Al-Dhubi, Al-Dubi ( ''Dhubī''), or the Dhubi Sheikhdom ( ''Mashyakhat ad-Dhubī''), was a small state in the
British
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Aden Protectorate
The Aden Protectorate ( ar, محمية عدن ') was a British protectorate in South Arabia which evolved in the hinterland of the port of Aden and in the Hadhramaut following the conquest of Aden by the Bombay Presidency of British India ...
. Dhubi was located between
Mawsata
Mawsata, Mausata (), or the Mawsata State ( '), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate. Mawsata was located in the western and southwestern part of Upper Yafa. The main mountain in the area is Jabal Darfan.
Mawsata was the most populated of ...
in the southwest,
Hadrami in the northeast,
Lower Yafa
Lower Yafa, Lower Yafa'i ( '), or the Sultanate of Lower Yafa ( ar, سلطنة يافع السفلى ''),'' was a state in the British Aden Protectorate.
Lower Yafa was ruled by the Al Afifi dynasty and its capital was at Jaar. This former sult ...
in the south and
Upper Yafa
Upper Yafa or Upper Yafa'i ( ar, يافع العليا ''),'' officially State of Upper Yafa ( ar, دولة يافع العليا '')'', was a military alliance in the British Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia. It was ruled ...
in the north.
Its last sheikh was deposed in 1967 upon the founding of the
People's Republic of South Yemen
South Yemen ( ar, اليمن الجنوبي, al-Yaman al-Janubiyy), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (, ), also referred to as Democratic Yemen (, ) or Yemen (Aden) (, ), was a communist state that existed from 1967 to 19 ...
and the area is now part of the Republic of
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
.
History
Al-Dhubi was one of the five sheikhdoms of
Upper Yafa
Upper Yafa or Upper Yafa'i ( ar, يافع العليا ''),'' officially State of Upper Yafa ( ar, دولة يافع العليا '')'', was a military alliance in the British Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia. It was ruled ...
.
It entered into a protectorate treaty with Britain on 11 May 1903.
It was part nominally of the
Western Aden Protectorate
The Aden Protectorate ( ar, محمية عدن ') was a British protectorate in South Arabia which evolved in the hinterland of the port of Aden and in the Hadhramaut following the conquest of Aden by the Bombay Presidency of British Ind ...
.
Al-Dhubi never joined the
Federation of South Arabia
The Federation of South Arabia ( ar, اتحاد الجنوب العربي ') was a federal state under British protection in what would become South Yemen. Its capital was Aden.
It was formed on 4 April 1962 from the 15 protected states of ...
, but became part of the
Protectorate of South Arabia
The Protectorate of South Arabia consisted of various states located at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula under treaties of protection with Britain. The area of the former protectorate became part of South Yemen after the Radfan uprisi ...
between 1963 and 1967.
Rulers
Al-Dhubi was ruled by sheikhs who bore the title ''Shaykh al-Mashyakha ad-Dhubiyya''.
States of the Aden Protectorates
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Sheikhs
*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 `Umar ibn Muthana ibn `Atif Jabir
**1915 - 1946 Both previous rulers jointly with Salim ibn Salih ibn `Atif Jabir
*1946 - 1967 `Abd al-Rahman ibn Salih
See also
*Aden Protectorate
The Aden Protectorate ( ar, محمية عدن ') was a British protectorate in South Arabia which evolved in the hinterland of the port of Aden and in the Hadhramaut following the conquest of Aden by the Bombay Presidency of British India ...
*Upper Yafa
Upper Yafa or Upper Yafa'i ( ar, يافع العليا ''),'' officially State of Upper Yafa ( ar, دولة يافع العليا '')'', was a military alliance in the British Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia. It was ruled ...
References
External links
Map of Arabia (1905-1923) including the states of Aden Protectorate
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Former countries in the Middle East
States in the Aden Protectorate
Federation of South Arabia
Former monarchies
Former British protectorates