Talk:Al-Hujariah

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Al Ma'afir is a much bigger region than the original Mofar that was sacked by the Sabaeans in 7th BC. At that time four localities in Alhujariah were named by the Sabaeans.

The Sabaean 7th BC Campaign in that region

• Mafarin (Mofar), -Modern Dejena at the old road entry of Dhobhan-
• Kashram (The Palace), -Modern Al-Qusair hill overlooking Dhobhan & Shargab
• Dhabanan (The Temple), -Modern Dhobhan proper-
• Shar Gaban (Lower Gabanites), - Modern Shargab west of Dhobhan, related to the Gabanites who controlled the Frankincense trade at that time.

Himyarite Ma'afir

As the Sabaeans faded politically, the Himyarite system took over and the new seat of power transferred to A'Sawa & Muza (Mocha) west of the original Mofar, at this period the Mofarites established a mercantile presence in Azania. The Greek records of Muza - Mofar king Basel refers to this era. Mofarites had no political presence in Yemen, as the Himyarites power center slowly moved North and the the schism between Axumite led Nasrani-Christians in Axum-Nasran and Himyarite Jewish inlanders reached open conflict. The Axumites eventually pushed the Himyarites out of the the Mofar region and moved the power seat from Sawa to Dar Negusa (modern Al Nagaysha) south of Shargab.

Islamic Al Ma'afir to Al-Hujarih

With adventus of the Daylamites into Yemen, the Axumites were defeated. The Daylamites initially intermarried with Himyarite Akyal Elites forming the Abna nobility & ruled Yemen in the name of the Sassanids, as the Abna saw the rise of Islam they stopped paying Tax to the Sassanid Empire and declared Yemen an Islamic province. This era moved power in Al Ma'afir from the Axumite populated Al Nagaysha further north to Al Janad, from this time the whole region became known as Hujariyat Al Janad (the Countryside)

Ismaili era Countryside of Aden

The Yam branch of Hamdani Qahtan rose to power in the Fatamid era, as Yamite Hamdani & other Qahtani preachers led the Ismaili dawa and took advantage of Qahtani tribalism that took power in various parts of the Islamic world around the 10th century AD (Almansor in Spain, Kalbids in Sicily, Hassan Al Sabah in Daylam). The Hamdanis countered the Sunni power in Lower Yemen by moving the seat of power to Aden and Al Hujariah became the countryside of Aden. The Ismaili age in Yemen was led by the Sulyahid then Zurayid-Hatimini dynasty

Sunni insurgency & Mahdist-Kurdish settlement in Al Hujariah

The Mahdi of Tihama led by the Asha'ar Tihamah tribes continued terrorizing lower Yemen and were able to sack Aden at the end of the Zurayid era, when the Kurdish Ayyubids took Egypt, the Mahdists of Tihama were their main allies, the Ayyubids overran Yemen and Mahdists served as vassals vs the remnants in Sulyahids and Zurayids in Lower Yemen, eventually taking the last Zurayid stronghold in the 12th century. The modern Asha'ar village on top of Al Qusair is the Mahdists Sunni settlement, Al Aza'iz Nroth of Heeb is the Ayyubid garrison that kept region in check. The Ayyubids moved the Sunni power center to the newly established Taiz, Al Hujariah became known as the countryside from here on. The Sunni Mamlukes took over the Ayyubid system and kept power in Taiz with establishing more villages in the Eastern side of Al Hujariah, a famous poem of this era warned locals of settling the dryer Hayfan as its not suited for anybody but Kings (Mamluks) who can afford bringing the water up to their Hill-top palaces.

Ottoman era

When the Ottomans started replacing the Mamleukes in Egypt, the Mandab region was a flashpoint versus the Portuguese ambitions, the Ottomans started focusing on Aden again, Dhobhan was re=established as the center of the Alhujariah again, local Elites of the region became Ottoman vassals versus the Portuguese and later the Zaydi state.

British Era Al Hujariah & Aden

When the Brits occupied Aden, they established protectorates around Aden. The local leaders of Alhujariah first resisted the British presence along with the Ottomans, after the defeat of the Ottomans in WW1 they tried to join the British protectorates to avoid Zaydi rule, but the Brits refused & wanted to focus on the less populated tribal regions of South Arabia. In this era the Zaydi imams kept Sunni Taiz in check and heavily taxed Al Hujariah local Elites who transferred the burden onto the locals, with increasing hardship laborers and merchants kept a big presence in Aden, along with Somali and South Asian settlers, which forged the modern Adeni identity. OrdoRhodes (talk) 05:58, 3 January 2021 (UTC)