Al-Dhubi, Al-Dubi (Arabic: الضُبي Dhubī), or the Dhubi Sheikhdom (Arabic: مشيخة الضُبي Mashyakhat ad-Dhubī), was a small state in the British Aden Protectorate. Dhubi was located between Mawsata in the southwest, Hadrami in the northeast, Lower Yafa in the south and Upper Yafa in the north.
| Dhubi Sheikdom مشيخة الضُبي | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of the Protectorate of South Arabia | |||||||||
| 18th century–1967 | |||||||||
 Map of the Federation of South Arabia | |||||||||
| • Type | Sheikhdom | ||||||||
| Historical era | 20th century | ||||||||
• Established | 18th century | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1967 | ||||||||
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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 Yemen.[1]
History
editAl-Dhubi was one of the five sheikhdoms of Upper Yafa.
It entered into a protectorate treaty with Britain on 11 May 1903.[2]
It was part nominally of the Western Aden Protectorate.
Al-Dhubi never joined the Federation of South Arabia, but became part of the Protectorate of South Arabia between 1963 and 1967.[3]
Rulers
editAl-Dhubi was ruled by sheikhs who bore the title Shaykh al-Mashyakha ad-Dhubiyya.[4]
Sheikhs
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Paul Dresch. A History of Modern Yemen. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000
- ^ "A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries Vol.xi". 1931.
- ^ R.J. Gavin. Aden Under British Rule: 1839-1967. London: C. Hurst & Company, 1975
- ^ States of the Aden Protectorates
