Al-Dhubi, Al-Dubi ( ''Dhubī''), or the Dhubi Sheikhdom ( ''Mashyakhat ad-Dhubī''), was a small state in the

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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 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 rul ...

in the north. Its last sheikh was deposed in 1967 upon the founding of the People's Republic of South Yemen and the area is now part of the Republic of

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History

Al-Dhubi was one of the five sheikhdoms of

. It entered into a protectorate treaty with Britain on 11 May 1903. It was part nominally of the Western Aden Protectorate. 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 upri ...

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

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Map of Arabia (1905-1923) including the states of Aden Protectorate
{{South Arabia Former countries in the Middle East States in the Aden Protectorate Federation of South Arabia Former monarchies Former British protectorates

History

Rulers

Sheikhs

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