Muflihi, Muflahi ( '), Muflihi or the Muflahi Sheikhdom ( '), was a state in the

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Aden Protectorate. Its last sheikh, Kassim Abdulrahaman Al-Muflihi, 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

Muflihi was originally one of the five sheikhdoms of

Upper Yafa Upper Yafa or Upper Yafa'i ( ''),'' officially the State of Upper Yafa ( '')'', was a military alliance in the British Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia. It was ruled by the Harharah dynasty and its capital was Mahjaba, ...

but joined the

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and its successor, the

, as a separate state.R.J. Gavin. Aden Under British Rule: 1839-1967. London: C. Hurst & Company, 1975 Although most of the Al Muflahi family members still reside in Yemen, some members of the family migrated north of the Arabian peninsula in the early 1960s by settling into countries such as

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and

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. Recently, many have moved to western countries as well, including the

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in areas such as Birmingham and the

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; in the latter they live predominantly in the

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area.

Sheikhs

* 1850 – 1885 al-Qasim al-Sakkaf * 1885 – 1920 `Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Qasim al-Sakkaf * 1920 – 12 August 1967 al-Qasim ibn `Abd al-Rahman * 1967 – 2000 Abd al-Hamid ibn Qasim * 2000 – Present `Ammar ibn `Abd al-Hamid

References

External links

Map of Arabia (1905-1923) including the states of Aden Protectorate
{{South Arabia States in the Aden Protectorate Federation of South Arabia

History

Sheikhs

See also

References

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