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1947 Aden Riots
The Aden riots of December 2–4, 1947 targeted the Jewish community in the British Colony of Aden. The riots broke out from a planned three-day Arab general strike in protest of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II), which created a partition plan for Palestine. The riots resulted in the deaths of 82 Jews, 33 Arabs, 4 Muslim Indians, and one Somali, as well as wide-scale devastation of the local Jewish community of Aden. The Aden Protectorate Levies, a military force of local Arab-Muslim recruits dispatched by the British governor Reginald Champion to quell the riots, were responsible for much of the killing. Background Aden, under British rule since 1839, had a sizable Jewish community—about 8,550 at the time of the riots—living alongside its Muslim population.Ahroni, R. 1994. ''The Jews of the British Crown Colony of Aden: History, Culture, and Ethnic Relations''. Brill. pp. 210-11. Jews and Muslims coexisted relatively congenially, and instances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemeni–Adenese Clan Violence
The Yemeni–Adenese clan violence refers to sectarian violence in Yemen and Aden between 1956 and 1960, resulting in some 1,000 deaths. Background In 1950, Kennedy Trevaskis, the Advisor for the Western Protectorate drew up a plan for the British protectorate states to form two federations, corresponding to the two-halves of the protectorate. Although little progress was made in bringing the plan to fruition, it was considered a provocation by Ahmad bin Yahya, the leader of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen. In addition to his role as king, he also served as the imam of the ruling Zaidi branch of Shia Islam. He feared that a successful federation in the Shafi‘i Sunnite protectorates would serve as a beacon for discontented Shafi‘ites who inhabited the coastal regions of Yemen. To counter the threat, Ahmad stepped up Yemeni efforts to undermine British control. Violence In the mid-1950s, Yemen supported a number of revolts by disgruntled tribes against the protectorat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |