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States of the Aden Protectorates
| States of the Western Aden Protectorate Alwai - Aqrabi
(Akrabi) - Awdhali
(Audhali) - Bayhan (Beihan)
- Dali (Dhala) - Dathina - Dubi
- Fadli (Fadhli) - Hadrami - Hawshabi
(Haushebi) - Lahj (Lahej)
- Lower Awlaqi (Aulaqi)
- Lower Yafa - Maflahi (Muflahi) - Mawsata - Shaib
- Upper Awlaqi
sheikh - Upper
Awlaqi sultan - Upper
Yafa - States of the Eastern Aden Protectorate
- Barhut - al-Hawra - al-Irqa
- Mahra - Qasm
- Sayun (Seiyun) - Shabwa - Tarim
(Hadramut) - ash-Shihr
WaŽl Mukalla (Quaiti Sultanate of Shir and
Mukalla) - Wahidi - Wahidi Sultanate
of BaŽl Haf - Wahidi Sultanate of
`Azzan - Wahidi
Sultanate of BaŽl Haf and `Azzan (from 1962,
Wahidi Sultanate) - Wahidi
Sultanate of BiŽr `Ali `Amaqin - Wahidi Sultanate
of Habban - |
Note: By the Government of India Act of 2 Aug 1935 (effective 1 Apr 1937), Aden was dis-annexed from India and split into two parts (1) the Colony of Aden and (2) Aden Protectorate. In order to administer it more effectively, the protectorate was split into Western Aden Protectorate (capital: Lahej) and Eastern Aden Protectorate (capital: Mukalla). Western Aden included 21 sultanates near the colony, and Eastern Aden included the Hadhramaut, Soctra 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. See Aden Protectorates Map
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)(Sr. PAO for eastern
WAP)
1937 - 1967
....
Senior Advisers (West)(Sr. PAO for
western WAP)
1937 - 1967
....
`Alawi
1839
`Alawi Sheikhdom (al-Mashyakha al-`Alawiyya)
1895
British protectorate.
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)
17..
`Aqrabi Sheikhdom (al-Mashyakha al-`Aqrabiyya)
1888
British protectorate.
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)
....
al-`Awdhali Sultanate (al-Saltana al-`Awdhaliyya)
1890
British protectorate.
Sep
1967
Sheikhdom 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 - Sep
1967
Salih ibn al-Husayn ibn Ja`bil
al-`Awdhali ibn al-Awsaji
1928 -
19..
Muhammad Ja`bil -Regent
Lower `Awlaqi (Aulaqi)
-
![[Flag of the Sultanate
of Lower Awlaqi to 1967 (South Yemen)]](ye-lawla.gif)
- to 29 Nov 1967
1890 British protectorate.
29 Nov 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
1947 - 29 Nov
1967
Nasir ibn `Aydarus al-`Awlaqi
Upper `Awlaqi Sheikhdom
....
Upper `Awlaqi Sheikhdom (al-Mashyakha al-`Awlaqiyya
al-`Ulya)
1890
British protectorate.
28 Aug
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 - 28 Aug
1967
Amir `Abd Allah ibn Muhsin
al-Yaslami al-`Awlaqi
Upper `Awlaqi Sultanate
17..
Upper `Awlaqi Sultanate (al-Saltana al-`Awlaqiyya
al-`Ulya)
1890
British protectorate.
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
1935 - 29 Nov
1967
`Awad ibn Salih al-`Awlaqi
Bayhan (Beihan)
-
![[Flag of Bayhan Emirate
to 1967 (South Yemen)]](ye-beiha.GIF)
- to Jul 1967
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 - Jul
1967
Sharif Salih ibn al-Husayn
al-`Abili (b. 1935)
al-`Abili al-Hashimi
1935 - 28 Aug 1967
Husain bin Ahmad Al Muhsin -Regent
Dali`(Dhala)
-
![[Flag of Dali Emirate
to 1967 (South Yemen)]](fsa-dhal.gif)
- to 17 Aug 1967
1904 British protectorate.
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
....
State of Dathina (Dawlat al-Dathina)
14 Aug
1967
State abolished.
Chairmen of the Council of State (title Na'ib,
Ra'is Majlis al-Dawla)(for one-year
terms)
1965 - 6? Apr
1966? al-Husayn ibn
Mansur al-Jabiri
1966 - 14 Aug
1967
`Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaya
Dubi
17..
Sheikhdom of Dubi (al-Mashyakha al-Dubiyya)
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
Fadli (Fadhli)
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![[Flag of Fadli
Sultanate to 1967 (South Yemen)]](ye-fadli.GIF)
![[Variant Flag
of Fadli Sultanate (South Yemen)]](ye-fadli2.gif)
17.. Fadli Sultanate (al-Saltana al-Fadliyya)
1890 British protectorate.
29 Nov 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 - 29 Nov 1967 Nasir ibn `Abd Allah
al-Fadli
Hadrami
1820
Hadrami Sheikhdom (al-Mashyakha al-Hadramiyya)
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-Hadrami
Hawshabi (Haushebi)
17..
Hawshabi Sultanate (al-Saltana al-Hawshabiyya)
(also referred to as Musaymir).
29 Nov
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
19.. -
19..
as-Surur ibn Muhammad al-Hawshabi
1947? -
1955
Muhammad ibn as-Surur al-Hawshabi (d. 1955)
1955 - 29 Nov
1967
Faysal ibn as-Surur al-Hawshabi
Lahj (Lahej)
-
![[Flag of Sultanate of
Lahej to 1967 (South Yemen)]](ye-lahej.gif)
- to Aug 1967
1918 Liberated from Ottoman Empire suzerainty
and made a British protectorate.
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
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)
`Ali
III ibn `Abd al-Karim al-`Abdali)
10 Jul 1958 - Aug 1967 al-Fadl
VI ibn `Ali al-`Abdali
(acting with style Na'ib to 8 Dec 1958)
Maflahi (Muflahi)
1850
Maflahi Sheikhdom (al-Mashyakha al-Maflahiyya)
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)
1967
Nasir ibn al-Sakkaf
(d. 2000)
Mawsata
1780
State of Mawsata (Dawlat Mawsata)
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 - 29 Nov
1967
Salih ibn al-Husayn ibn Salih
Al
Harhara
Sha`ib
17..
Sheikhdom of Sha`ib (Mashyakhat Sha`ib)
Jun
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 - Sep 1967 Yahya
ibn Mutahhar al-Saqladi (d.
2001)
Lower Yafa`
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![[Lower Yafa
Sultanate former flag (South Yemen)]](ye-lyaf1.GIF)
![[Flag of Lower
Yafa Sultanate flag to 1967 (South Yemen)]](ye_lyaf.gif)
17..
Sultanate of Lower Yafa` (Saltanat Yafa` Bani `Afif-
literally Yafa` of the Banu `Afif)(referred to as
"Yafa").
1895
British protectorate.
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)
Upper Yafa`
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![[Sultanate of
Upper Yafa former flag (South Yemen)]](ye_lya1.gif)
![[ Sultanate of
Upper Yafa flag to 1967 (South Yemen)]](ye-uyafa.gif)
17..
Sheikhdom of Upper Yafa` (Mashyakhat Yafa` al-Sufla)
(Yafa` al-Sufla - literally Lower Yafa`)
(also referred to as Mahjaba).
c.1800
Sultanate of Upper Yafa` (Saltanat Yafa` al-Sufla)
1895
British protectorate.
29 Nov
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 -
1948
`Umar ibn Salih ibn `Umar Al Harhara
1948 - 29 Nov
1967
Muhammad ibn Salih ibn `Umar
Al
Harhara
States of the Eastern Aden Protectorate
British Political Officers in Eastern Aden
Protectorate (Resident Advisers at Mukalla)
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
Vincent Goncalves
Glenday
(b. 1891 - d. 1970)
1945 -
1949
Charles Henry J.
Sheppard
(b. 1897 - d. ....)
Oct 1949 - 1958
John
Edmund Hugh Boustead
(b. 1895 - d. 1980)
1958 -
1959/60
Alastair James McIntosh
(b. 1913 - d. 1973)
1959/60 - 1963
Arthur F.
Watts
(b. 1916 - d. 2005)
1963 - 1966
Vincent Edward Frederick Eyre
(b. 1914 - d. 2007)
1964?
Philip Stephen Allfree
(acting for Eyre)
1964
Michael Armstrong Crouch
(b. 1935 - d. 2013)
(acting for Eyre)
1966 -
1967
James Norrie
Ellis
(b. 1926 - d. 2000)
1967
Michael Armstrong Crouch
(s.a.)
Barhut
.... Sultanate of Barhut
Sultans
.... -
1967
....
al-Hawra
18..
Sheikhdom of al-Hawra (Mashyakhat al-Hawra)
1890
British protectorate.
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
1951 -
1967
....
al-`Irqa
18..
Sheikhdom of al-`Irqa (Mashyakhat al-`Irqa)
1890
British protectorate.
Sheikhs (title Shaykh al-`Irqa)
.... - 2 Jan
1901
`Awad ibn Muhammad Ba Das
1901 -
193.
Ahmad ibn `Awad Ba Das
1949? -
1951
Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah ibn `Abd Allah
ibn
`Awad Ba Das
1951 -
1967
....
Mahra
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and Suqutra (Socotra) (South Yemen)]](fsa-ma-a.gif)
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of Qishn and Suqutrai state flag to 1967
(Yemen)]](ye_mahr.gif)
1506 -
1512
Socotra Island occupied by Portugal (Socotorá).
1549
Mahri Sultanate of Qishn and Suqutra (Quisn and
Socotra).
1866
Qishn a British protectorate.
23 Apr
1886
Socotra and dependencies a British protectorate.
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 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 -
1928?
`Abd Allah ibn `Isa Afrar al-Mahri
1946? - Feb
1952
Ahmad ibn `Abd Allah Afrar al-Mahri
Feb 1952 -
1966
`Isa ibn `Ali ibn Salim Afrar al-Mahri
1966 - 16 Oct
1967
`Abd Allah ibn Ashur Afrar al-Mahri
Socotra
1506 -
1512
Socotra Island occupied by Portugal (Socotorá).
Jan 1834 -
1834
British East Indian Company occupation.
Portuguese Governors
1506 -
1509?
António de Noronha
1509 -
1512
Pêro Ferreira Fogaça
British commander
Jan 1834 -
1835
James Raymomd Wellsted
(b. 1805 - d. 1842)
Qasm
.... Sultanate of Qasm
Sultans
- al-Tamimi dynasty -
.... -
1967
....
SayŽun (Seiyun)
-
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Sultanate of Sayun (Hadramaut) to 1967 (South Yemen)]](ye-kathi.GIF)
- bf.1917 - 2 Oct 1967
1847 Kathiri Sultanate of SayŽun (Saltanat Ay'un al-Kathiriyya)
1888 British protectorate.
2 Oct 1967 Abolished.
Sultans (title Sultan Say'un a-Kathiri)
1670 -
1690
Ja`far ibn `Abd Allah Al Kathir
1690 -
1707
Badr ibn Ja`far Al Kathir
1707 -
1725
`Abd Allah ibn Badr Al Kathir
1725 -
1760
`Amr ibn Badr Al Kathir
1760 -
1800
Ahmad ibn `Amr Al Kathir
1800 -
1830
Muhsin ibn Ahmad Al Kathir
1830 -
1880
Ghalib ibn Muhsin Al Kathir
1880 - May
1929
al-Mansur ibn Ghalib Al Kathir
May 1929 -
1938
`Ali ibn al-Masur Al Kathir
1938 - 24 Apr
1949
Ja`far ibn al-Mansur Al Kathir
Apr 1949 - 2 Oct 1967 al-Husayn
ibn `Ali Al Kathir
Shabwa
....
Sultanate of Shabwa
19..
Incorporated into SayŽun.
Sultans
- Al Burayk dynasty -
....
....
Tarim (Hadramut)
1224
Tarim is capital of Banu'l-Yamani Emirs of Hadramaut.
16th
cent.
Under the Kathiri Sultans at Shibam and Seiyun.
....
Sultanate of Tarim (Saltanat Tarim)
1945
Incorporated into SayŽun.
Sultans (title Saltan Tarim)
1880 -
1920
Muhsin ibn Ghalib
.... -
192.
Sayyid Abu Bakr ibn Shaykh al-Kaf
(de facto)
1920 -
1935
Muhammad ibn Muhsin
192. -
194.
Sayyid `Ali al-Kaf (de facto)
1935 - Mar
1945
`Abd Allah ibn Ghalib
- jointly with -
1935 - Mar
1945
Muhammad ibn Ghalib
194. -
1945
`Abd Allah ibn Sa`id (de facto)
ash-Shihr WaŽl Mukalla (Quaiti Sultanate of Shir and Mukalla)
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Sultanate of Shir and Mukalla flag, 1880 -
1939 (South Yemen)]](ye_qua1.GIF)
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Quaiti Sultanate of Shir and Mukalla,
1939-1967 (South Yemen)]](ye-quati.GIF)
Nov 1866 - May
1867 al-Shihr
occupied by Al Kathir.
10 Nov
1881
al-Shihr and al-Mukalla states joined.
1888
al-Shihr and al-Mukalla a British protectorates.
1902
Sultanate of al-Shihr and al-Mukalla
(Saltanat al-Shihr wa al-Mukalla al-Qu`aytiyya).
17 Sep
1967
Sultanate abolished.
Ruler (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
Ruler (title Hakim, Jama`dar)
1867 - 10 Nov
1881
`Abd Allah ibn `Umar ibn `Awad
+ `Awad ibn `Umar ibn `Awad al-Qu`ayti (d. 1910)
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
1873 - 10 Nov
1881
`Umar ibn Salih al-Kasadi
Ghayl
1868
State of Ghayl Ba Wazir (Ghayl Ba Wazir)
19..
Incorporated into al-Shihr wa al-Mukalla.
Rulers (titles Hakim and Jama`dar)
1868 - 25 Nov
1888 `Abd
Allah ibn `Umar ibn `Awad al-Qu`ayti
(ruler of al-Shihr wa al-Mukalla)
Nov 1888 -
19..
Munassar ibn `Abd Allah al-Qu`ayti
- jointly with -
al-Husayn ibn `Abd Allah al-Qu`ayti
ash-Shihr waŽl Mukalla
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Rulers (titles Hakim, Jama`dar)
10 Nov 1881 - 25 Nov 1888 `Abd Allah ibn `Umar
ibn `Awad al-Qu`ayti
- jointly with -
10 Nov 1881 -
1902
`Awad ibn `Umar ibn `Awad al-Qu`ayti (d. 1910)
Sultans (titles Sultan al-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
(d. 1956)
27 May 1956 - Aug 1966 `Awad
ibn Salih
al-Qu`ayti
(d. 1966)
Aug 1966 - 17 Sep 1967 Ghalib
II ibn `Awad
al-Qu`ayti (b. 1948)
British Resident Advisers
1937 - 1967
the British
Political Officers in
Eastern Aden Protectorate
Wahidi
....
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 and `Azzan joined.
1888
BaŽl Haf and `Azzan a British protectorates.
1895
BiŽr `Ali `Amaqin a British protectorate.
23 Oct
1962
Joint sultanate renamed Wahidi Sultanate (al-Saltana
al-Wahidiyya);
BiŽr `Ali and Habban remain subordinate sultanates.
29 Nov
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)
-
![[Flag of Wahidi
Sultanate to 1967 (South Yemen)]](ye_w-ba.GIF)
- to Aug 1967
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 al-Husayn al-Wahidi
1948 - 1948 `Ali ibn Muhsin al-Wahidi (uncertain)
1948 - 19 Feb 1967 Nasir ibn `Abd Allah al-Wahidi
Regent (title Hakim)
20 Feb 1967 - Aug 1967 `Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Sa`id al-Wahidi
Wahidi Sultanate of BiŽr `Ali `Amaqin
1830
Wahidi Sultanate of BiŽr `Ali `Amaqin
(Saltanat Bi'r `Ali `Amaquin al-Wahidiyya)
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 29 Nov 1967)
Wahidi Sultanate of Habban
-
![[Flag of Wahidi
Sultanate of Habban to 1967 (South Yemen)]](ye_wah-h.GIF)
- to 29 Nov 1967
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
c.1962 - 23 Oct
1962 al-Husayn ibn
`Abd Allah al-Wahidi
(continues as subordinate ruler to 29 Nov 1967)
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