Na'wah or Nawa (

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: نعوة) was a sheikhdom and dependency 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 rul ...

. It was a section of the Mawsata.

History

Na'wah was a dependency of

. It was placed within the British sphere of influence in the Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1914. However, it never signed a protectorate treaty with Britain. In 1908, Britain fined Na'wah $1200 for aggression against Al-Dhubi. In February 1915, during

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, one of the sheikhs of Na'wah submitted to the Ottomans, although another refused to comply with the Ottoman summons. It was annexed by the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen after the end of World War I, alongside Rubeaten (another Upper Yafa dependency) and later the

Beda Sultanate The Beda Sultanate was a state in South Arabia. History With the Ottoman withdrawal from Yemen in 1636 AD, Yemen became independent, but the southern provinces, which were known in the past as the East, separated from Yemen after the Turkish wit ...

Geography

Na'wah laid on the frontier between Ottoman and British Yemen, to the north-east of Qa'tabah, and on the left bank of the Wadi Bana. It contained several villages and hamlets. One village, located 5 miles (8 km) from Wadi Bana, was called Na'wah. Another village under the Na'wah was Ar-Razaim.

Government

As of 1915, Na'wah was ruled by 4 sheikhs.

Foreign relations

In 1913, Na'wah has an emissary from the

Imam of Yemen The Imams of Yemen, later also titled the Kings of Yemen, were religiously consecrated leaders belonging to the Zaidiyyah branch of Shia Islam. They established a blend of religious and temporal-political rule in parts of Yemen from 897. Their i ...

. For a long time, there was close commerce between Na'wah, Juban and

Demographics

As of 1915, Na'wah had 4000 inhabitants.

Military

As of 1915, Na'wah had 500 fighting men.

References

{{South Arabia Former countries in Western Asia