730 -
1735
`Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Harhara
c.1735 -
1750
Ahmad ibn `Ali Al Harhara
c.1750 -
1780
Salih ibn Ahmad Al Harhara
c.1780 -
1800
`Umar ibn Salih Al Harhara
Sultans (title Sultan Yafa` al-Sufla)
c.1800 -
1810
Qahtan ibn `Umar ibn Salih Al
Harhara
c.1810 -
1815
`Umar ibn Qahtan ibn `Umar Al
Harhara
c.1815 -
1840
Qahtan ibn `Umar ibn Qahtan Al
Harhara
c.1840 -
1866
`Abd Allah ibn Nasir ibn Salih Al
Harhara
1866 -
1875
al-Husayn ibn Abi Bakr ibn Qahtan
Al
Harhara
1875 - 28 Apr
1895
Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn Salih ibn Ahmad
Al
Harhara
1895 -
1903
Qahtan ibn `Umar ibn al-Husayn Al
Harhara
4 Dec 1903 -
1913
Salih ibn `Umar ibn al-Husayn Al
Harhara
(1st time)
1913 -
1919
`Umar ibn Qahtan ibn `Umar Al Harhara
1919 -
1927
Salih ibn `Umar ibn al-Husayn Al
Harhara
(2nd time)
1927 - 2 Sep
1967
Muhammad ibn Salih ibn `Umar
(d. 1967/68)
Al
Harhara
Dubi (Dhubi)
Capital: Dhi Sura
|
Population:
N/A
|
17..
Sheikhdom of Dubi (al-Mashyakha al-Dubiyya), a
part (section) of
Upper
Yafa.
1967
Sheikhdom abolished.
Sheikhs (title Shaykh al-Mashyakha al-Dubiyya)
c.1750 -
1780
Muhammad
c.1780 -
1810
Jabir ibn Muhammad
c.1810 -
1840
`Atif ibn Jabir
c.1840 -
1870
Ahmad ibn `Atif
c.1870 -
1900
Salih ibn Ahmad ibn `Atif Jabir
1900 -
1915
Muhammad ibn Muthana ibn `Atif Jabir
- together with -
1900 -
1915
`Umar ibn Muthana ibn `Atif Jabir
- later jointly with -
1915 -
1946
Salim ibn Salih ibn `Atif Jabir
1946 -
1967
`Abd al-Rahman ibn Salih
bf.1960 - af.1966
Salih ibn Salim -Regent
Hadrami
Capital: Ash-Shibr
|
Population:
N/A
|
1820
Hadrami Sheikhdom (al-Mashyakha al-Hadramiyya), a
part (section)
of Upper
Yafa.
1967
Sheikhdom abolished.
Sheikhs (title Shaykh al-Mashyakha al-Hadramiyya)
1820 -
1850
Ghalib al-Hadrami
1850 -
1870
Muhammad ibn Ghalib al-Hadrami
1870 -
1900
Muhsin ibn Ghalib al-Hadrami
1900 -
1915
Muhsin ibn Muhsin al-Hadrami
1915 -
1945
Nasi ibn Muhsin al-Hadrami
1945 -
1958
Muhammad ibn Muhsin al Hadrami
1959
`Abd Allah ibn Muhammad
al-Hadrami
1959 -
1967
`Abd al-Qawi ibn Muhammad
al-Hadramia
Mawsata
Capital: al-Qudma
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Population:
N/A
|
1780
State of Mawsata (Dawlat Mawsata), a part
(section) of Upper
Yafa.
1860
Divided into two lineages.
Jun
1967
State abolished.
Rulers (title Naqib)
1780 -
1810
al-Qasim Al Harhara
1810 -
1840
`Ali ibn al-Qasim Al Harhara
1840 -
1860
`Askar ibn `Ali Al Harhara
- Lineage 1 -
1860 -
1907
`Ali ibn `Askar Al Harhara
1907 -
1940
Naji ibn `Ali ibn `Askar Al
Harhara
1940 - Jan
1963
Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr ibn `Ali
Al Harhara
Feb 1963 - Jun
1967 `Aydarus
ibn Ahmad Al Harhara
- Lineage 2 -
1860 -
1920
Muhsin ibn `Askar Al Harhara
1920 -
1946
Muhammad ibn Muhsin ibn `Askar
Al Harhara
1946 -
1959
al-Husayn ibn Salih ibn Muhsin
Al Harhara
1959 - 1967
Salih ibn al-Husayn ibn
Salih
Al Harhara
States of the Eastern Aden Protectorate
British Political Officers in Eastern Aden
Protectorate and Residents Hadhramaut States
(Resident Advisers at Mukalla, Hadhramaut)
1937 -
1940
William Harold Ingrams (1st time) (b.
1897 - d. 1973)
1940 - 1942
George Andrew Joy
(b. 1896 - d.
1974)
1942 - 1944
William Harold Ingrams (2nd time) (s.a.)
1944 - 1945
Sir Vincent
Goncalves Glenday (b.
1891 - d. 1970)
1945 -
1949
Charles Henry Joseph
Sheppard (b. 1897
- d. 19..)
1949 - 1958
John Edmund Hugh
Boustead (b.
1895 - d. 1980)
1958 - 1960
Alastair James
McIntosh
(b. 1913 - d. 1973)
1960 - 1964
Arthur F.
Watts
(b. 1916 - d. 2005)
1964 - 1966
Vincent Edward Frederick
Eyre (b. 1914 - d. 2007)
1966 -
1967
James Norrie
Ellis
(b. 1926 - d. 2000)
1967
Michael Armstrong Crouch
(b.
1935 - d. 2013)
al-Hawra
Capital: al-Hawra
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Population:
300 (1946)
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18..
Sheikhdom of al-Hawra (Mashyakhat al-Hawra)
1888
British protectorate.
1951?
Incorporated into Wahidi
Bal Haf.
Sheikhs (title Shaykh al-Hawra)
1858? - 6 May
1895 `Abd
Allah ibn Muhammad Ba Shahid
1895 - Feb
1896
Sa`if ibn `Abd Allah Ba Shahid
Feb 1896 - 1 Mar 1900
Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah Ba Shahid
Mar 1900 - 6 Oct 1917
Salih ibn `Awad Ba Shahid
(interrupted in May 1904)
Oct 1917 -
1951
Awad ibn Salih Ba Shahid
al-`Irqa
Capital: al-`Irqa
|
Population:
800 (1946)
|
18..
Sheikhdom of al-`Irqa (Mashyakhat al-`Irqa)
1888
British protectorate.
1951?
Incorporated
into Wahidi Bal
Haf.
Sheikhs (title Shaykh al-`Irqa)
.... - 2 Jan
1901
`Awad ibn Muhammad Ba Das
1901 -
193.
Ahmad ibn `Awad Ba Das al-Dhiebi
bf.1949 -
1951
Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah ibn `Abd Allah
ibn
`Awad Ba Das al-Dhiebi
Mahra (Qishn and Socotra)
-
- 18th cent. - ...
|
-
- .... - 16 Oct 1967
|
Capital: Tamrida
(Qishn to c.1890)
|
Population:
30,000 (1960)
|
1506 -
1512
Socotra Island occupied by Portugal (Socotorá).
1549
Mahri Sultanate of Qishn and Suqutra (Quisn and
Socotra).
1876
Informal British protection.
23 Apr
1886
British protectorate.
1954
Advisory
treaty with the British.
16 Oct
1967
Sultanate abolished.
Sultans (title Sultan al-Dawla al-Mahriyya
[Sultan Qishn wa Suqutra])
c.1750 -
1780
`Afrar al-Mahri
c.1780 -
1800
Taw`ari ibn `Afrar al-Mahri
c.1800 -
1820
Sa`d ibn Taw`ari Ibn `Afrar al-Mahri
c.1834
Sultan ibn `Amr (on Suqutra)
c.1834
Ahmad ibn Sultan (at Qishn)
1835 -
1845
`Amr ibn Sa`d ibn Taw`ari al-`Afrar
al-Mahri
1845 -
18..
Taw`ari ibn `Ali `Afrar
al-Mahri
18.. -
18..
Ahmad ibn Sa`d `Afrar
al-Mahri
18.. -
18..
`Abd Allah ibn Sa`d Afrar al-Mahri
18.. -
18..
`Abd Allah ibn Salim `Afrar
al-Mahri
1875? -
1907
`Ali ibn `Abd Allah `Afrar al-Mahri
1907 - af.
1928
`Abd Allah ibn `Isa al-`Afrar al-Mahri
bf.1946 - Feb
1952
Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah al-`Afrar
al-Mahri
Feb 1952 - 16 Oct 1967 `Isa
ibn `Ali ibn Salim al-`Afrar
(d. 1976)
al-Mahri
Socotra
1506 -
1512
Socotra Island occupied by Portugal (Socotorá).
1549 - 16 Oct 1967
Part of
Mahri Sultanate of Qishn and Suqutra (s.a.)
Jan 1834 -
1834
British East Indian Company occupation.
20 Jun 2020
-
Occupied by forces of the Secessionist Southern
Transitional
Council.
Portuguese Governors
1506 -
1509?
António de Noronha
1509 -
1512
Pêro Ferreira Fogaça
British commander
Jan 1834 -
1835
James Raymomd Wellsted
(b. 1805 - d. 1842)
SayŽun (Kathiri of Seiyun)
-
bf.1917
- 2 Oct 1967
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Capital: SayŽun (Seiyun)
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Population:
66,000 (1960)
|
14..
Kathiri Sultanate at Shibam and Seiyun.
c.1717 - 1847
Seiyun under al-Dhubi sultans.
1803 - 1858
Kathiri rule restored in Shibam.
1847
Kathiri Sultanate of SayŽun (Saltanat Say'un
al-Kathiriyya).
1873
Recognized
Ottoman suzerainty.
1918
British protectorate.
1939
Advisory treaty
with the British.
2 Oct
1967
Abolished.
Sultans in Shibam
1803 - 1808
Ja`far
ibn `Ali
al-Kathiri
(d. 1808)
1809 - 1825
`Umar ibn Ja`far al-Kathiri
182. - 1858
Mansur ibn Umar al-Kathiri
(d. 1858)
Sultans (title Sultan Say'un a-Kathiri)
1847 - Oct
1870
Ghalib ibn Muhsin Al
Kathiri
(b. 1808 d. 1870)
Oct 1870 - May
1929 al-Mansur
ibn Ghalib Al Kathiri (d.
1929)
May 1929 -
1938
`Ali ibn al-Mansur Al Kathiri
(d.
1938)
1938 - 24 Apr
1949
Ja`far ibn al-Mansur Al Kathiri
(d. 1949)
Apr 1949 - 2 Oct 1967 al-Husayn
ibn `Ali Al Kathiri
Tarim
Capital: Tarim
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Population:
N/A
|
1224
Tarim is capital of Banu'l-Yamani Emirs of Hadramaut.
16th
cent.
Under the Kathiri Sultans at Shibam and Seiyun.
c.1717 - 1847
Kathiri rule interrupted
by al-Gharama and related sultans.
1916
Sultanate of Tarim (Saltanat Tarim), a
subdivision of SayŽun.
1945
Incorporated into SayŽun.
Sultans (title Saltan Tarim)
1916 - 1924
Muhsin ibn Ghalib al-Kathiri
(d. 1924)
1924 - Mar
1945
`Abd Allah ibn Muhsin al-Kathiri
- jointly with -
1924 - Mar
1945
Muhammad ibn Muhsin al-Kathiri
Shihr
and Mukalla (Qu`aiti)
-
- 1881 - 2 Oct 1939
|
-
- 2 Oct 1939 - 17 Sep 1967
|
Capital: al-Mukalla
(ash-Shihr to 1910)
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Population: 230,000
(1960)
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Text
of Anthem
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1707
Mukalla taken by al-Kasadi from al-Kathiri.
1752
Shihr under
rule of al-Burayki.
1858
Qu`aiti polity
founded at Shibam.
Nov 1866 - May
1867 ash-Shihr
occupied by Al Kathiri.
10 Nov
1881
Qu`aiti annexed the Mukalla state, ash-Shihr and
al-Mukalla
states joined.
1882
Informal
British protection.
1888
al-Shihr and al-Mukalla a British protectorate.
1902
Qu`aiti Sultanate of ash-Shihr and al-Mukalla
(Saltanat ash-Shihr wa al-Mukalla al-Qu`aytiyya).
1937
Advisory
treaty with the British.
1953
Qu`aiti State
in Hadhramauth, adopted as official name.
17 Sep
1967
Sultanate abolished.
ash-Shihr
Rulers (title Wali)
1752 -
1800
.... Al Burayk
1800 -
1830
Naji` Al Burayk
1842 - Nov
1866
`Ali ibn Naji` Al Burayk
Nov 1866 - May
1867 occupied
by Al Kathir
Rulers (title Hakim, Jama`dar)
1867 - 10 Nov
1881
`Abd Allah ibn `Umar ibn `Awad al-Qu`ayti (d. 1888)
+ `Awad ibn `Umar ibn `Awad al-Qu`ayti
(d. 1910)
(from 1858 in Shibam)
al-Mukalla
Rulers (title Naqib)
1707 -
1740
Ahmad ibn Salim al-Kasadi
1740 -
1770
Salim ibn Ahmad al-Kasadi
1770 -
1800
Salih ibn Salim al-Kasadi
1800 - Aug
1842
`Abd al-Rabb ibn Salih al-Kasadi
Aug 1842 - 26 Apr 1851
Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Habib al-Kasadi
1851 - 11 May
1873
Salih ibn Muhammad
al-Kasadi
(d. 1873)
1873 - 10 Nov
1881
`Umar ibn Salih al-Kasadi
(d. af.1886)
Ghayl
1866
State of Ghayl Ba Wazir (Ghayl Ba Wazir),
previously part of Shihr.
1879
Annexed
to Qu`aiti state of Shihr.
Rulers (titles Hakim and Jama`dar)
1863 1868
`Abd Allah
ibn `Ali al-`Awlaqi
(d. 1868)
1868 1879
Muhsin ibn `Abd
Allah al-`Awlaqi
Shihr and Mukalla
(Qu`aiti)
-
- 1881 - 2 Oct 1939
|
-
- 2 Oct 1939 - 17 Sep 1967
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Rulers (titles Hakim, Jama`dar)
10 Nov 1881 - 25 Nov 1888 `Abd Allah ibn `Umar
ibn `Awad (d. 1888)
al-Qu`ayti
-
jointly with -
10 Nov 1881 -
1902
`Awad ibn `Umar ibn `Awad al-Qu`ayti (d. 1910)
1888 - 189.
Munassar ibn `Abd Allah
al-Qu`ayti (d. af.1904)
(in opposition in Shibam,
claimed to be joint ruler)
Sultans (titles Sultan ash-Shihr wa al-Mukalla
al-Qu`ayti, Sultan Nawaz Jang)
1902 - Dec
1910
`Awad ibn `Umar ibn `Awad al-Qu`ayti (s.a.)
Dec 1910 - Jun
1922 Ghalib I
ibn `Awad
al-Qu`ayti (d.
1922)
Jun 1922 - 6 Mar 1936
`Umar ibn `Awad
al-Qu`ayti
(d. 1936)
6 Mar 1936 - 27 May 1956 Salih ibn Ghalib
al-Qu`ayti
(b. 1884 - d. 1956)
(from 1940, Sir Salih ibn Ghalib al-Qu`ayti)
27 May 1956 - 10 Oct 1966 `Awad ibn Salih
al-Qu`ayti
(b. 1912 - d. 1966)
10 Oct 1966 - 17 Sep 1967 Ghalib II ibn `Awad
al-Qu`ayti (b. 1948)
State Secretaries, Chairmen of the State Council
(chief ministers)
1939 - 19..
....
bf.1945 - 1950
Sheikh Sayf ibn `Ali
al-BuŽali
1950 - 1957
Sheikh al-Qaddal ibn SaŽid al-Qaddal
(b. 1903 - d. 1975)
1957 - 1964
Jehan Khan
1964 - 1967
Sayyid Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-`Attas
British Resident Advisers in Hadhramaut (at
Mukalla)
1937 - 1967
the British
Political Officers in
Eastern Aden Protectorate
Wahidi
16..
Wahidi Sultanate (Saltanat al-Wahidiyya)
1830
Split into four states:
- Wahidi Sultanate of BaŽl Haf (Saltanat Ba al-Haf
al-Wahidiyya)
- Wahidi Sultanate of `Azzan (Saltanat `Azzan
al-Wahidiyya)
- Wahidi Sultanate of BiŽr `Ali `Amaqin
(Saltanat Bi'r `Ali `Amaquin al-Wahidiyya)
- Wahidi Sultanate of Habban (Saltanat Habban
al-Wahidiyya)
4 May
1881
BaŽl Haf, `Azzan and Habban joined (in 1885, Habban is
restored
as a subdivision of BaŽl Haf).
1888
BaŽl Haf and `Azzan (including Habban), and BiŽr
`Ali Amaqin
British
protectorates.
1949
Advisory
treaty of Bal Haf with the British.
23 Oct
1962
Joint sultanate renamed Wahidi Sultanate (al-Saltana
al-Wahidiyya);
BiŽr `Ali and Habban remain subordinate sultanates
(subdivisions).
Oct
1967
All states are
abolished.
Sultans (title Sultan al-Wahidi)
c.1640 -
1670
Salih ibn Nasir al-Wahidi
c.1670 -
1706
al-Hadi ibn Salih al-Wahidi
1706 -
1766
al-Hasan ibn al-Hadi al-Wahidi
1766 -
1771
al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan al-Wahidi
1771 -
1771
Sa`id ibn al-Hasan al-Wahidi
1771 -
1810
Ahmad ibn al-Hadi al-Wahidi
1810 -
1830
`Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi
Wahidi Sultanate
of BaŽl Haf
Sultans (title Sultan Ba al-Haf al-Wahidi)
.... -
....
Nasir ibn `Abd Allah
.... -
....
Ahmad ibn Nasir
.... - ....
Muhsin ibn `Ali
.... - ....
al-Husayn ibn `Abd Allah
.... - ....
`Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn
.... -
1877
Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al-Wahidi
1877 - 1881
Salih ibn Ahmad
1881 - 4 May 1881
`Umar ibn al-Husayn al-Wahidi
Wahidi Sultanate of
`Azzan
Sultans (title Sultan `Azzan al-Wahidi)
1830 -
18..
`Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi
1850 -
1870
Muhsin ibn `Ali al-Wahidi
1870 - May 1881
`Abd Allah ibn `Umar al-Wahidi
Wahidi Sultanate of BaŽl
Haf and `Azzan (from 1962, Wahidi Sultanate)
-
to Oct 1967
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Capital: BaŽl Haf
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Population:
N/A
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Sultans (title Sultan Ba al-Haf wa `Azzan
al-Wahidi; from 23 Oct 1962
Sultan al-Saltana al-Wahidiyya)
May 1881 - Jan
1885 `Abd Allah
ibn `Umar
15 Jan 1885 -
1892
al-Hadi ibn Salih al-Wahidi
Ju 1892 -
1893
Muhsin ibn Salih al-Wahidi (1st time)
1893 -
1904
Salih ibn `Abd Allah al-Wahidi
14 Dec 1904 - Jan 1919 Muhsin
ibn Salih al-Wahidi (2nd time)
Jan 1919 -
1948
`Ali ibn Muhsin al-Wahidi
1948 - 19 Feb
1967 Nasir
ibn `Abd Allah al-Wahidi
Regent (title Hakim)
20 Feb 1967 - Oct 1967 `Ali ibn
Muhammad ibn Sa`id al-Wahidi
Wahidi
Sultanate of BiŽr `Ali `Amaqin
Capital: BiŽr `Ali
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Population:
3,000 (1946)
|
23 Oct
1962
Incorporated into Wahidi.
Sultans (title Sultan Bi'r `Ali `Amaqi
al-Wahidi)
1830 -
18..
`Abd Allah ibn Talib al-Wahidi
1842 -
1875
al-Hadi ibn Talib al-Wahidi
1875 -
1880
Talib ibn al-Hadi al-Wahidi
1880 - Mar
1893
Muhsin ibn Salih al-Wahidi
1893 -
1916
Salih ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi
1916 -
1940
Nasir ibn Talib al-Wahidi
1940 -
1955
`Alawi ibn Muhsin al-Wahidi
1955 - 23 Oct
1962
`Alawi ibn Salih al-Wahidi
(continues as subordinate ruler to Oct 1967)
Wahidi Sultanate of
Habban
-
to Oct 1967
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Capital: Habban
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Population:
N/A
|
23 Oct
1962
Incorporated into Wahidi.
Sultans (style Sultan Habban al-Wahidi)
1830 -
1840
al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi
1850 -
1870
`Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn al-Wahidi
1870 -
1877
Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al-Wahidi
1877 - May
1881
Salih ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi
May 1881 - Jan
1885 Interregnum
Jan 1885 -
1919
Nasir ibn Salih al-Wahidi
1919 -
19..
al-Husayn ibn `Ali al-Wahidi
bf.1962 - 23 Oct 1962
al-Husayn ibn `Abd Allah al-Wahidi
(continues as subordinate ruler to Oct 1967)
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