Audhali ( ' or '), or the Audhali Sultanate ( ar, سلطنة العوذلي '), was a 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 ...
. It was a founding member of the
Federation of Arab Emirates of the South
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The Federation of the Emirates of the South ( ar, اتحاد إمارات الجنوب العربي ''Ittiḥād ʾImārāt al-Janūb al-ʿArabiyy'') was an organization of states within the British Aden Protectorate in what would b ...
in 1959 and its successor, 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 ...
, in 1963. Its capital was
Zarah.
[Paul Dresch. ''A History of Modern Yemen.'' Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000]
The Audhali country was of considerable extent and lay between the
Fadhli on the south,
Aulaqi on the east and
Yafai on the west.
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History
The date of the foundation of the Sultanate is uncertain.
The Sultan made overtures for treaty relations with the British in 1902, but he was not at the time considered of sufficient importance to be encouraged.
In 1903, owing to their supposed complicity with the Ahl Am Saidi of Dathina in an attack on a British survey party, the Audhali were excluded from Aden; but the overtures were continued, and in September 1914 a Protectorate Treaty was concluded with Sultan Qasim bin Ahmed. He was killed in September 1928 by the brothers Muhammad and Husein Jabil, of another branch of the family, and was succeeded by the son of the latter, Salih, a minor, under the regency of his uncle Muhammad.
In 1923 the Imam’s troops invaded and occupied the highland portion of Audhali territory known as Adh Dhahir. In 1925, in consequence of their encroaching still further and occupying the lowland portion, known as Al Kor, and the commercial town of
Lodar together with the adjoining village of Al Kubeida where the Sultan resided, British air action was taken against them with tribal co-operation and they were compelled to withdraw from the lowland portion, but as of 1931, they were still in possession of the highlands.
Ahmed, the son of the murdered Sultan, and Qasim bin Abdulla, his cousin, had formed a rival faction to the brothers Jabil and have thrown in their lot with the Amil of Beidha, under the Imam, taking up their residence at Aryab in the highlands.
Its last sultan, Salih ibn al Husayn ibn Jabil Al Audhali, was deposed and his state was abolished 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 ...
. 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 ...
.
Rulers
The rulers of the `Awdhali Sultanate had the style of ''Sultan al-Saltana al-`Awdhaliyya''.
Sultans
*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
See also
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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 ...
References
External links
Map of Arabia (1905-1923) including the states of Aden Protectorate
States in the Aden Protectorate
Federation of South Arabia
Former sultanates
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